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...
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Did you know there’s a National Candy Cane Day? It’s Dec. 26, which seems silly since all of December should be spent sucking on the minty treats. Candy canes are iconic in representing the winter...
[caption id="attachment_15496" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Image via Flickr user Jo Bourne."][/caption] For all the procrastinators out there, it's not too late to design, print and...
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...
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...
I love receiving cards in the mail around Christmas time. It's either a lovely heart-felt season's greeting, or an invitation to a holiday or New Year's Eve party! In many of these holiday...
[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...