October 25th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
This design from 360 Electrical is amazing. At many levels it is so darn simple it is hard to explain why nobody thought if it before. Heck I had a need for this type of item just a few days ago. I bet they are going to sell millions of these.
October 9th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Culture, Design
Artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset recently unveiled their newest sculpture, entitled Prada Marfa. The work is located on the outskirts of Valentine, Texas (pop. 120) near Marfa on desolate land with no other visible trace of civilization. It looks to be a luxury boutique with a display of Fall 2005 Prada shoes and bags. […]
August 23rd, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Blogs, Design
Jeffrey Zeldman’s venerable online design magazine A List Apart has relaunched with a new design, interface, servers, CMS, you name it. It is simply stunning. Jason Santa Maria was the designer and Eric Meyer did the coding. And as always the content is stellar. Of special interest for me was an article by Jim Coudal […]
August 18th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
A few weeks ago I started to write a post that Design in Flight had decided not to put out anymore PDF issues. I never moved it out of a draft format. Then today I noticed that another issue is up and the site has been redesigned. If you have not heard of Design in […]
July 22nd, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
The above is a poster called Light Years. It was designed for the Architectural League of New York by Michael Bierut and Nicole Trice in 1999. Michael is one of the creative minds behind Design Observer, and wonderful blog about design. Go spend some time there.
Update: Here is a short interview w/ the before mentioned […]
July 21st, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
Compose Post
The "text book" approach says that logos must always be used in an exact manner. For most firms their logos are outlined in hundred page "graphic usage guidelines." How to use the logo in a brochure, the side of a van, or on a shirt. Companies want to ensure their logos are always used […]
June 1st, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
William Drenttel from the always intelligent Design Observer points us to a recent poster (click here for a larger version) he received for the upcoming American Institute of Graphic Arts conference in Boston. There is something about the design that just makes me want to sit here and look at it for the next 20 […]
May 18th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
The Pantone Color Institute has released their list of hot colors. Newsweek has a story as well. Nice PR stunt BTW.
March 26th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Business, Design
James Dyson is a smart guy with a lot of gumption. You may not recognize the name, but I bet you’ve either seen his product in a local store or one of his recent television commercials. His inspiring story goes something like this. In 1978 Dyson was vacuuming his home. He soon realized his bag […]
March 19th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Business, Design
After seeing a creative ad on Salon the other day I decided to walk into a Target store for the time in more then a decade. I was impressed beyond belief. The store itself was open and clean. Stuff was easy to locate. But more then anything the items in the Michael Graves Collection were […]
January 10th, 2005 | by Tommy | published in Design
Mistakes result from the choice of inappropriate goals. A person makes a poor decision, misclassified a situation, or fails to take all the relevant factors into account. Many mistakes arise from the vagaries of human thought, often because people tend to rely upon remembered experiences rather than on more systematic analysis. We make decisions based […]
November 3rd, 2004 | by Tommy | published in Blogs, Design
I’ve always though Jon Hick’s weblog was the most visual stunning on the Web. Well not that long he launched a redesign of the site. Click here to see some of the concepts that didn’t make it.
October 13th, 2004 | by Tommy | published in Design
Dan Cederholm at SimpleBits recently updated his Stockholm set of royalty-free icons. He mentions that over the months since he started selling them, that he has received quite a few messages asking "how do you create an icon?." Well I guess he got enough emails about this topic because he also provides a detailed and […]
October 10th, 2004 | by Tommy | published in Design
Over at Mike Davidson’s blog is a fairly detailed overview of how ABCNews.com redesigned their site. But I just had to cringed at the following statement he made in the intro to the post, "A collaborative effort between the ABCNews team in New York City, the Disney Internet Group in Seattle, and a few outside […]
October 9th, 2004 | by Tommy | published in Design
I stumbled across a link to a fairly new PDF creative publication, Design in Flight. I am still waiting for the first two issues to arrive via email after paying w/ PayPal, but with authors like Eric Meyer, Jon Hicks, Keith Robinson, and Eris Free I have a feeling it will be a fun read. […]
Hi, I'm Tommy. I'm an interactive marketing executive, writer, tech geek, and sometime designer. I live in St. Louis, Missouri. I currently work as a marketing consultant.
weBranding is my creative outlet, testbed, and digital playground. You’ll find articles and posts about interactive marketing, online publishing and community development, information architecture, graphic design, gaming, and all things digital. To contact me you can send an e-mail to tommy [at] weBranding [dot] org.
