The Search for Dependable Public Wi-Fi
I remember in the early 2000’s I lived a nomadic professional career, loitering from cafe to cafe for meetings, study and business, all requiring dependable wi-fi. Mooching off of a coffee shop’s internet seemed a bit shameful back then. And if that weren’t bad enough, I had the audacity to actually plug my power chord into the establishment’s outlet. I recall looking both ways before doing so, as if committing a crime. “Is this moral?”, I would think to myself. Wi-fi was relatively new (as in non-dial up and non-chorded) back then, and people were just realizing the productivity potential of such a thing.…
The Awkwardness of Instagram & Facebook
My stomach turned a bit when I heard the news of Facebook’s purchase of Instagram. One of the most hip tools on my iphone, because a little bit lame. Here are some thoughtful points about the awkward merger.
Excerpt from “When Did Facebook Become So Uncool” by John D.…
2012 Logo Trends
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Trends of everything change and logos are no exceptions. Though the trends may change, the importance of logos is not going to change. Every company that has a famous logo wants to print it in every product, every advertisement and even in every bill board they have on display to advertise their products.…
How To Take Better Photos With Your Smart Phone
This blog content was taken from a friend of mine named J.P. Stephens of Lumos Studio. For a more complete version of this post, please visit his site. And, if you live in the midlands of South Carolina, hire this guy.…
Worst Logos Ever: Cazz’s
Disclaimer: The following is a nightmare. And while my critique is forthright and painfully honest, I’ve gotta hand it to all struggling graphic designers out there for giving it a shot and failing miserably. But now that they’re work is out in public, I simply can’t pass up the opportunity to make a few observations.…
No Space is The New Space
Graphic Designers tend to bend grammatical rules when it comes to typography. The only reason we can get away with this is because we rely on the mind of the viewer to make sense of things.
An example of this is using numbers in place of letters, such as 7even and 5ive. This is most useful when the usage of the numb3r is relevant to the word, and most confusing when there is no relevance, such as 5ix or on3.…
How To Go Naked With Your iPhone
So, I officially became an iphone owner in November of 2011. And after the delight of opening the silky white box I was placed into an immediate conflict. To case, or not to case my iphone? Plenty of friends had their iron-clad Otterboxes and silicon skins. But I wasn’t immediately running to BestBuy to view an endless wall of iphone armor.…
The Walls of Antigua, Guatemala
I had the privilege of recently visiting Guatemala, and while most tourists return with handmade bags and a pound of coffee, I brought back colors and textures.
Resting in a valley between three volcanoes, Antigua is the oldest city in Central America.…