by John Harrington on 06/25/2009
The Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington’s 60th Annual Show Gala returned again to the historic National Press Club on June 6 to showcase the best work of the region and celebrate the talent that our members deliver to their clients everyday. The dais, where Presidents and Kings have addressed audiences in the past, was the location where Master of Ceremonies Sean McCormick distributed the Gold Light Bulb and Silver Light Bulb awards to winners.
The partnership award went to Svec Conway and was accepted by Sheila Firestein. ADCMW President Jen Fults received the presidential award from host Sean McCormick.
ADCMW Executive Director Susan Fuller presented the annual Lifetime Membership Award to Eric Stewart, who has served the club and board for more than a decade. Stewart noted in his acceptance remarks that it was his joining the club and getting involved in member activities that gave him clients and a thus, a career. Continue reading…
by Samantha Warren on 06/23/2009
Illustration courtesy of Varick Rosete
As the creative industry is growing with changing technology, many designers are looking to pick up on skills to help them become more valuable in the industry, communicate more effectively with those with whom they work, and truly understand the medium of the web.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and HTML are the building blocks to websites, and just as it helps a print designer to understand prepress, learning the basics to web design build-out can be enormously helpful. With the web design industry being so young, I find it helpful to look to others in the field for advice on just about all things web. For some advice on this topic, I turned to some incredibly knowledgeable and experienced designers to help folks looking for new skills.
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by Pat Taylor on 06/23/2009
More than 400 outstanding marks by this multi-design firm gives the reader the idea that they design only logotypes, symbols, and marks. NOT TRUE! Pentagram does it all. Graphic design, architectural design, interior design, etc., etc. You can see their work at www.pentagram.com.
Back to the book…This 5” by 7” book is 1-1/2” thick. It has a white cover wrap, about half the height of the book, explaining what the book is all about. All marks are produced in black ink with an explanation at the bottom of the page. Think about it, 400 marks are a helluva lot of marks, logotypes, and symbols.
“Pentagram Marks” is only one of many books by and about Pentagram. They also produce a series of books called, “Pentagram Papers.” The series publishes examples of curious, entertaining, and occasionally controversial points of view.
If you design logos, symbols or marks for a living, then this book is a must for your library!
Available at: amazon.com
