going mobile

My sweet husband gave me an iPod Touch for Christmas. I actually haven't spent that much time playing with it yet but I am super excited. Besides the techy coolness, there are practical reasons I was wanting one too. I need to be designing interfaces for mobile devices, yet I had only ever peeked over friends' shoulders with their iPhones or Blackberries. I'm pretty sure I'll be wanting an iPhone after awhile (isn't getting connected anywhere the whole point?), but I'm taking the first step. Thank you Apple (and Jacob)!

Don't Forget Etsy!

This holiday don't forget Etsy for your shopping needs. It's like an eBay for artists, minus the auctions. I've purchased a few things and it's really easy, the products are totally unique, and it's a win-win, supporting artists while giving away fabulous custom gifts.

Jocelyn Warner

Design*Sponge has enlightened me again. I just discovered another fabulously talented Jocelyn who specializes in wallpaper. While I'm sure her products are way out of my budget, they are wonderful inspiration. Beautiful!

and Obama dingbats

He has some big fans that are designers. Link to the dingbats.

Designers for Obama

Lots of great poster design for Obama here: Designers for Obama This one is my favorite so far, I laughed out loud. Gotham is the typeface used in all of his materials. From the beginning I've felt the campaign has been branded so well. More proof that Obama is a smart man, he cares about design.

And if you're intrigued by this topic, here's more critique (and support) for the design elements of the campaign:

- the web site
- the logo; an analysis, a comparison

ele3 Events goes live!

For the past few months I have been helping the women of ele3 Events develop their new company graphic identity, stationery, and web site. This morning the site finally launched! I am very happy and excited for them. I am confident that they will do well and create amazing experiences for hundreds of clients in the future! (A dose of sweet branding never hurts either!)

Q in the News

Q was featured in a small article in Concentrate.

One Lucky Helen!

Design*Sponge exposes me to new artists all the time. One such illustrator is a woman (and mother of 3), Helen Dardik. I've started visiting her blog weekly. Such fun, new work, great resources for other wonderful things in the world of design, and cute anecdotes about being a parent. Makes me want to start drawing!

Helvetica

I finally saw the movie this weekend. Of course I loved it. I love type. I love working with it, thinking about it, listening to people talk about it. The perspectives given from well-known designers were most interesting to me, getting a feel for their personalities and the different impressions of Helvetica during very different moments in time.

New Q

Q launched a new site yesterday. A fresh look, lots more work, and fun, new bio pages.

Zoe Bradley

Look at what this woman can do with paper. Utterly amazing and beautiful.

Baby Jake Announcement

Another cute baby, another cute card design.

Font Conference

Funny video.

Twin Announcement

A postcard announcement design for my adorable twin nieces, Raina & Lauren.

Clustarack

All for one of these. Fantastic promo video. Watch it here.

Mac Love

I just got a new Powerbook and I'm in love. Thank Q! It's so nice to have all of my design tools at my fingertips. And speaking of fingertips, the multi-touch feature (from the iPhone) rocks!

Addy Award

My Forte Belanger stationery won a local Addy award. All the extensions for this company identity were very fun, very oooh.

Happy Valentine's Day to whoever stumbles across this post :)

Mood Boards

I love mood {inspiration, clipping, reference} boards!