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• 04.10.10
  Pantone Metallic Chip Book Has Arrived! Inspiration, Opinion, Trends | (0)

  Call me a bit of a nerd, but I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new Pantone Metallic Chip book. It finally arrived today! Over 300 metallic colors to choose from, and I can't wait to start using them!
• 03.22.10
  Why Web Design is Really Exciting Right Now Opinion, Trends, Typography & Fonts, Website Development | (0)

  The world of websites has been changing rapidly since the dawn of the internet. We have grown from very basic HTML (how many of us had dorky GeoCities accounts with bright and gaudy blinkies all over the place?) to sophisticated and interactive visitor experiences. However, up until recently, one very important design feature remained undeveloped: font usage. This frustrated creative types all over the world. We could create an absolutely stunning design, but be limited to just a small number of cross-browser recognized fonts, which basically flattened the design, however spectacular. With the development of the @font-face tag, website design has become ...
• 02.08.10
  Talking Back – Top Five Advertising Trends Business, Opinion, Trends | (0)

  From Nielsen Wire The overall advertising environment in 2009 was fairly gloomy with slashed budgets and revised strategies to address the new reality. However, that didn’t stop the industry from evolving, and the lessons learned will likely pay-off in the year ahead. For example, advertisers started to look at the need for accountability metrics beyond the simple “click-through” and on to campaign-specific performance. They also started to embrace burgeoning social networks and consumer generated media to bring consumers closer to a product or brand. Read more...