So I am currently reading Steve Jobs, the authorized biography written by Walter Isaacson. A small paragraph really stuck out to me. It was the discussion between Steve Jobs and Paul Rand on the NeXT logo. Paul Rand is an American graphic designer that created logos for IBM, UPS,...
Archive for category: design
Love Letter and Etsy
If you guys don’t know I recently opened up my Etsy shop, Creative Moxie Studio. I primarily sell cards but hoping to expand into different medias in the future. It really takes a lot building up your inventory, taking the photos and marketing yourself. I have been fortunate to...
Creative Series : Ben Goetting
Creative Moxie: Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into design?Ben Goetting: I’m 32 years old, born in California and living in Brooklyn, NY. I wouldn’t really say I got into design so much as design got into me. I’ve pretty much been a lover of all...
Handmade Type
Some great things come out of self-initiated projects and Tien-Min Liao’s “Handmade Type” is an example of that. I really appreciate the presentation that Liao creates to represent her project from the pictures to the animations.
Creative Series: Sean A. Metcalf
CreativeMoxie: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into design?Sean A. Metcalf: I am a young designer currently living and creating in Atlanta, Ga. I enjoy people, traveling, reading, and of course, designing. My story of how I got into design is fairly unorthodox and...
The Power of Side Projects and Eccentric Aunts
Need a little inspiration? Watch Tina Roth Eisenberg aka Swiss Miss, inspirational video on “The Power of Side Projects and Eccentric Aunts”“The Power of Side Projects and Eccentric Aunts” is the title of a talk I gave at FOWD (futureofwebdesign.com) in November of 2011. The talk is mostly about...
Business Card
Check out my new business cards. Each one is unique and 50% recycled. I even created a baby business cards! Gotta collect them all.
Creative Series Oliver Twardowski
Creative Moxie: Tell us a little about yourself. Oliver Twardowski: I’m a 28 year old freelance user interface- and icon designer from Cologne, Germany. I love design, style and much more than anything else I love coffee. CM: How did you get interested in icon design? OT: I’ve been...
Logos
You know something is good, when you look at it and wish you were the one to do it first. Well here is a collection of some logos that will make you think just that. Click here to see the full list of 50+ conceptual logos for your inspiration,...
Website 101
This is a great review if you are designing a website for the first time, or even a nice refresher if you have been doing it for awhile. Click here to see the short and sweet “Anatomy of a Perfect Landing Page” , ten key landing page features that draws in users.