by Doug Fuller on 11/24/2009
The unveiling of the new Art Directors Club logo has the design blogs abuzz…with mostly negative comments. “Uninspired,” “generic,” and “dated,” are just a few of the pejoratives being tossed around. (I know what you’re thinking: “Hey, didn’t ADCMW just re-do its logo several years ago? Can’t you guys make up your minds?”)
Wait a second! The club in question is the Art Directors Club in New York City (or ADC Global as they sometimes call themselves). The problem is, many people are confused by the similarity in the names, especially if they didn’t even know that there was an Art Directors Club in New York. In fact, during my time as ADCMW president, I would occasionally refer to the club in New York as “ADC National,” incurring dirty looks from the ADCMW Director — who happens to be my wife. She was right and I should have known better. Unlike the AIGA — a national organization with chapters around the country — the various art directors clubs from Denver to Connecticut to Northwestern Arkansas are not related to one another apart from the shared name. I can’t speak for the other ADCs around the country, but ADCMW is fiercely independent and proud to be going it alone.
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by Stephanie Hay on 11/09/2009
Russell Heimlich is a lefty. And an only child. And he knows a thing or two about computers.
“My parents really wanted me to be good at computers, so there has been a computer in our house for as long as I can remember. My first computer was a Commodore 64; my parents wrote DOS commands so I could play games,” he said. “As we upgraded computers I learned more and more about them. My dad worked for the government, and he once took me in so I could use Gopher, a pre-Internet computer network.”
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by Deane Nettles on 11/03/2009
In Part I of Marketing for Designers, ADCMW’s own long-time member Deane Nettles shares how he has learned to leverage the web as a foundation toward promoting his creative work. Stay tuned for Part II, which will include his recommendations on how he has used social media tools to build upon his website and email marketing efforts.
Let’s presume that there is an inside world and an outside world. The inside world is your studio where you live, and the outside world is where your clients live. If you’ve been in business for a while, you’ve built up a client base. Those clients recommend you to other people, and there is this buzz in the outside world … which provides you with new business.
But, to build buzz in the online world, where do you even start? Here’s the answer: with a website.
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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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by FullBleed Editoral Staff on 09/28/2009
This month’s last “Three” question comes from the archive of the ADCMW Creatives listserv. Check out what several local creatives had to say, then share your own insight via the comments below!
I’m helping a friend get her home office up and running, and was wondering if we could get some advice on design software. Especially font management and older versions of CS.
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by FullBleed Editoral Staff on 09/22/2009
This is one of the questions we asked in this month’s “Three” series. Check out what several local creatives had to say, then share your own insight via the comments below!
Which DC theaters/venues are the best to see the most innovative work?
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by FullBleed Editoral Staff on 09/18/2009
This is one of the questions we asked in this month’s “Three” series. Check out what several local creatives had to say, then share your own insight via the comments below!
Which DC galleries are your favorite and why?
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by Carolyn Sewell on 09/16/2009
I have no idea what you call someone who is obsessed with obsessive people, but that’s totally what I am.
And I’m also obsessed with making lists, which comes in handy if you (like me) don’t proclaim to be a strong writer. So, for your sake and mine, this article will be a list of my favorite obsessive people with links to their stuff. Here goes…
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