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A unified collection of random thoughts.
Redesigning Yourself After 2025
How reflection, action, and AI reshape the path to landing your next role and you!
Strategy · Career · FeaturedWhy Smart Professionals Fail Like Wile E. Coyote
And How to Think Like Road Runner
CraftBlog Namesake (Design Is Not Magic)
This idea was started over 8 years ago.
Process · TeamsProviding Feedback: A Designer's Case Against the Compliment Sandwich
Inventing Stories vs. Genuine Tact
Making · StrategyDare to Ignite the Spark that Transforms Ideas into Reality
Lessons Learned from High-Profile Advertising Fiascos
Process80/20 RULE - A Critical Review
A high percentage of effects in any large system are caused by a low percentage of variables. - I apply this daily!
Process · TeamsA Simple Question to Ask Before You Begin... Anything
Reflecting on your desired outcome can lead to more meaningful connections and fruitful results.
Making · LifeAnnual Report
Have you ever considered the data of your life?
Making · StrategyWebsite / Mobile / Blog
2 month build time, but 6 years in the making. A unique insight into the website redesign process.
MakingLaunch 2 Apps
When it comes to apps, I missed the train. I choose community instead.
MakingDevelop Posters & Merch
Packaging past work into posters, merch, and things people can actually use.
MakingCoffee Table Drawing Book
A book fiend's dream of making a book. So much art, so few pages.
Making · CraftDraft a Design Guide
Does the world really need another book, ebook, etc. Hell Yes!
Craft · Culture · FeaturedDisillusionment of the Modern Graphic Artist
I ran across the poster work of the designer Andreas Markdalen a few years back when I was heavy into pinning. I figured it was the work of an agency or publication, not a single designer. It had such a strong message, I…
Career · ProcessTraining
Please Read: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/12/training-and-the-infinite-return-on-investment.html Seth hints at the value of hours. The power of an hour, over time, when it compounds. Just like a monetary…
Teams · StrategyPrime Proof vs. Traditional Agency
Traditional agencies become more successful by providing solutions similar to past implementations. They optimize processes to maximize profits. Their goal is to find a niche and saturate the market with an optimized…
Teams · FeaturedWinning Alone, A Culture of Me′s
Culturally we are polarizing, either winners or losers, no gray area. In order to win, we focus on controlling as many factors as we can in the scope, timeframe and players to win. Ask any student if they like working on…
Career · LifeConfronting This & Considering That.
Years end is approaching with increasing velocity. Endings incite retrospection. Many of us know that we are leaving things on the table or actively ignoring potential sources of future happiness. Staring out a window…
Culture · Teams · FeaturedWhy is Social Praise an After Thought?
Consider the social world we now live in. All of your accounts, both professional and personal; your peers, colleagues, friends and family. We are all bombarded with social, but rarely think of praise. FIRST AN…
Teams · Career · FeaturedWhen Things Go Wrong
Things will go wrong at some point. On a project, in an interview, your first job, etc. The amount of time your spend being wrong depends on you. SHIT HAPPENS, MOST OF US JUST CHOOSE NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT We are wired to…
Process · Teams · FeaturedMomentum
Sometimes it’s difficult to understand why people get in the way of momentum. By the very definition it implies direction. It implies movement, and movement in a direction is progress. SO WHY… would anyone or anything…
Strategy · FeaturedReaction to: “Why ‘Mobile First’ is Outdated”
READ THIS FIRST: https://blog.intercom.io/why-mobile-first-may-already-be-outdated/ Lately as I have considered rebuilding two personal projects I am confronted with the question of technology framework and my strategic…
Strategy · FeaturedMobile or Experience First?
Interesting Article: http://www.uie.com/articles/curse_of_mobile_strategy/ Interesting article that shreds on the Airline industry and addressing the complaining consumer who wants. It is a bit long winded, but it…
CraftOur 5 Most Useful Gestalt Principles
Similarity Figure-Ground Relationship Grouping Closure Continuation 1. Similarity Objects that look similar are perceived as similar. 2. The Figure-Ground Relationship Elements are perceived as either figures (distinct…
CraftGestalt in 4 Properties in Web Design
1. Emergence When trying to identify an object, we (humans) first attempt to identify the object’s outline, and then match it to outlines we already know. It’s only after this outline pattern identification that we start…
Career · CraftMaster of None, but Damn If I’m Not Interested!
What advice do you have for the emerging designer? What I didn’t get when I was a student, and what took me a long time to get but really sustains me now? As a designer, and specifically a graphic designer, there’s a…
Craft · ProcessNever being happy with the work while you are doing it
When annual reports were a big thing, I’m not sure we were that excited about designing annual reports, and I’m not sure we are now that excited about designing websites and apps! Even when we have partners who come in…
TeamsAgency Size and Approach
As a partner at Pentagram can you provide insight into the long term success of the agency? Pentagram has a unique structure that is dead simple, but no one has ever really copied it. It’s based on a couple of…
Strategy · Teams · FeaturedBuilding infrastructure is the bedrock for massive influence.
When I think about how to make a big difference I have the reference of Vanderbilt, the Commodore . Is there an influence like him these days? Consider Elon Musk and Tesla Motors? With his technological investment in…
Career · Strategy · FeaturedTrail Blazer
I had an interesting conversation with a small business owner today. He thinks he is perfectly positioned to provide valued services to his clients for the next several years, maybe he even thinks he’s in at the ground…
LifeUnderstanding What Makes a Hero
This has a context around hero stories of the church, but I like it as a hero archetype: raglan the hero. http://www.amazon.com/The-Hero-Study-Tradition-Literature/dp/0486427080 “If, instead of saying that thieves will…
LifeDearest Friend,
We heard of your recent loss and were touched deeply in this moment. In our time we create the story of our lives. There will be highs and lows. Do your best to find those highs and cherish them. As you continue to write…
ProcessEffort
Recently asked to do an ungodly amount of work. Of course the answer is yes. I have always looked at work as an opportunity to show off my value in tight situations. Pressure makes diamonds and the great work usually…
Culture · CraftPerceptions About Design
Note that these are neither condemning or validating these: Designers get in the way of getting things done Designers make things pretty Everyone is a designer Design is a hotbed for feedback, other areas not so much…
Making · Culture · FeaturedAwe... Business Cards
Holy Shit are people passionate about their public brand. Not so long ago people wouldn’t have said a peep about a business card or a print ad. They would look at it, potentially have an opinion, and not say a word…
Craft · FeaturedDesign Philosophy
Just some thought today around the simplicity required to communicate effectively across cultures and languages. In some instances we are asked to focus our design toward limited audiences each with a rather refined set…
StrategyFollowing Wile E Coyote
Think for yourself. Hopefully you’re in a situation that allows you to fail and grow. An opportunity to build you our process is something that usually never comes up in an interview. Most people are without a process…
Process · TeamsProviding Feedback | Art & Creative Direction
Feedback has always been hard. I usually take it very personally. Especially from people that I love and respect. It feels like a kick in the stomach. Personal or Professional When someone gives me feedback on design I…
CultureA response to the dark social topic.
If you want to catch up: http://www.futurebook.net/content/5-things-publishers-need-know-about-dark-social Dark Social Admittedly at first I was very intrigued by the term “dark social”. I have been intrigued before by…
Making · StrategySparks snuffed out...
It’s the real secret. The spark, an idea, a thought that makes your stomach tie in knots. But all your ideas not all without consequence or target. Remember The Gap in 2012? They decided that they were going to change…
Process · CareerMotivations. I can't make you care...
SIDE NOTE: I love how reading one thing can totally change the course of a post/conversation/life. Tomorrow is a new year at work for everyone. We are all going to say that it was a well needed rest from the daily grind…
Process · CraftThe Basics, Practice the Basics, Master the Basics
Advice for everyone, master the basics. Move on into whatever version of advanced study you want, but don’t forget the basics. Students always wonder how to get better fast, excel and get that great job ahead of the next…
CareerAn interview question I always ask...
(Sometimes I ask even if they’re not interesting) “You could probably do anything, why are you a designer/information architect/developer?” I want you to talk about yourself, your motivations. If you don’t know why you…
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