CoverActionPro: Present your work like the big shots.

Coming from the world of corporate in-house design, I understand the notion of “no time, no budget”. Which is the reason I kind of love CoverActionPro.

Halfway To Friday: 5 Sites To See.

With Friday two long days away, I couldn’t wait to post these.

Personally, I’m very excited for the official opening of Daytum.com–I love this stuff!

And the idea that I can literally shoot my alarm clock–awesome.

And finally, a little perspective—50 famous logos and their evolution over time. Enjoy.

Book Report: Slide:ology

I Have Seen The Light.
Why in the world has it taken this long to bring out a great book on presentation design?! Is it because we all avoid slide work like the plague? Is it because real designers don’t “do” slides? Or is it just a misunderstood medium?
Enter into the picture Nancy Duarte and her [...]

6 Great Finds For This Week

The financial markets were crazy this week! I’m happy to be done with the week. (I work in-house for a financial firm). So, in an effort to keep this post on the lighter side, I’m sharing a collection of 6 interesting finds for the week. Enjoy and leave a comment below or email me.

The 5 Best Finds of the Week.

1. Moustache Revival Month coming to an end. (RustyGeorge)
2. Amazing Site With 3D Navigation from Pentagram. (Pentagram)
3. FORE! New iPhone Golf Game Swings Into Action. Literally. (iSmashphone)
4. Street Corner Science Lessons with a Nobel Laureate (ScienCentral)
5. Thinking Bigger (Seth Godin)
Leave a comment or email me.

Building Your Character with Type

Image: Power to the people: Miguel Cardona

Here’s a great way to fill a few minutes of downtime and brush up on your typeface anatomy knowledge. Here’s a quote from the site:
Parts Of A Character is a typography project that originated as an educational print, aimed at typography students, created by artist and designer Susanne Cerha [...]

In-house Power: Unleashing Design

In-house reimagined.
The process of being a top-notch in-house design department is never ending. The same is certainly true for outside design firms but it’s the pressure of proximity and attitude that makes it more difficult for in-housers.
Working for the same company, where clients have access to you any time they want, is not the easiest environment for [...]

Be a part of The Inhouse Creative

Are you passonate about the in-house experience? Do you want to encourage, connect and share ideas with other in-house creatives around the globe? I’m looking for in-house designers and writers to share their perspective in this blog. Send me an email and let’s talk.

Stunning Hand-Etched MacBooks.

I’m going to keep this post short and sweet.
Here’s some brilliant examples of inspirational hand-work by Chicago artist Michael Dinges. His current show— “Dead Reckoning” — features a set of laptops engraved with spectacular images, as well as a “set of brass instruments styled after traditional sea-faring navigational tools.” It’s all very amazing and another [...]

The Creative Unplugged.

I’m back from holiday and raring to go.
While away, I took a break from my laptop. Oh, I checked e-mail and Google Reader, but I limited my time to 10-minute sessions—and no Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin. Gasp! What did I do? I worked on outdoor projects—like the pond that needed cleaning. And the stone wall [...]

Headed North for a Holiday.

My wife is Canadian and when we started dating, she sent me a “declaration”(below). Turned out, this declaration is from Molson’s I Am Canadian beer campaign that was huge in Canada at the time. I fully admit to being an ignorant American before I met her–knowing very little about Canada or other counties & cultures. [...]

STOP The Madness.

What if your corporation was in charge of designing the STOP sign?
Here’s a funny video about the corporate creative process that’s been making the rounds. I’ll admit I didn’t laugh at first. The same way I didn’t laugh the first time I saw Ricky Gervais playing David Brent in the BBC version of The [...]

The 5 best finds of the week.

Get The Glass site design and image from Designchapel

No. 1. Two related, smart, fun, stunningly beautiful websites.
This isn’t that tired “Got Milk” campaign they’ve been running here in the states. These sites are amazing.
The first site: Get The Glass and when your done there, go here:
The second site: Got Milk?
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No. 2. A better way to [...]

Set Your Own Standards

Illustration from Adam Furman.

I haven’t been caught up in Olympic fever. Until today.
There’s an unlikely Olympic star in the making and I’m a sucker for an underdog.
I’m a Fam Fan.
On my way home tonight, I caught an NPR story about the top U.S. steeplechaser, Anthony Famiglietti, who’s participating in his second summer Olympics.
First things first. [...]

Easy listening with Flight of the Conchords

It’s only Wednesday but I feels like I’ve worked a full week!
We have people on vacation, another one off getting married and our Summer workload is higher than normal. AND I haven’t taken any time off yet but that’s changing late next week. The entire family, all 6 of us, are headed to Toronto for [...]

Really Simply Said: RSS Explained Simply

The lazy man’s way to surf.
Last December, my wife and I spent Christmas in Florida. I remember sitting by the pool, comfortable and relaxed, reading a new book. We decided to get a couple drinks and I had two choices–get up and order the drinks from the bar across the pool complex or order them poolside. I [...]

Completing My Incomplete Manifesto

Drawing from Bruce Mau Design.

I want to start Monday with a little perspective.
While online last night, I re-read An Incomplete Manifesto For Growth by design icon Bruce Mau. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. And if you have, I recommend re-reading it. It’s a quick read and very good.
His site describes it [...]

Better than morning coffee: The Helio Sequence

I need to admit I don’t know much about The Helio Sequence. But that hasn’t stopped me from listening to them non-stop since a friend passed me their link.
Here’s what I know. They’re a Portland, Oregon band (since 1999). They’re best friends Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel (Ben played drums and keys for Modest Mouse). [...]

The weeks best bloggings.

From the people who brought you, “Hi. I’m a Mac”: “Hello again, I’m Vista” is Microsoft fighting back. And to see the “I can’t believe it’s not butter results” go here. 
In the “kick ‘um while they’re down” category, BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum has some things to say about Starbucks.
On a related note: I hear Starbuck’s Marketing [...]

Book pre-report: In-House Design in Practice

I purchased In-House Design In Practice: Real-World Solutions for Graphic Designers by Cathy Fishel. It’s exciting to see more interest and design outlets for inhouse work. AIGA and DMI both have inhouse-specific content on their sites now. And of course GD USA and HOW magazines have done a fantastic job of casting some light on [...]