After recently giving birth to a bouncing baby website, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the whole design process…a rubber meets road look. Does what I’ve been writing about for the last few months have life, or is it just a pipe dream? Here are some post partum thoughts:

1] “Dumb clients are dumber than you, smart clients are smarter than you.” This is my favorite Tibor Kalman quote. Fortunately for me, my client at Advanced Recovery is smarter than me—much smarter about both business and design. I’m not just saying that because I’m worried about him reading this article. My client, Eric Buechel, who I also consider a friend, started out as an illustrator and worked in NYC for the big advertising agencies. Then he founded his own advertising firm and was wildly successful by most measuring sticks. Eric then left the firm to follow his vision of computer recycling and salvaging at a time when no one had a clue that computer monitors were an environmental issue. The rest is history. Needless to say, I was a little intimidated by Eric’s credentials despite the fact he’s the most down to earth, considerate person you’ll ever meet. He gave me complete creative f...... Keep reading

Here’s my entry for this month’s Word It at Speak Up. The word I tried to visually represent is “name” (see image below). Any guesses as to whose name and what language? There is a hint on the pencil.