That one moment when…
Hi all, Yesterday I spent some time talking to one of my students. He had recently landed an internship at an ad agency in town. I wanted to know how things were going. He shared with me that the hardest part is to get started after being assigned a project. Let me explain; he means [...]
Push it
Hi all! This is my last week of classes at IPFW. Next week is finals week and after that my last day at IPFW. I took a position at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL and start in Fall 2013. As a result, this and the next week will be full of moments of [...]
More not less
Hi all! I have been thinking lately. Well, I am always thinking but today I was thinking about writing. I was thinking that I have to write more not less. But that is contrary to everything we do or want to do. Less is more, is the axiom we designers live by. And or those [...]
Lasting value
I have a curious story to share. It might not seem design related, but read on. It might surprise you how I made the connection. My 8 year old daughter wants a charm bracelet that is being sold at the local The Gap store very similar to this one sold on Ebay. She also wants [...]
Making the mundane sublime
In the book Designing Brand Identity, 3rd edtion by Alina Wheeler, there is a quote by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore on page 18 that reads as follows: “Even the most mundane transactions can be turned into memorable experiences.” I summarize it to simply say making the mundane sublime. That is what [...]
The Sketchnote Handbook fever!
Hi all! If you are here reading this, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, & a very happy Epiphany Day or as we call it, Happy Three Kings Day! Today I will be writing my impressions about the book The Sketchnote Handbook written by Mike Rohde. Back in [...]
Pen to doodle…
In August 3rd, 2012 my article “I Draw Pictures All Day” was published in Smashing Magazine. I received many comments and emails congratulating me for the article. I was very encouraged by that. Among those emails I received an email from Lily Kim from JetPens.com. She wanted to send me pens to play with and [...]
Hunger
Hi all! It has been a while. I know. Things have been challenging around here. Wanting to take a moment to write but drowned in stuff that sucks the inspiration out of me. But today… today I came across something that confronted me with the kind of design instructor I want to be and the [...]
Is there any room left for originality? Do we even care?
Hi all! This week I came across something I thought deserved some thinking. We all know how easy it is to copy peoples’ ideas and literally run with them and never give credit to the source. Or how easy it is to do something exactly like something done before and hope no one finds out. [...]
SECAC 2012: Lope Max
Hi guys! I just came back from the Southeastern College Art Conference in Durham, NC. I try to go every year to this conference because my first time presenting a paper in 2004 was at SECAC in Jacksonville, Fla. Since then, I either apply to be a panel chair or to present in a panel. [...]