Ampersandland
Full poster can be seen below I love working with ampersands whenever I get the chance. So when I came across this blog dedicated entirely to the glyph, I immediately bookmarked it. One thing that caught my eye right away…
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Type Galore
One of the highlights of the conference was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the conference. I love the books cataloging these competitions. I personally own Typography 26 and Typography 28 and will definitely be adding this new one…
Marketing Mentor
Another HOW Conference session I attended was “What it Takes to be Your Own Boss”, given by Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor. I had previously attended one of their workshops locally and it was extremely helpful, so I was excited…
Charles S. Anderson Design
Another presenter I was really excited about was Charles Anderson. I love the look and feel of all the work that comes out of their studio, and I really love French paper, who they partner with on many of their…
The Design Catch 22
Another session I was excited about was the one given by David Schimmel of And Partners here in New York. I’ve always admired their work so I was excited to hear what he had to say, especially about this topic…
A little Conference break for Font Bots
These fun typographic illustrations from INVDR made the blog rounds a couple of weeks ago but I thought they’re still worth mentioning. I love the playful simplicity. He screenprinted some t-shirts which may or may not still be available. And…
Another HOW Blog
Just came across this blog via the Daily Monster. It covers a bunch of the sessions I didn’t get to see, so take a look.
Helpful Business Resources
In Monday’s second session I attended “Financial Planning for Solo Designers” given by Shel Perkins, the author of Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers. While a lot of the information didn’t really apply to me, some of it…
Joe Duffy: A Designed Life
Monday morning’s session presented by Joe Duffy was one I was really looking forward to. I love the work that comes out of Duffy and Partners and I was really excited to get some insight into their process. His presentation…
Opening Night
This past Sunday I headed into the Hynes for the opening Keynote address, given by Jeremy Gutsche of Trend Hunter Magazine, entitled “Creating a Culture of Innovation”. Gutsche was an excellent speaker and his talk and made some great points…
Apologies for the Slowness
Well, I really did mean to have my HOW recaps up long before now, but I didn’t realize how much being at the conference would take out of me. It was a bit exhausting inhaling all of that information in…
Inspiration Overload
Well, the first full day of the HOW conference is over and it’s been awesome so far. I went to 4 really great sessions today and got my hands on tons of free stuff at the resource center; so there’s…
Time for HOW!
I’m currently back home in Boston, which is exciting because I haven’t been able to get here since Christmas. And as much as I love New York, Boston will always be home. I’ve had several things going on since I…
Type Love
I have a bit of an obsession with type, and as a result keep a mile-long wishlist of typefaces I’d like to buy. If money were no object, I’d own all of them already. But since that’s not the case,…
Delicious Packaging
Recently I was flipping through the latest Crate & Barrel catalog, and although I love their furniture and accessories, what stood out to me the most was this Ganache. I usually don’t pay much attention to their food products, but…
Hello!
This blog has been in the works for quite awhile, so I’m really excited to be up and running. (Thanks to B for his web expertise!) To give you a little bit of an introduction… As a designer (and collector)…