Telepathy

MAY 17, 2017

Chapter Two: Solution Sketching & The Case Of The Missing Context. Chapter One in case you missed it. The Plan. Now that we’ve laid the groundwork, it’s time to dive in and start brainstorming ways to solve the problems identified during Day One. Today’s activities involve sketching out lots of ideas to identify the best course of action. Before the fun begins, each team member shares examples of inspiration to help get the everyone in right mindset.

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Production Inspiration Project Management Digital 40

Design Soak

MAY 13, 2017

Life's Labyrinth: looking at life through a shattered lens. A very clever, yet simple concept. Via.

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Fonts in Use

MAY 17, 2017

Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Shortly after being sentenced to jail time for the Eros periodical he started with Herb Lubalin, Ralph Ginzburg launched Fact magazine in 1964, again enlisting Lubalin as art director. Fact focused largely on political issues and was known for its scathingly satirical takedowns of everyone from Bobby Kennedy to Reader’s Digest to the entire American automobile industry (a young Ralph Nader contributed research on that topic).

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Illustration Art

MAY 17, 2017

In my latest column for The Saturday Evening Post I've posted several close ups from original oil paintings by J.C. Leyendecker , so you can see his brush strokes and the finer details of his work. For some reason I can get bigger and sharper images through the Post's web site than I can on blogger. Take a look! The close ups are courtesy of the fabulous Kelly Collection of American Illustration.

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

Graphic Design

Telepathy

MAY 17, 2017

A Sprint Story Chapter Three: Decision Day & The Disciples of Deliberation. Chapter Two in case you missed it. The Plan. Now that our team has generated a bunch of ideas, it’s time for the group to hone in on the solutions that carry the most promise and decide how to test and validate their potential. Today we bust out the dot stickers and have the Sprint team walk around the room, museum gallery style, and vote on their favorite ideas.

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Telepathy

MAY 17, 2017

A Sprint Story Chapter Four: Design, Divide, Conquer, F#% It Up and Fix It. Chapter Three in case you missed it. The Plan. With our storyboard in hand, we work as a team to build a medium-fidelity prototype to help gather reliable data. The key here is “Goldilocks fidelity”, a prototype that feels just real enough to test and get the answers we need.

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Publishing Publishing Education Fashion 40

Telepathy

MAY 17, 2017

A Sprint Story. Design Sprints are a highly structured week-long approach to solving problems. There’s a strict schedule. There’s an outlined series of exercises to follow. There’s even a timer to ensure things are on task. The structure of a Design Sprint is what makes it so successful and productive, but within that format there are moments of uncertainty and ambiguity.

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