One of the most important tools in your graphic design arsenal is a good portfolio. This is the best of the best of all the work you’ve done for clients, school and practice. But what’s all that work worth if

The big buzzword now is “blog”. Everyone has one, and it’s probably one of the most profitable online industries out there.

There’s something about the Olympics that makes people break away from their normal TV routines to become temporarily obsessed with sports they’d never previously given a thought to – ice dancing?!? – and swell with newfound patriotism. Here are five

With Valentine’s Day in two weeks, it’s time to take some of the stress off and kill two lovebirds with one stone – so to speak. The winter holidays aren’t your only opportunity to create a themed playlist to play

For the dedicated designers, marketers and printers who have seen it all, I present you with these invitation printing disasters:

An invitation printing disaster occurs when someone says…

The afternoon sky was dark this weekend as the wind whipped the rain in all directions, yet I still managed to spot a bold, red-on-white vinyl banner over a store proclaiming, “Grand Opening!” My companions and I did a double take,

Recently, Yelp added images and a widget intended as a co-branding strategy. The announcement came just after Google decided against purchasing Yelp – a $550 million deal down the tubes. Amid the speculation that the news is bad for small business, could

Business cards serve a variety of purposes: They provide your contact information to a potential client or partner, and they serve as a marketing tool for your business. It’s important to carry your business cards everywhere with you, because you

Recently, I’ve sent out a lot of cards — thank you, sympathy, birthdays and congratulations. Most of those times, I dug into my trusty box of all-purpose cards, searching for appropriate ones. They didn’t always match my or the recipients’

I’m usually not one for making resolutions, but this year seems like a good time to start. With the economy only slowly recovering and people still getting laid off in hordes, employed folks need to be performing at their best. What follows