Chip Kidd Wisdom

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If you haven't watched Chip Kidd's TED talk , take 15 minutes to do so. Here are the Cliff's Notes.

"Inflatable Trans Ams and Stained Glass Backboards" or "Have An Idea That Forces You To Learn Something New"

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I love to see side projects in someone's portfolio. Granted, they need to be interesting and well-done too. Bad poetry doesn't scor...

How to Write for Television (When You Have Never Written for Television)

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If you want to concept TV commercials, you've got to start with premises. Do not write scripts. Let me explain... Forever ago, I did a...

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 ...