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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Sep 1
- 1 min
10 Years of Heiva I Kauai
Take a trip back in time with these 10 posters from the last 10 years of Heiva I Kauai. For more info on the event, visit heivaikauai.org
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Hooking Skimmers and Scanners
In a sea of gray, design elements can add contrast and chunk down a long written piece, making it more appealing and easy to digest.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- May 30
- 1 min
Contrast: The Design Secret of the Universe
Contrast is a designer’s most powerful communication tool: It can attract the eye, create visual priorities, establish landmarks [...]
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Proximity: Why It Matters
Artful grouping of design elements creates a cohesive whole. We see a family of related objects, a visual ‘unit’ that we can batch process.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Focal Point - the power of one
A solid design has one primary focal point that anchors the layout and defines its purpose. Everything else becomes a supporting actor.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Reading: Screen vs. Paper
Reading from paper has a small, statistically significant benefit on reading performance over reading on screen. Here's why.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 16 min
20 Design Rules You Should Never Break
Solid design principles for raising the bar on graphic communications
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Fun & Branding with Venn Diagrams
You may have seen this fun Venn diagram on Facebook, showing the common ground between Bank Robbers, DJs and Preachers. We take it further.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 1 min
What Is Graphic Design? Part 1
by Jessica Helfand American Institute of Graphic Arts Honolulu Chapter Graphic design is the most ubiquitous of all the arts. It responds...
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Grab Attention with Your Message
To break through the clutter and noise, and get your audience's attention, make your message Personal, Unexpected, Visual, and Visceral.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 2 min
It’s the Journey
In his book, HAPPIER, Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, explores the premise that both meaning and pleasure are required for us humans to be happy.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 2 min
How We Remember
Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D., says we have to use information to make it memorable. She offers up two practical ways to do that. [...]
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Visual Thinking: Coming Full Circle
"After the invention of the Phoenician alphabet, words and pictures went their separate ways." -Robert
Horn on visual thinking.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 1 min
What 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.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Graphic Designers on Graphic Design
Observations from some leading American graphic designers, as shared in Debbie Millman's book, HOW TO THINK LIKE A GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 8 min
How to Create Advertising that Sells
David Ogilvy has been called “the original Mad Man.” Read and heed his classic advice, originally shared in an agency ad from the 1960’s.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 3 min
In 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. “
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 3 min
The Element of Surprise
Surprise de-rails our train of rational thought, throwing our expectations and stories about the way things are out the window.
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Linda Pizzitola, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Top 10 Reasons to Use Print
Guest post by Robert Campbell, Maui Printing Company.
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