Week in Review

Its been a busy week. 

The SF20 folder should be shipping tomorrow (logo on left) - that was this awesome piece we designed for a client...since we do all of their show branding, we did the logo, the corporate id for the show, the direct mail and then this presentation folder. The colors in the logo are black, orange and pink - so I specified the furniture weave paper from Neenah - the Eames line - in white for the ID and then in the hot pink for the folder. It turned out awesome. The folder is a 9x12 - single pocket with a gate fold that has a square di to close the gate - we ended up printing 2 color plus spot varnish...what a cool piece for this high end modernism show.

We also worked on the re-design of a client website that is turning out really cool - sent it over this morning so excited to get the feedback on that. 

We finished the Red Cross ad for Fava Design Group. That turned out really great. Katrina wrote the copy and overall its a sharp looking spread. Joe is doing a room in their show house in Fort Lauderdale so we put together the ad and the room description. It is cohesive with all of their corporate branding and makes for a really professional presentation for the company. 

I have a prospective client meeting on Tuesday - really excited about potentially working with this company...would be a great opportunity.

I also started toying around the idea of teaching again. It was something I was interested in pursuing when I lived in Fort Lauderdale but then my move kind of nipped that idea in the bud -- but I think it something I want to investigate - maybe become an adjunct somewhere in the Design department....just a thought...

Ok - gotta get back to work! Ciao!

Inspiration

I believe people take their inspiration from different things - especially us creative types...it could be something really little - or something major - well last year around this time, I was inspired by a bottle of wine and not remembering the name of it...Now before you jump to conclusions - that isn't what I mean...but seriously - don't you ever go to dinner and have a glass or someone gives you a bottle when they come over - you really enjoy it but then you recycle the bottle, or leave the restaurant, without knowing what it was called...

Ok well that happened to me and I thought - wouldn't it be perfect to have a notebook to write down wines? So whats a designer to do - I came up with a name, designed a logo, laid out a book, had it printed and bound, designed a website - and SHIZAM - I now had a wine journal...WOO WOO! Those are the glories of being a graphic designer - think of something and create it...

And don't worry - I am not keeping this glorious new product to myself - you can buy it at a few stores in Rochester at Craft Company No 6, Wine Sense, Wines by Design; in Baltimore at I am Wine, and of course online at  www.uncorkedandtoasted.com

So its great to follow your inspiration - no matter what it is and where it leads you. And maybe mine will lead you to buy a wine journal!