by Stephanie Hay on 10/29/2009
Wisconsin-native Jen Fose admits to being the black sheep of her large, mid-western family. Of her 25 cousins, she’s the only one who “stayed the somewhat uncertain course of a creative professional.”
Now, the 25-year-old is living in DC and working with the Creative Studio team at Ogilvy; not necessarily your black sheep of design leaders in the industry.
“My family members have all selected very practical career pathways and have become either accountants or engineers,” she said, acknowledging that she’s always received widespread support from her family for her creative pursuits. “I’ve proven that you can make a living doing something a bit less conventional.”
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by FullBleed Editoral Staff on 10/26/2009
Fall is a great time for meditation and reflection on what went well this past year. For this month’s “Three” our selected ADCMW members share with us: “What was your favorite project ever?”
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by Nick Whitmoyer on 10/23/2009
If you didn’t make it to ADCMW’s Creative Elements event the other night, then you missed a great time. But don’t worry! There will be more; a lot more, actually.
Sponsors for the evening’s event (from left to right): Frank Wang, Corey Greeneltch, Candace Nicolls, Bill Buell & Chris Cook of Ironworks Consulting.
CEO Peter Corbett of iStrategyLabs makes an appearance at the kick-off event.
Freelance Graphic Designer/ADCMW Board Member Selena Robleto & User Experience Manager Greg Robleto of The Motley Fool. Continue reading…
by Dan Lachman on 10/20/2009
This is the first feature in a series on the DC-area fashion and merchandising scene.
Running Sharp Shirter in the DC community is awesome! The greater metropolitan area is constantly throwing events for local businesses to show off their stuff. I’ve noticed a real growth in the grass-roots movement over the past few years, and now’s the perfect time to be in the scene getting your work noticed.
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by Stephanie Hay on 10/14/2009
Since graduating from McGill University in Montreal, Claire Manibog has been working as a philanthropic advisor — and she loves it.
“Basically, I help people like Bill Gates make smart choices when they donate their wealth to charity. I work with an incredible team of smart, young people and their energy, optimism, and brains keep me motivated every day.”
Though, Claire doesn’t seem to be short on motivation.
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by Mira Azarm on 10/06/2009
Hey, you! Are you ready for some exercise? Step away from that color palette you’ve been over thinking, that CSS code you’ve pored over 12 times already, or the proposal your boss is bugging you about, and give me 30. Thirty seconds that is, in Brugger’s Relief. 1, 2, 3 … Oh, wait. You don’t know what Brugger’s Postural Relief Exercise is, do you?
Seeing as you are reading this article within the confines of FullBleed, I will make an educated guess that you are a designer, and that one frequently overlooked element in your job description (as said designer) is that you sit in your chair, all day and every day, with client meetings and coffee refills being the only exceptions.
This means, my friend, that you are a chair athlete.
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by Stephanie Hay on 10/01/2009
Jessica Avison wishes she could tell her younger self to stop worrying. “Don’t be afraid to try new things. Things will come together, as long as you keep trying.”
So far, her life has been following that advice (although with *some* fretting, after all). For examples, she just started a new career in design, she’s about to be married (on Saturday), and she’s getting involved with DC creative groups (even if she doesn’t initially know anyone in them).
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