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RILEY C. EVANS Model: Canine Body Style: Bearded Collie Model Year: 1998 Model Discontinued: July 2011 Class: Yes. Tons of. Assembly Plant: Aurora, OH Specifications: Engine: Huge heart Fuel type: […]

Lost In Space

Last week, NASA’s Atlantis safely returned its crew to Earth – the last of 135 missions of a Space Shuttle program that began in 1981, and the last of our […]

Design Still Sells

Still…Design Sells Design Sells…Still Several years ago, we were assigned the task of creating and producing a media kit for the announcement of a new Sport Utility vehicle our client […]

One-of-a-kind

Chronology of a Notebook Giveaway We were looking to produce a self-promotion piece that was made from repurposed materials, and after a couple of design staff meetings, came up with […]

Eureka!

The Gestation, Birth and Development of a Brilliant Idea. Unless you’ve been hiding somewhere in a cave in one of those “_istan” countries or cities (there were apparently more vacancies […]

Details, Details, Details

A look back on the little things that made our BIG day Last Sunday marked my one-year wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that one year ago we were scrambling […]

Better Than I Remembered

It seems that every area of our country has some hidden, or partially hidden, treasure that far surpasses our expectations. I recently revisited one in this area: the museum portion […]

I Got Your Requiem, Jack.

Bury Something Else Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal featured an opinion article by William McGurn, entitled “A Requiem for Detroit.” Like numerous media stories published since recent census […]

I Confess

I confess that I don’t really mind grocery shopping. Being in the branding and design business, it’s fascinating to see the wide array of packaging on the hundreds of different […]

Time To Get It Back

A recent automotive commercial begins with the question, “Whatever happened to style?” The spot is extremely well done, and harkens back to the days of flair, fins, fine clothes and […]

Want To Be A Superhero?

Then Don’t Read This Book… …unless you know a kid between 9 and 13 who likes goofy villains and satire. How many times have you thought you should write a […]

Lessons From The Past

Time to Apply What We’ve Learned On a recent shopping trip to Somerset Mall, we visited a store named The Detroit Shoppe, whose goods are all made, or originated, by […]