Great Advice from Milton Glaser

Here is a link to an AIGA talk he did in 2001. Great advice, especially when design is your life, and not just your job.

My Colorburn Fix

Every morning, I look forward to flipping over to my Dashboard and checking out Firewheel Design's Colorburn widget. The widget features a new cleverly-named color theme (4 swatches in hex color) every day. I even have a little notebook where I record my favorite hex #'s for future reference.

What's in a Name?

Errol Saldanha presents the argument on Beyond Graphic that the monikers graphic and graphic designer are a bit narrow for what we as creatives do in the 21st century. His thoughts under the Identity and Value sections are of particular interest to me.

I have always thought of myself as a communication designer, simply because my BFA was in Communication Design. I will answer to graphic designer, designer, and my favorite, design monkey. Just refrain from uttering graphics designer. Pretty please.