Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Digital Detox III
A digital detox is unthinkable! Unbearable! Being without your personal digital connection to the world is almost impossible to imagine, even though many of us would agree that life would be better without it. Palm Trees We have incredible amounts of information and access right in the palms of our hands. Digital palm trees, with…
Read MoreDesigning a Custom Typeface | Part 2
(Missed the first part of the custom typeface series? Check here!) In the months since my last blog, I’ve made a lot of progress on designRoom’s new typeface. First, we chose a concrete direction. After a more in-depth look at the way we use fonts, we decided we wanted a more personalized replacement for the…
Read MoreCuriosity? It’s Just a Button.
Curiosity can kill a designer. Wait, what?! Well yeah, sometimes. Curiosity is a natural behavior for designers. Creative studios want designers to be curious. Designers can’t help it. It’s in their DNA. But sometimes it can be deadly. Designers can get too hung up on “What if…” and the “I didn’t think of that…” and not…
Read MoreA Type Design Niche, By the Letter
While it’s still early in my career, I’ve been fortunate to have developed a type design niche. I have a knack for letters. All About All the Letters My expertise, and my passion, is in type design — making new fonts and expanding old ones. It can be tedious. Kerning, for example, is a step…
Read MoreMy 3 Favorite Photoshop Tools
Here are three of my most important and favorite photoshop tools I use for when designing digital assets: Fill / Content-Aware I remember the day I learned this technique. It felt like being a kid on Christmas morning opening a brand new toy. Only this toy makes my life much easier. Designers are constantly challenged…
Read MoreBrand New Inspiration
Recently, I attended the Brand New Conference in Chicago, a “two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.” I’ve been to countless design conferences, but it had been quite some time since my last. To me they had become tedious portfolio reviews offering little…
Read MoreDesign Debt: 3 Things that Create it and How to Avoid it
Design debt is very much about wasted time and money. That’s why we refer to it as debt. And why it’s a good idea to avoid it. Almost everyone has experienced a design process of some sort. Whether through a marketing plan and a design firm or an interior design solution for your kitchen, design spreads across…
Read MoreDigital Design Q & A With Shaun
I’m Shaun, Digital Design Director here at designRoom. I recently took time to answer some of the most popular questions clients ask me. I decided to collect them and share them here, in hopes they can also help you. Q: I’ve been told that my site needs to be more responsive and the resolution should be…
Read MoreBehind the Design: Ohio Travel Bag Logo
Ohio Travel Bag (OTB): established in 1908 as a manufacturer of traveling bags and coin collection bags. The Industrial Revolution, with its locomotives and steamships and motorcars, had opened up travel to everyday Americans. Ohio Travel Bag outfitted those travelers with their luggage, including the timeless briefcase, which became an essential accessory for professionals on…
Read MoreTwo Bulls on a Hill
Before I get to the Two Bulls on a Hill, I’m going to tell you what I’m most thankful for in this world. It’s my father, Larry Culbertson. Since I was a kid, my father has allowed me to develop into the man I was meant to be. He never directed me, never pushed me,…
Read MoreThe Ins and Outs of Falling Up
Here are some of the ins and outs of falling up in our studio. It’s been been almost two hours and I’m getting hangry. The room feels stuffy, like a closet. The black dry-erase marker died, we had to switch to blue, and my OCD is on alert. The white board was full an hour ago and…
Read MoreMaybe It’s Time
Hey all you business leaders who apologized for your brand identities before you handed me your business cards — maybe it’s time for you to make time for your brand? I’ll explain. Attending the National Association for Addiction Treatment Providers’ (NAATP) Leadership Conference earlier this month was a wonderful experience. Another amazing conference and amazing people in attendance. I was…
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