Writings & Insight
Writing on graphic design, communication, process, and occasional reflections from years of professional practice.
You need a photo headshot
Not a week goes by when a client will send me an employee's headshot that needs to go in a publication or ad. Sometimes they are good, and sometimes they are bad. And by bad, I mean they are low resolution or cropped in a weird way. They probably grabbed the photo...
Career advice from a graphic designer
A fraternity brother reached out, asking me to send his niece some advice. She had recently graduated college and was embarking on a career as a graphic designer. My first thought was that I should have talked to her four years ago to talk her out of her career...
The Internet Olympics 1996
Whenever I speak with a potential client, I make sure to mention my web bona fides by letting them know that I have been designing websites since the mid-1990s. For those of you keeping score, this is when the commercial internet took off, and companies had the...