Free 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket
It’s tournament time once again! Of all the sports tournaments, the NCAA Tournament produces the one tried and true champion from the season. It’s a tournament that allows a #16 seed “cinderella story” the chance to win. And though it’s never happened in the men’s tournament, it’s the underdog’s dream tournament. So, with the excitement ...
Allegheny Financial 2012 Planner by Bunch
This 2012 Annual Planner for Allegheny Financial by Bunch is simply beautiful: The attention to detail is what makes this piece so special. The combination of yellow pages tied together with red thread in a sewn binding with an exposed spine stitch was matched on the cover by using red and holographic foil, one over ...
Truth Hurts iPhone Wallpaper
I’m loving these “truth hurts” iPhone wallpapers. The designer, Nico Ordozgoiti, does a great job exposing the painful facts about owning an iPhone.
Up, up, up
One of the hardest parts of blogging as a business is increasing pageviews and reducing bounce rate. If these terms are new to you, here’s a simple explanation of both. Pageview – A page view is a request to load a single HTML file (‘page’) of an Internet site. One visitor can have multiple page ...
10 Things I Learned at Plywood Presents: Social Innovation
Last week, thanks to the creative team at Adventures, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Social Innovation conference presented by Plywood People at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The day was filled with creative speakers (and some amazing yogurt from this place) sharing their experiences in making the world a better ...
Featured Artist: Industrial Designer Benjamin Laramie
Benjamin Laramie is an industrial designer from San Francisco, California: My name is Benjamin Laramie. I studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design. I am the Industrial Designer at Chronicle Books in San Francisco, California. [ excerpt from his website ] His work is incredible. Check out some of the projects on his ...
Logo Wisdom
This quote was found in Mashable’s post: The Fundamentals & Best Practices of Logo Design
Small Businesses and Social Media
Customer loyalty is at the heart of every business, both large and small. One common industry statistic that is referenced time and again is that it is five times more profitable to spend marketing dollars to keep your best customers rather than acquiring new ones. Small businesses get this equation in spades.
The Coffeehouse App
Talking with Sean Bonner about his new Coffee Common projectreminded me of this recent illustrated proposal for a new app, called Coffeehouse Commons. [via GOOD]
