This post is for all those people out there who claim to be "sick of the snow." I want to show you how beautiful and inspiring the snow can be. Below is a roundup of Flickr photos that showcase...
calendars
The start of winter always catches me off-guard. It’s been cold for weeks – really, really cold! – yet today is winter solstice: the first day of actual winter. That means graphic designers have...
[caption id="attachment_15404" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="A Fenway Park-inspired calendar via Flickr user joyosity."][/caption] The New Year is approaching quickly, which means its a...
December is a busy month, and if you’re a graphic designer trying to churn out marketing materials for all sorts of clients, it’s easy to hit a creative roadblock. But there’s enough amazing...
Call me old-school, but every year I look forward to acquiring new calendars: datebooks for my purse and wall calendars for my cubicle, bedroom and next to my landline telephone (yes, I have one...
In honor of the start of Hanukkah and in an ode to Adam Sandler's "Eight Crazy Nights," here are eight examples of Hanukkah-themed graphic design that make me smile. Draw inspiration from these...
The holidays are a great time to try out new promotions. On the one hand, spending goes up as people shop for Christmas and Hanukkah, and on the other it’s a time when we remember those less...
[caption id="attachment_14532" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Amy Flynn in her workshop."][/caption] From greeting cards to children’s books to robots, illustrator-artist Amy Flynn has...
Even though Christmas decorations started popping up in department stores even before Halloween, that doesn’t mean Thanksgiving should be skipped over. You have just a few weeks to take advantage...