This is the second time I am teaching an Introduction to Graphic Design class at our homeschool co-op. This year-long high school course introduced students to the design process with emphasis on problem solving and relating graphic design to commun ...

Another impressive color resource comes from Canva. Follow these links to learn everything you need to know about colors, their meanings, and experience endless color combinations that will give inspiration to your next design. Everything you nee ...

Things haven’t changed much in the last few years, but this article summarizes nicely where designers are headed with their typography choices: Top 8 Typography Trends of 2017 In a nutshell: HAND-WRITTEN AND HAND-DRAWNBIG AND BOLDGEOMETRICOVER ...

The charm of letterpress is once again readily available thanks to a digital reinvention of the plate-making process and 3-D printing. "Though letterpress might seem like yet another expression of a society hankering for artisanal, one-of-a-kind ...

there was artist A. Boogert! Back in 1692 this artist wrote a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. The pages, all 800, look like the precursor to Pantone. The actual book was handwritten and painted and can now be viewed online in high resolut ...

Mostly your Ps! PayPal is suing Pandora over their new blue P logo. The lawsuit claims: "central features" of PayPal's iconic logo include "capital Ps depicted in a distinctive, block-style sans serif type, with no 'counter' or hole in the top pa ...

Got a few hours to spare? Immerse yourself in color palettes of the masters: Color Lisa is a curated list of color palettes based on masterpieces of the worlds greatest artists. Each palette was painstakingly created by color obsessed designers, ...

I've been teaching an Introduction to Graphic Design class at our homeschool co-op. This is a high school course to introduce students to the design process with emphasis on problem solving and relating graphic design to communication. Students ...

It should! By 2016 more than half of the dollars spent in US retail will be influenced by the web. What is your web content saying about your business? Short promotional films are now playing a major part in web-based advertising. So, how ...

I recently had the opportunity to work with a very talented young artist. The project: a short video translated into a coloring book for 4 to 6-year-olds. Doesn't everybody love to color? The book is coming along nicely and we have just moved fro ...