http://sadbirddesign.com/blog A Collective Design Firm / St. Louis Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:51:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I ordered our business cards with a couple different options. I can't imagine not ordering more, as I've always thought business cards or calling cards are cool. These are the first of, I'm sure, many to come. Sad Bird Design StandardIssue/1 Its all printed with the bird, our physical location in the world, ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=345 Working hard this week on a few postcards and website bits for Harmony EyeCare. The doctor requested a set of postcards to remind current patients that they can order contacts on the site. Updated on 07/10/2010 with final design. Front: Back: Might put another contact lens case design into the pattern. We'll see. ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=330 Lately I've been working on a few color palette ideas and looking for inspiration. Obvs, I turned to those who knew color well. The masters, if you will. In the first issue, Color Palettes vol. 1, I look at paintings by Magritte, van Gogh, and Lautrec. I broke down what I saw ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=301 There's a couple things I'm working on right now. One of them will soon be a post that I hope will be cool and helpful or interesting for other designers. This one however is just for me... and I guess Ariane, my girlfriend/travel companion. Kidding, and you, the reader. Earlier ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=291 In my earlier post I talked about version 1. After much research I began to work on version 2. So far the uppercase alphabet is in rough draft. Currently working on lowercase and numbers. In the meantime I am getting some professional feedback on the uppercase. Here is rough version 2: A ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=281 Completed. Printed. Delivered. It all started here: Working On A Grid. We decided on 6x9in. and adjusted the grid accordingly. Book details: 1. 6x9 Portrait. 2. 48 pages. 3. Saddle stitched. 4. 14pt baseline. 5. 9pt Gotham Light for body copy. 6. 36pt Gotham Bold for section titles. 7. Pantone 295 C for cover/title pages. 8. Printed on 80# ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=269 I've decided to revisit a font created in my last semester of Graphic Design. Project was to create a single weight font (not technically a family) that included numbers and symbols. I had a little less than a month to complete the project. Turned out well for the time I ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=260 This is something I've been wanting to try for a while - the blurry tree. It also has the desaturated border that I used on a thanksgiving invitation (below) which I've been liking lately. -Rich http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=254 This is a quick post I’ve been thinking about for a while. A lot has been said about great iconic logos; IBM, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, ect. One of the logos with the most nostalgia for me is the National Geographic magazine cover. It’s a weird one, as it’s not really a ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=246 I believe this was the last project from my Graphic Design 1 class back in the Community College days. I was young, naive, and knew pretty much nothing about typography. I think Goudy Stout was my favorite font at the time, but I've since matured. Anyway, here are the details: 1. No ... http://sadbirddesign.com/blog/?p=232