We were early instigators to form AIGA West Michigan in 2008. I served as its first President from its formal inception in 2009 through April 2011. Here is a letter I sent to members upon stepping down from the board. More
Welcome, TED, to Grand Rapids. We’ve been a fan of the TED Conference for years, previously having been a fan of its founder and information architecture icon Richard Saul Wurman. Information Anxiety is still among my favorite books. More
It was nearly 10 years ago, right after 9/11, that Yang and I were invited to speak at the A! Desino Mexican National Design Conference in Acapulco. My talk was about design process and working with “good” clients. More
Yesterday, Fast Company’s Co.Design blog wrote a nice entry about our website for Herman Miller called Discovering Design. The site is several years old, but it’s a good testament to the staying power of good design - the website, but of course the products themselves. More
We’ve been in the web game since our inception almost 15 years ago. In that time we’ve experienced several big technology waves, best explained this informational video by friend of the world, Ze Frank: More
Last week, Starbucks announced that they were changing its logo from the familiar green circle to the somewhat less familiar siren in the middle of the circle. The mark is still green, but they’ve lost the circular type. More
Every year, we give out a book to our team members. This year, it was Dan Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness. I picked the book up after this year’s annual APDF Exchange in NYC where Stephan Sagmeister explained his philosophy on taking time off. More
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