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Tag: GDUSA Blog

Your Search Ends Here

Products + Papers November 18, 2022November 21, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Your search for timesheet and project management software specifically for creative professionals ends here. FunctionFox’s software will give you more time to be creative and stay creative. Get a free demo at https://www.functionfox.com/gdusa

Meg Beckum on Authentic Healthcare Design

Blog November 17, 2022November 22, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Meg Beckum, executive creative director at design consultancy Elmwood, on why healthcare organizations need to move on from a cold and clinical approach to brand design.

The Future of Sales: Creating A Digital Experience

Blog November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Award winning designer Krystal Pratt argues that the use of digitally interactive sales material creates not only a pandemic proof sales process but a more immersive experience for the future of design.

Haddad & Partners Out For Blood

Fresh October 21, 2022October 28, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Fairfield CT-based award-winning creative agency Haddad & Partners planned its Halloween party around a local blood drive.

Top 5 Reasons To Attend MAX 2022

Blog September 14, 2022September 22, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

MAX is one of the largest gatherings of graphic, web, UX, and multi-skilled designers. GDUSA readers save $400 on a full conference pass with promo code M22GDUSA. In-person attendance is limited so register early at adobe.com/go/maxgdusa

Deroy Peraza: Branding Nonprofits Is Different From Companies

Blog July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Branding commercial enterprises and purpose-centric nonprofits are two vastly different projects, argues Deroy Peraza, and the reasons for those differences are important to understand.

Carbon Footprint Of Online Advertising Is Significant

All Posts, Blog June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

fifty-five, a global MarTech consultancy conducted a study on the carbon impact of advertising campaigns, with a primary focus on digital. The study is available as an open-source tool.

Phil Hamlett: Alexa Show Changes The Conversation

Blog April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

As a former AIGA national board member and co-author of The Living Principles for Design, Phil Hamlett discusses how designers must stretch and grow as design breaks free from print and even screens.

Gwen O’Brien: Crypto, NFTs and Design

Blog, Top Stories April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

An interview with Gwen O’Brien, an award-winning designer, currently working on her latest project, Design X Collective, a decentralized design studio in the metaverse. She specializes in NFTs, the blockchain, and the future of graphic design.

How Modern Tools Are Reshaping Creative Workflows

Blog March 23, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Alan Reuter of MCD Partners on three ways the creative workflow is making the design and development process more team-oriented and collaborative.

Comment: It’s OK To ‘Sell Out’

Blog February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Why is there still a certain snobbishness about ‘commercial work’ and a squeamishness about the business side of the industry?

Rachel Zorel: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!

Blog January 6, 2022January 13, 2022 Ilana Greenberg

Thoughts from Rachel Zorel of 7 Layer Studio on how business leaders must redefine the ‘Work/Life Balance’ in the pandemic landscape. ‘Have your cake and eat it too!’ is about taking control of your schedules and respecting the precious resource of time.

Graziani: Creating Symbols And Icons For Genre Fiction

Blog October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Graziani’s graphic research into the fictional world results in an extensive visual encyclopedia of fictional icons inspired by novels, graphic novels, books, comics, film archives, dramas, and a host of other media.

Ruffin: Where Are All The Black People?

Blog September 15, 2021September 29, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Amber Ruffin will give the keynote address at the 11th edition of the One Club’s Where Are All The Black People (WAATBP) diversity conference and career fair, taking place virtually September 29-30.

Planting A Seed For A More Diverse Graphic Design Industry

Blog September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Summer Studio is a pilot program to introduce inner-city students to graphic design as a profession. DJ Haddad led the course in an effort to spotlight that there is a whole world of high-paying careers that exist for the creatively inclined.

Unlock Your Team’s Potential With A Learning Culture

Hiring & Career Tips August 26, 2021November 9, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Diane Domeyer, executive director of the creative and marketing practice at Robert Half, with insights on how creative leaders can help their team thrive by embracing a culture of continuous learning.

The Future Of Gas Stations Will Need Better Design

Blog August 2, 2021August 10, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Paul Woods of Edenspiekermann on the future design of gas stations and how the experience must be refreshed from the ground up in order for them to remain relevant and profitable.

Now Is A Big Idea’s Best Time

Blog May 3, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Andy Askren of Grady Britton: As companies get so few chances to encourage consumers to make brand changes, now is the time for a Big Idea designed to get their attention.

Integrating A ‘PHD’ Strategy Across Brand Channels

All Posts March 19, 2021April 7, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Ryan Schmidt of Landor & Fitch contends that now is the time for brand leaders to reconsider how brand experiences truly integrate the physical, human, and digital to deliver authenticity and truth.

Sales Guys Bragging About New Cars …

Blog February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

DJ Haddad, graphic designer and successful entrepreneur two-times over, recounts the story about what motivated him to start his own agency.

David Langton: Lessons From The Improv

Blog September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

What does a business forecast look like when most of your clients are closed or working part-time? Creative director and business leader David Langton suggests it’s time to listen to improv comedians who do this all the time.

Thoughts On Branding In A Pandemic

All Posts, Blog, Top Stories June 18, 2020July 16, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

Though it may seem difficult, this pandemic may be the right time to establish or pivot to re-establish a distinctive position in a potential customer’s mind.

Thomas Hull: The Value of Riffing

Blog, Hiring & Career Tips April 24, 2020May 21, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

Legendary designer Thomas Hull, of Rigsby Hull and a professor at SCAD, on the need to pivot, jam or riff in these times of unpredictability.

Craig Black: Surviving The Coronavirus Crisis

Blog April 8, 2020April 14, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

Graphic designer Craig Black on the keys to business survival and mental well-being during the coronavirus crisis.

TerDawn DeBoe: My Son, My Client

Blog, Top Stories April 7, 2020April 16, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

Graphic designer TerDawn DeBoe executed a project for her son and re-learned some valuable lessons.

4 Reasons Why Graphic Design Is So Important In Business

Blog March 3, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

Why is graphic design important to businesses? Here are four reasons.

Josh Kelly: Stop Making Websites That Party Like It’s 1999

Blog February 18, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

The point of a website is to make it easy and rewarding for people to engage with your brand, not to wow them with innovation for innovation’s sake.

FunctionFox Celebrates 20th Year With Free Demo

Products + Papers February 3, 2020February 20, 2020 Ilana Greenberg

In recognition of its 20th anniversary, a free demo from a leader in time tracking and project management software.

Website Design Captures Spirit of Collaboration

Fresh October 15, 2019October 25, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Level Group has designed a website for Express Newark that invites and promotes collaboration between the Newark and Rutgers University communities.

A Day In The Life Of An Academy of Art University Film Student

Blog October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

A glimpse into what it is like to be a student at The Academy of Art University and its School of Motion Pictures & Television.

Jody Graff: Educator To Watch 2019

Blog October 2, 2019April 26, 2021 Ilana Greenberg

Jody Graff of Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is a respected teacher and administrator, with a robust private practice. She is also one of a selected group of 2019 GDUSA Educators To Watch.

3 Ways To Increase Your Online Revenue

Blog September 18, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Here are three easy strategies for boosting revenue from your online store.

Engaging Palettes From WeddingWire x Pantone

Fresh September 12, 2019September 29, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

The Pantone Color Institute has partnered with WeddingWire to deliver inspirational palettes for wedding planning.

Tonian Irving: Advantages Of An Unconventional Career Path

Hiring & Career Tips September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Tonian Irving, a Senior Producer at experience design agency HUSH, on why a life lived outside design can make you a better designer.

10 UX Designers to Watch

News, People September 3, 2019October 7, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Adobe’s new UX Designers to Watch program, in its inaugural list, is spotlighting ten UX designers who are still relatively early in their careers, but already pushing the profession’s boundaries.

Sean Loose Designs US Open Theme Art

Blog September 1, 2019September 10, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Sean Loose, an illustrator for Indeed.com and an appreciative SCAD graduate, has created illustrations that are the face of this year’s U.S. Open.

Jason Rosenberg: Ten Years Later

Blog August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

Ten years after moving to New York City from San Francisco (and a decade after being a GDUSA Person To Watch), Anthem Senior Creative Director Jason Rosenberg catches us up on what he’s been doing and has some thoughts on what has changed.

Alexander Jutkowitz: A Meditation On Time

Blog May 15, 2019June 18, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

SJR recently designed and built a Time Machine to deconstruct the modern relationship between man and screen. Instead of snacks or drinks, it vends moments of time and experience.

JoEllen Martinson Davis: Two Movements With Staying Power

Blog May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 Ilana Greenberg

JoEllen Martinson Davis on two trends that have staying power: how brands are addressing disabilities and how they are incorporating natural cues into their products.

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