Throw Back Thursday: “The Hobbit” Book Cover

I was delighted by my redesign of the book cover for “The Hobbit.”

Why I Use Style Tiles

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You may have heard of style tiles before. Samantha Warren introduced them at SXSW in 2012 and then wrote about them…

Throwback Thursday

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How appropriate that this old presentation should be dug up on a Thursday. When I worked for Ball State’s Department…

Using Pinterest to Research a Target Audience

I have a friend that just became an officially licensed Crossfit affiliate. He launched a website and now we’re working…

Simple Innovation

Sometimes you see something so simple, yet so far from the norms that all you can do is sit there,…

Alphabet Blocks

I was playing blocks with my son today for the umpteenth time and decided to “cure” my boredom. You can…

Think of the Users

Many businesses fall into a simple trap on their websites: they load up the front page with paragraphs and paragraphs of information important to the company. “What’s wrong with that?”, you might ask. Simply put: your visitors don’t care.

Our Forebearers

As a designer, one program I use a lot is Adobe Illustrator. It’s a good program for building logos, artwork…