Trade show booth design and bus signage from ISA Orlando during my days at Roland DGA.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, back when I was 23 and newly out of school, is this: look around and figure out who you want to be on your team. Figure out the people around you that you want to work with for the rest of your life. Figure out the people who are smart & awesome, who share your values, who get things done — and maybe most important, who you like to be with and who you want to help win. And treat them right, always. Look for ways to help, to work together, to learn. Because in 20 years you’ll all be in amazing places doing amazing things.
Here are 40 instances of professional letterhead designs. These are all used in print work for styling invoices, letters, business cards, mailing lists, and a whole lot more! There is practically endless inspiration for all you print designers out there. Enjoy the collection!
Funny how 40 years swoosh by: June 1971 is the date the Nike Swoosh was launched. Designed by Carolyn Davidson for $35 - a “Bargain Brand,” the Dept. of Nike Archives notes in its extraordinarily understated tabloid-sized newsprint history of the mark (produced for the “benefit of Nike employees”). What others might take an entire book (and many trees) to convey - explaining the origin and history of the Swoosh logo - the “DNA” accomplished in a mere 28 pages.
Included are commentaries by designers and design critics, former employees and recollections by Phil Knight, the co-founder of Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS) that evolved into Nike.
Polaroid SX-70 (Taken with instagram)
If you haven’t already watched parts 1 and 2, each one are worth the 10 minutes.
Conan O’Brien Delivers Greatest Commencement Speech Ever?