Linda PizzitolaMar 222 minReading: Screen vs. PaperReading from paper has a small, statistically significant benefit on reading performance over reading on screen. Here's why.
Linda PizzitolaMar 2216 min20 Design Rules You Should Never Break Solid design principles for raising the bar on graphic communications
Linda PizzitolaMar 221 minFun & Branding with Venn DiagramsYou may have seen this fun Venn diagram on Facebook, showing the common ground between Bank Robbers, DJs and Preachers. We take it further.
Linda PizzitolaMar 221 minWhat Is Graphic Design? Part 1by Jessica Helfand American Institute of Graphic Arts Honolulu Chapter Graphic design is the most ubiquitous of all the arts. It responds to needs at once pe...
Linda PizzitolaMar 223 minGrab Attention with Your MessageTo break through the clutter and noise, and get your audience's attention, make your message Personal, Unexpected, Visual, and Visceral.
Linda PizzitolaMar 222 minIt’s the JourneyIn his book, HAPPIER, Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, explores the premise that both meaning and pleasure are required for us humans to be happy.
Linda PizzitolaMar 222 minHow We RememberSusan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D., says we have to use information to make it memorable. She offers up two practical ways to do that. [...]
Linda PizzitolaMar 222 minProximity: Why It MattersArtful grouping of design elements creates a cohesive whole. We see a family of related objects, a visual ‘unit’ that we can batch process.
Linda PizzitolaMar 224 minVisual Thinking: Coming Full Circle"After the invention of the Phoenician alphabet, words and pictures went their separate ways." -Robert Horn on visual thinking.
Linda PizzitolaMar 221 minWhat is Graphic Design? Part 2“What is Graphic Design?” John Wade, the brilliant designer and teacher behind Before & After magazine, put that question to his readers.
Linda PizzitolaMar 224 minGraphic Designers on Graphic DesignObservations from some leading American graphic designers, as shared in Debbie Millman's book, HOW TO THINK LIKE A GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
Linda PizzitolaMar 228 minHow to Create Advertising that SellsDavid Ogilvy has been called “the original Mad Man.” Read and heed his classic advice, originally shared in an agency ad from the 1960’s.
Linda PizzitolaMar 223 minIn Print We Trust"A printed page is touchable, an archive, a reference, a resource that does not arrive via thin air and will not disappear into thin air. “
Linda PizzitolaMar 223 minThe Element of SurpriseSurprise de-rails our train of rational thought, throwing our expectations and stories about the way things are out the window.
Linda PizzitolaMar 223 minTop 10 Reasons to Use PrintGuest post by Robert Campbell, Maui Printing Company.
Linda PizzitolaMar 222 minWhy Work with a Professional Graphic Designer?My top 7 reasons to partner with a professional graphic designer. BONUS REASON #8: Amateurs don't know what they don't know...and it shows.
Linda PizzitolaMar 224 minThe Right Time to Rebrand"Timing is everything," says Mike Wicks in this guest post. And you need a good reason to refresh your brand. Which of these apply?
