Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

2010: A New Hope

In Art, General, Music on 5 January 2010 tagged Art, business, design, generative, live, marketing, media, Music, personal, reading

A new year brings a bounty of hope—for new attitudes, new projects, new directions. In the past year, my intentions were to play more live shows and focus on finishing select tracks to my satisfaction. Mission accomplished.
Rather than make predictions or resolutions, here are some of the things on my plate and/or on the horizon [...]

Five questions (and answers) on design and marketing

In General on 30 May 2008 tagged advertising, branding, college, communication, design, graphic, internet, marketing, media, print, promotion, public relations, strategy, university, Visual, web

I was recently asked to answer some questions about my work in design and marketing by a co-worker for use in a class project. In the interest of discussion, I’ve decided to post them here for your consideration:

2008 How Design Conference Notes: Design Catch-22

In General on 29 May 2008 tagged business, conference, design, differentiation, how, marketing, notes, practices, promotion

presented by David Schimmel, founder of And Partners (original description)
Find your passion

people work with you because of you
passion is magnetic
make sure your passion is transparent

Big box books

In General on 22 October 2007 tagged books, business, cards, customer-service, discount, experience, marketing, member, retail, sales

Whenever I go to make a purchase at the local Borders, Barnes & Noble or other big box bookseller, I am invariably hit-up with the “Do you have/would you like/why wouldn’t you want/are you really sure?” sales litany for their member discount card. Eventually I have to get rude and say, “No, I don’t want [...]

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In General on 8 February 2007 tagged branding, communication, design, fonts, identity, marketing, type, typefaces, typography, Visual

Working on a long-term design plan and identity system at my current job has rekindled my love for typography—from the historical to the contemporary. Below are some of the resources which I’ve found useful: