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An Interview with Bill Beachy: Go Media President

Friday, October 30, 2009

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: After countless hours of looking at type, learning how type and image work together, filling up sketchbooks, learning how to code HTML and CSS and even sleeping in the art building, two soon to be “little fish” in the big sea that is graphic design wanted to get to [...]

Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: You’ve just been given a project and the client has made a list of demands that will surely result in a total design failure. Your integrity as a good designer is on the line… …WHAT DO YOU DO? Manage the client’s expectations BEFORE the project brief is even written. [...]

Jeff’s Moleskine Round 2

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Here we are again with another round of scans from my Moleskine. Not much to say about these other than I was just having some fun drawing skulls and things. I was using just a regular ball point pen, which to my surprise, works great in these books. I [...]

Heather Tropp is better than Liz Hunt

Monday, June 23, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Well, it’s been almost four months since my first day here at Go Media. I entered my position as the Sales and Project Manager after making my way through a series of “interesting” jobs. I’m still not quite sure what Bill saw in me for this position, but the [...]

A Day In the Life of a Go Media Employee

Monday, June 23, 2008

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A Day In the Life of a Go Media Employee

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By the time my phone tells me it’s 9:50am, I’m muttering obscenities into my glass as I take one last swig of OJ, say goodbye to my wrestling kittens, then fly out the door to my Subaru. Luckily I’m able to make it to the Go Media front in [...]

Moleskine: The Artists’ Notebook

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’ve often felt product lust over those shiny Moleskine notebooks on the shelf in Borders, and this is why: guys like Jeff Finley use ‘em – they must be good. As I was flipping through the Moleskine that sits on Jeff’s desk here at Go Media, I thought you [...]

I Am Liz Hunt — Designers, Unite!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: When Jeff Finley first approached me to work as an information designer for Go Media, my inner monologue went something like this: “Go Media? Who are THESE guys? What’s this ‘Arsenal: Professional Design Weaponry’ stuff? Vector Packs? Skulls and Heraldry and — Hooladanders? What the hell is a Hooladander?! [...]

“Concentric Downpour” Printed on DBH

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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Another Design by Humans winner for Go Media. I tweaked one of the pieces from the Concentric Series to work as a shirt design and it won shirt of the day. They did a great job with printing, and making sure the artwork flowed onto the back of the shirt. Big thanks to everyone that [...]

Getting Things Done: My First Weekly Review

Friday, June 13, 2008

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Getting Things Done: My First Weekly Review

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: After a long day at your desk, do you ever ask yourself “What the heck did I accomplish today?” I know I could be working like a madman and pushing projects out before deadlines and I still won’t even remember what I did. It’s all a blur. At the [...]