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A Spark of Community

July 22, 2009
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A Spark of Community

Spark — an Organization Offering a Support System for Independent Designers In the spring of 2003, a handful of independent graphic designers got together for drinks to discuss our businesses. All of us had one thing in common; we were either working completely alone or aided by a small number of support staff, creating design solutions for clients. Not...

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MSLK’s Watershed project installed on Governor’s Island

July 15, 2009
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MSLK’s Watershed project installed on Governor’s Island

MSLK’s Watershed project installed on Governor’s Island As designers we feel compelled to use our talents towards helping the public visualize and comprehend complex information. Recently we, at MSLK have become keenly interested channeling those skills to help people understand the effects of society’s mass consumption of plastic. It seems that the things that are most transient such as disposable...

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Choose Your Partners Wisely

August 3, 2007
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Choose Your Partners Wisely

These days, your role as a designer is much more than just styling text and graphics. Designers have become the project ringleaders, hiring everyone else on the team including market researchers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, printers, and programmers. Recommending good vendors to your clients is part of being an accountable designer. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sessions.edu%2Fnotes-on-design%2Fresources%2Fdesign%2Fchoose-your-partners-wisely%2F'; addthis_title...

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Go Green

August 1, 2007
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Go Green

Don’t forget to be accountable to mother earth. Again less is more. Once you’ve convinced your client to produce less and better stuff (see previous post), how can you improve the quality of what you are producing and be accountable for it’s impact on society? Here are some things we have started looking at: addthis_url =...

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Less is More

July 30, 2007
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Less is More

If you don’t subscribe to this principle stop reading now, as this post probably isn’t for you. So let’s say that a client approaches you and needs 10 pieces, which are all variations of the same campaign in different formats. Try as you might to understand the objectives and differences between all of these pieces, you just can’t figure it...

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Read It, Understand It, Design It

July 27, 2007
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Read It, Understand It, Design It

Surprisingly this principle is often overlooked in design curriculums. Graphic design is ultimately your interpretation of information, and in order to design something you must understand it. In most cases the target audience knows as much or even less about the brand than you do. How can you communicate to this audience if you don’t know what you...

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Clients Love Accountability

July 25, 2007
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Clients Love Accountability

In this time of market saturation, what do you look for in the things that you buy? If you are like me, the latest and greatest stuff just isn’t enough. I want to buy from brands that I like and people I enjoy working with—companies and people who are accountable for their actions. These accountable companies ultimately make my...

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