Cinderella

When I say that I design materials for gala events, people often think that means designing just the invitation – and years ago, I would have thought the same thing! But we’d both have been wrong. After being hired by many event planners, I have experienced first-hand the amount of organization and attention to detail [...]

What the Font?

WTF took on a whole new meaning in the studio this week when I was “art directed” by several clients who requested certain fonts be used in their projects. See below for examples of their choices for headline, italic, and kiddo fonts along with my alternate suggestions: Though I implicitly follow client guidelines when specific [...]

State of the Studio

On Tuesday, January 25,  I watched the 2011 State of the Union. Our President spoke broadly (and as always, beautifully) of helping the economy and creating new jobs, but there weren’t many specifics. How would this happen? Would new jobs suddenly appear simply because Barack Obama said so? Um… apparently, yes. On the morning of [...]