When I first decided to create my website I had a few choices with regards to publishing platforms. The more I learned the more impressed I became with WordPress. Not only was it simple to use and aesthetically pleasing, but it also had a great set of developers who were continually building templates and plugins. While I know a decent amount of basic HTML it has been the dedicated WordPress developers who have helped make my site user-friendly.

So when it came time to make a mobile-friendly version of my website I knew to look no further than the WordPress plugins page. And my search didn’t take long. I quickly came across WPtouch, a plugin for making my site easily viewable on touch mobile devices such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch, the Blackberry Storm, the Palm Pre and Android devices. Continue Reading…

Insyndia is a new IT consulting company that asked me to help create a unique identity for their business. I was excited to help a business start fresh from the ground up. After having them fill out an initial logo questionnaire I began building a design brief and sketching out my ideas. Here is a brief excerpt from Insyndia‘s website to give you some background about the services they offer:

We tailor services to your realistic needs and budgets. From day-to-day operational support and application development, to strategic reengineering of infrastructure and network architecture – we strive to meet your specific needs in a way that provides your organization with the necessary scalability you need to remain competitive. At Insyndia, there’s no one-size-fits-all methodology, but together we’ll forge a technology management and support relationship that’s best for your organization, both today and well into the future.

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Veteran designer Paula Scher has been influencing the design community with her brilliance for nearly four decades. Her autobiography, Make It Bigger, is a first-hand account of her journey from budding beginner to practiced principal at the New York design firm Pentagram. While the graphic design profession has continually changed over the course of Scher’s career, Scher herself has continued to refine personal design techniques without feeling the need to cave to current design trends. As a designer, a historian, and a trailblazer much can be learned from Paula Scher’s long line of professional pursuits which are all a part of her book Make It Bigger. Continue Reading…

When asked what I charge for my logo designs I usually get a kind response saying we will be in touch, never to hear from the person again. I think many times people don’t realize what goes into the logo design process. The above video by Brian White of TriLion Studios is a great example of what it takes to create a logo. Keep in mind he is only working on one logo concept and isn’t even showing the time it takes to generate and sketch initial ideas, meet with clients, or build a design brief. A great logo designer will not only make something that is visually eye-catching, but also conceptually sound.