A Short Lesson In Perspective

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You may have seen this post from Linds Redding floating around. It's gotten a fair amount of much-deserved press. It's important, m...

How to Pick a Portfolio School - Updated

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A couple summers ago, Ashley Sommardahl from the VCU Brandcenter wrote a great post titled "How to Pick a Portfolio School."  It...

David Oakley's Why Is Your Name Upside Down?

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We have a list of books we recommend over there ----> on the right side of the page. Lots of stuff that might inspire you or make ...

The Third Shoe

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Yesterday I was having lunch with Tracy Urquhart, our awesome creative operations manager, and I was talking about being disappointed w...

An Interview with Andrew LeVasseur, Head of Experience Design at VCU Brandcenter

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At the VCU Brandcenter’s annual recruiter session, there’s a small group of tinkerers and builders and mad scientists who sit in the sa...

Creative vs. Creative Director

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There's an article in CA 's Interactive Annual by Xanthe Wells called "Promoted to Fail." It includes  this chart from Ro...

It doesn't have to be what you think it has to be.

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I'm a fan of Stephan Sagmeister. I like his book . I like his TED talks . Maybe I'm suckered by the Viennese accent, but I think he ...

The 30 Most Creative Women In Advertising

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How many amazing, world-class female creatives can you name? (Go ahead, post them in the comments section, I'm curious.) Not just good f...

Things We Don't Want To Hear In A Radio Ad (Parts 1 and 2)

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Things We Don't Want to Hear in a Radio Ad (Part 1) from Radio Mercury Awards on Vimeo . Things We Don't Want to Hear in a R...

Moving and Working Overseas

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Having worked overseas, I get a lot of questions from students about how they can work abroad, too. I published pretty much all I know in th...