Design is created and given away, communication is disseminated, our work is absorbed and if successful enmeshed in humanity. It is sacrificial. I am a designer, but first and foremost I am a public servant.

Tag team

I love to make fun of the name — slap-smack, punch-crunch, kick-splat, tap-thud, bang-clank, pull-snap, sip-slurp — but perhaps it’s just jealousy. Because those bad boys over at Click-Boom really got it goin’ on. And I’m honored to have been asked to design the inaugural anniversary poster to the theme of teamwork, benefiting FirstWorks and silk screened by Booth Sartain. Here’s a sneak peak.

Congratulations Click-Boom!

Click-Boom poster detail

AttentionPosted: July 30th, 2010 | Author: Frankendesign | 1 Comment »

Don’t brown out to mediocrity

The subject of multi-tasking has been showing up in pop-psychology circuits for a decade now. The dialog is perpetuated by a growing arsenal of gadgetry and software that make our lives better through increased efficiency. But is efficiency being misconstrued? Efficiency is a process, not a result. And it appears that efficiency is experiencing a mid-life crisis, having a sultry closet affair with multi-tasking and breeding a love child called mediocrity.

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AttentionPosted: February 9th, 2010 | Author: Frankendesign | No Comments »