The new website I’ve designed for Alaska Conservation Foundation is now online. Alaska Conservation Foundation works to protect Alaska. They build strategic leadership and support for Alaskan efforts to take care of wildlands, waters, and wildlife. Check it out here: Alaska Conservation Foundation
This website was designed with the strategy and development provided by Mike Hondel.
Okay, these snowboard graphics are off the hook and I have to share them. The difference between information design and design “just” for the sake of design is clear. If I wasn’t signing up for downhill ski lessons next season, I think I might have to get me a new board.
Check out designüüd blog post – fresh powder
Now that I’m at it, check this out, too: 50 Beautiful Snowboard Designs
For the past five years AIGA (the professional association for design) have been conducting a quarterly survey of design leaders to measure the current conditions within the design economy.
From the AIGA article:
AIGA had expected results from the beginning of 2010 to reveal whether American businesses had reduced their budgets for design based on 2009’s weak start, thus imposing a continuing negative impact on design business. The data and anecdotal evidence suggest investment in design is reviving.
Read the article and see the numbers: AIGA Design Leaders Confidence Index
Just watched this documentary last night and I liked it. It reminded me of my advertising agency days in Denmark.
Short Synopsis: ART & COPY is a new film about advertising and inspiration. It reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time – people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation.
Enjoy: Art & Copy Film Preview
When I first started working freelance full-time I invented my own time tracking and billing system, and I was proud of it. It worked perfectly until I did my first taxes and – yeah – realized that my system really wasn’t all that great.
I can now say that I’m working with the smartest and best looking time tracking system out there: HARVEST – This has made my life so much easier. You’re just going to have to test it out yourself to see how awesome it is, but some of the features I love are:
• Time Summary: Quick overview of time spent today, yesterday, last week, this month and last month.
• Invoice Summary: Quick overview of amount outstanding, amount invoiced this month, payments received year-to-date.
There’s many other great features such as project budget overview, automatic invoicing etc. Can you tell that I highly recommend this service? And, I’m not even getting paid to say this!
Check out the OO Wireless HD Projector by David Riesenberg. Wowsa! It brings a serious dose of great design to the otherwise pretty boring projector market. I’ve never wanted one, but this little baby would fit nicely in my electronics selection. I’m sure I could find a use for it.
Read more at Unplgged.
I’m proud to announce that AIGA Alaska has gained provisional chapter status as the 65th chapter of AIGA | the professional association for design. And, that I now can call myself Vice President of AIGA Alaska. I’m really looking forward to the future in design of Alaska.
It’s been about a year since I was attending the first meetings with just a few interested designers and today we have 28 members.
The Board of Directors are: Adrienne Wilkerson, Alexis Roskelley‐Johnson , Colleen Shannon, Cary King , Dave Taylor, Lindsay Renkert and myself.
Sini Salminen
Vice President
AIGA Alaska
I just read a part of this book online and maybe you should, too? This is really a 101 on how to make work-life terrible for yourself and even get fired. It’s quite entertaining. The “advise” written by Andy Epstein is laughable – in a great way.
Read the online article 23 Ways To Get Fired – it teaches you how to piss off your clients, your fellow designers and even take on bad design habits.
I’m sure we’ve all had a colleague or two who took pride in at least a few of these traits.
