Industrially Hungry

I thought this burger shop design was just brilliant:

See the full design package here.

Invitation

As a favor for my wife, I designed an invitation to the concert she's planning here in town.

My goal was to create something outside typical institutional design rules, to make the 5.5 x 8.5" postcard stand out when one received it in the mail. I decided to put the focus of the eye, or the eye-catcher, on a big blob of black. I think it works well because the eye is drawn then to the rest of the text.

Beautiful Branding

I'm always looking to see what the latest branding creativity brings us. Though ECG focuses on the needs of smaller businesses, sole proprieters, and individual artists in numerous fields, I still see it is as important to keep up with the larger, more corporate design and service trends.

Creating a brand identity is essential to any business that interacts with their customers on a more personal level and wants to give their business a more unique image, based on the personality of the leadership. Just look at these amazing examples.

Simplicity of Apple's Design

Long have I been fascinated by Apple's Zen-like design philosophy. Why does it work?

An even more challenging question is: Why is Apple the leader in this new less-is-more design war? What do they do differently?

From advertising to industrial design, they just seem to nail it every time. I found this article fascinating - it's a deconstruction of what the simple policies are for Apple's design department, and what designers can learn from them.

Inspiration

[Feb. 2012 - I removed the embedded Gary Vaynerchuk video since auto-play couldn't be disabled. You can find it here.]