A brand identity designer with clients around the world.


Responding to spec work requests

Published on November 17th, 2010 Read the 162 comments »

golden ticket

I rarely reply to the weekly email requests that ask for spec work. Today I did.

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NO!SPEC

Published on November 14th, 2010 Read the 30 comments »

NO!SPEC logo

I offered to create a fresh look for the NO!SPEC website.

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Archived under Business, Portfolio.

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto

Published on October 20th, 2010 Read the 19 comments »

Win Without Pitching Manifesto

Lots of solid advice to use when dealing with clients.

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Archived under Books, Business.

Advice for design students

Published on October 5th, 2010 Read the 50 comments »

information sign clouds

With 700+ pages on this site, here’s the content I think is most helpful to students.

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Showing sketches to clients

Published on September 29th, 2010 Read the 56 comments »

sharpened pencils

“Can I see sketches?” It’s a perfectly valid client-request. After all, the expectation is simply to see a greater variety of ideas before choosing one to run with. So that’s good, right? Well, no.

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