HTML and style sheets

I have been reading all about the latest HTML5 standards that are being introduced. Some are calling these new updates the final nail in the coffin of flash. I’m not sure I would go that far. The lovers of flash vs the lovers of html goes back to the beginning when flash was called future splash. Echos the long rivalry of mac vs pc.

Clients. Clients. Clients.

A friend mentioned to me the other day “You have to have no shame when you self promote.” I smiled and said yeah that is how it is today.

Today counterspace got turned down for a project that we bid on. Not the first time and it won’t be the last. With my friend’s thought in my head I started to think about how shameless we have to be and why clients can’t recognize talent when they see it.

Today counterspace got turned down for a project that we bid on. Not the first time and it won’t be the last. With my friend’s thought in my head I started to think about how shameless we have to be and why clients can’t recognize talent when they see it.

Klingenstein Center

Rebranding an identity The Klingenstein Center is a school within Columbia University whose mission is to improve the quality of independent school education by developing and strengthening leadership among teachers. The Klingenstein Center wanted a new logo, website and printed materials that had a more modern feel that accurately reflected their mission. This needed to […]

The spread of bad typography

The quality and understanding of how to set type seems to be in a free fall in the last couple of years. This seems in large part to the lack of typographic skills or training amongst designers and the fact that typography is in large part of in the hands of techies.