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Such wonderful calendars from Snow & Graham , in Chicago. I'm in love with them. I wish I can get every single one. Snow & Graham offer a full range of paper novelties designed for modern communique. They honor tradition of surface design with a very contemporary sensibility, combining modern designs with supple papers and fine art letterpress printing.

Charlie Harper is such an inspiration for me. I love his work! He was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist (August 4, 1922 – June 10, 2007), best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. Living on a farm influenced his work to his last days. After much traveling, Charley Harper returned to the Art Academy of Cincinnati as a teacher and also worked for a commercial firm before working on his own. He and his wife worked out of their Roselawn and Finneytown homes, and later, with their only child Brett Harper, formed Harper Studios. He often created works for many nature-based organizations, among them the National Park Service; Cincinnati Zoo; Cincinnati Nature Center; Hamilton County (Ohio) Park District; and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. He also designed interpretive displays for Everglades National Park. He called his style "minimal realism", trying to capture the essence of his subjects with the fewest possible vi...

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Drawing and illustration is my passion, graphic design is my career. The role of graphic designer is confusing to some people. From explaining what I do to a friend or family to weather my role has any social influence is a hard task. Do I have a social role in society? Am I a just a neutral messenger of the company's message, am I influencing the client to make certain decisions? What exactly is the social role of a graphic designer in the world? I found this essay by Pierre Bernard , co-founder of Grapus and Atelier de Création Graphique, that discusses the social role of a graphic designer in depth. Keep in mind that Grapus was a group of idealist artists and graphic designers which were members of the Communists Party. No, I'm not endorsing the Communist idea, I'm just warning you that I'm aware of their political stand and some of the points he makes in the essay are valuable even in our capitalist consumerist world. Graphus disbanded in January 1991, splitting i...

A BRAND is a person’s gut feeling about a product, service, or organization. It’s not what you say it is, it’s what they (customers) say it is. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see a logo or a company name? “A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another.” –Seth Godin Find out here what the World's Most Valuable Brands are. A ‘personal brand’ is your reputation. It refers to the way other people see you as a business owner or representative of an idea, organization, or activity. Are you a genius? An expert? Are you trustworthy? What do you represent? What do you stand for? What ideas and notions pop up as soon as someone hears your name? When you have a personal brand, people recognize and care about your name, what you’re working on, what you offer, and what you’re about. CHALLENGE: Think about your personal brand today....

I ran into an article two days ago, that was talking about this Oristand , the foldable standing desk for a whole $25. Wow, I wish I invented this, a few years ago, when I was doing corporate America and was stuck in a chair 8 hours a day. I can't wait to get mine. Why stand vs. sit, you ask? I did some research a few years ago, after reading about the negative side effects of sitting all day, trying to impress my boss and pitch a request to get standing desks. The pitch failed, because of the HR department at the company, wanted me to get a doctor's excuse to prove that I have some kind of health issues, in order for the department to order these expensive standing desk. Talk about non preventive healthcare. I have to go through old files and find all my research and will summarize it in another post a little later, because it may help you become a spokesperson for preventive healthcare, vs curative healthcare. I'm a big believer of preventive medicine, because growing ...

HAPPY 2016! It's been a while since I posted, sometimes we just get busy with life, but today is my birthday, so I made time to contemplate on life, rather than just rush through it... and I wanted to share these life lessons that challenged me today. I won't lie, I'm a bit bummed out because I'm not getting any younger, but these are good tips on how to live moving forward. They are written by Regina Brett . Universal lessons that are relatable to anyone who needs a little reminder (including myself) of what's important in life. Enjoy! 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good . 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step . 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Don't take yourself so seriously . No one else does. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree . 7. Cry with someone . It's more healing than crying alone. 8. Save for re...

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Drum roll.... Spring 2015 colors are: PANTONE 14-4313 Aquamarine | PANTONE 16-4725 Scuba Blue | PANTONE 14-5714 Lucite® Green | PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue | PANTONE 14-1213 Toasted Almond | PANTONE 16-1720 Strawberry Ice | PANTONE 15-1247 Tangerine | PANTONE 13-0720 Custard | PANTONE 18-1438 Marsala | PANTONE 14-4102 Glacier Gray

I don't know about you, but I find the use of hashtags to be the norm with millennials. The rest of the people I work or socialize with, either hate them or don't care for them. But why? Hashtags are just simply labels, another avenue for your content to be found on social media, it's a social way of engaging a dialog with your audience or getting people to talk about your product/company. Of coarse, just like any new skill it's something that you get good at with practice and learning a few basics. First of all DON'T fear them! #hashtags are becoming more and more popular with advertising campaigns and weather or not you want to jump on the bandwagon or not, they will help increase awareness of your brand. Hashtags were used in the last Superbowl and some of the more memorable were: #BestBuds #salute #AmericaIsBeautiful #vw. An easy way to start using hashtags is by simply labeling your business/products into your posts, just like you would label your recipes...

A few iconic pieces from MODA Atlanta, from their AIGA 100 Exhibit . AIGA (formerly known as the American Institute of Graphic Arts) celebrates its centennial year with a remarkable exhibition from the organization’s archives. Cutting edge work by esteemed designers like Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister and many more reveals, precision and nuance that design brings to our commercial and cultural dialogue. The exhibit ended October 5.

I'm back to doing what I love after more than two years of being in corporate America. It's been a great experience, working with some amazing people, but the routine and my stressful 3.5 sometimes 4hrs. daily commute started to kill my passion. I'm not sure how most people in Atlanta will deal with this increasing traffic problem, other than companies need to be willing to be more open to telecommuting. At least for now I don't want to worry about it, but I'm keeping my eyes open to different opportunities that are available where I can balance my work and family life. I'm posting one of my favorite series of birds (orioles) and berries illustrations , which you can find on etsy.com and can be customized to any color to match your house of office decor. Check out more of my illustration collection there.

A very mod treasury included my "Pattern Wildflower" illustration. Check it out.

My techo blossoms are currently in the "Did you ask for Orange ?" treasury on etsty.com.

I was such a pleasure to meet one of my icons last night, Grace Bonney, the blogger and author of designsponge.com and Design * Sponge at Home. Elaine and I enjoyed the drinks and tarts and the photo booth.

My print "Pattern, Birds & Parsley" is up on etsy.com

My new prints are up on etsy.com ! Go get a set!

My latest print: " Pop Winter", is up on etsy.com this week.