Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? As the old year drew to a close and a new year began, many of us were clinking together champagne flutes while singing along with the traditional New Year’s melody Auld Lang Syne. The song, written more…
During my Fabricant Way interview with Matt Dilling of Lite Brite Neon Studio,[inlinetweet prefix=”comparte en tweeter por favor !!!” tweeter=”he said something that struck me as truly profound.” suffix=”comparte en tweeter por favor !!!”]he said something that struck me as truly profound.[/inlinetweet] He described his clients as “teachers who…help change our view on the medium,…
Design is all about order – glorious order! But there is some truth in the old saying about creative minds being messy minds. After all, whether you’re a designer or baker of whimsical cupcakes, if you’re a creative entrepreneur, your mind is (hopefully) filled to overflowing with a constant stream of brilliant ideas. So how…
Back in May, Tina Roth Eisenberg of SwissMiss fame, shared a quote by Adrienne Rich that struck a chord: “The possibilities that exist between two people, or among a group of people, are a kind of alchemy. They are the most interesting thing in life.” In order for alchemy to occur – in…
Achieving success as a designer in a crowded market is enough to make any graphic artist giddy. You’ve put in the time. You’ve earned a reputation for professionalism, skill, and ingenuity. You’ve got more projects lined up than you know what to do with. Which is the only real drawback to success. And it can…
It’s an exhilarating thought to wake every day and recognize that you will define the work that you do that day, that you are in control of your destiny, that youcan impact your community directly through your decisions. You can bring solutions to problems and color to dark corners. As creative entrepreneurs, we have a tremendous amount of potential and…
The Do-It-Together movement and cross-pollination I recently had the opportunity to write a blog post for the entrepreneur whisperers at Being Boss, where I shared my thoughts on the evolution of the Do-It-Yourself movement into something much more exciting and sustainable – a Do-It-Together movement. As creative entrepreneurs have recognized the caveats of doing it all…
MORE THAN A MARKETING STUNT You’ve probably seen the AirBnB listing created by the advertising agency Leo Burnett for a unique Art Institute of Chicago marketing campaign. It’s a live-in work of art. The apartment in question is in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, and the room is an exquisite recreation of Van Gogh’s painting ‘The…