March 2013 If you were searching for “A Tale of Toucans,” please visit our aviary division. So you want a business card. The templates from online printers are pleasant enough, in their one-size-fits-many way, but you’d rather look unique, which is...
December 2012 It’s That Time of Year. . . . . . when the world sends out reams of paper neatly folded into envelopes It’s time once again to dread the wonderful world of solstice-time greetings! We’ve moved from a sepia-toned time when we just...
September 2012 I Know Why The Fishy Laughs There’s more than one way to skin a trout. Or mix a metaphor. Or a perfect martini. When ad-man, author and man-about-town Jim Ure approached me to design a book cover for his newest release, a madcap adventure that...
June 2012 Typeface Designers: Men or Gods? When it comes to a simple comic font, we’re solidly in the realm of men. Allow me to wax archaic. A “font” is defined as all the characters (or “sorts”) of a particular size in a particular...
April 2012 How to pay your designer less The six most terror-inducing words I ever hear, except for “It’s about time for another colonoscopy” are “Can you give me a bid?” The sweat flows. The throat dries. Because the fact is, I have no idea. I could bid for my...
February, 2012 When Is 4 Inches Like 24 Feet? This has nothing to do with the joke about why there aren’t more woman engineers. But it can be, if you want. I spent the last month cranking out dozens of Internet banner ads for a client selling a free financial...
