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Design Influences: Josef Müller-Brockmann

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

LeBron James makes it look so easy. (Okay, Stephen Curry might have made it look even easier at this year’s NBA finals.) They fly though the air, with the greatest of ease, and get middle schoolers and middle agers all

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Design Influences: Massimo Vignelli

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

Kerry Grady descends from a family tree that is a colorful mixture of Irish, German, Welch and Dutch ancestors. But his “Design DNA” is more defined: American, Swiss and definitely a dash of Italian. (This is Part 2 in our

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Logos, Logotypes, Symbols, Signatures, and Monograms

Kerry Grady Founder, Design Principal

There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to the differences between logos, logotypes, symbols, signatures and monograms. While many brand and marketing experts have a basic understanding of the nuances within the definitive applications of brand identity, most non-designers

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Design Influences: Paul Rand

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

It’s like a scene from a movie, or soft drink commercial: young kid from anywhere, Iowa, stumbles upon his superstar idol. Superstar takes a liking to the kid… gives him inspiring advice he’ll never forget (or maybe throws him a

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Mission Control from Richard Branson

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

As missionstatements.com puts it: “A company’s mission statement is a constant reminder to its employees of why the company exists and what the founders envisioned when they put their fame and fortune at risk to breathe life into their dreams.”

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First Impressions

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

You just interviewed someone (and you can’t help but notice) they have a pierced tongue. Maybe you think that: “They are so fearless, adventurous, creative”; “The experience must have been incredibly painful, and tooth brushing might be just as bad”; or, “This person

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Pt. 2: Insight from a Digital Native.

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

The discussion with Grady Campbell Web Designer/Developer, Zeno Shin, continues…   *Q: So many companies invested in websites built in Flash—possibly before they realized its future limitations. Why should they get an HTML5 makeover?   The main advantage HTML5 has over

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“HTML is My First Language.” Insight from a Digital Native.

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

He has an X-Men moniker, a Hollister look and he can’t even imagine a disadvantaged world that existed “B.A.”–Before Apple—(because he didn’t.) He is Zeno Shin, new Grady Campbell Web Designer/Developer. You might say Zeno is the tech progeny of

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To See the Unseen

Thalia Kalodimos Sr. Writer, Producer

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware…” (as writer Henry Miller put it.) That might draw to mind another Miller — photographer Sandro Miller (related only in spirit,