Rejected 2011
The following is a collection of our favorite rejected concepts of the year. While we like a lot of the work we present to clients, the fact is only one concept finally makes the cut. It’s kind of like Thunderdome—many ideas enter, one idea leaves.
These designs may not have found a home with their intended clients (sheesh), but they’ll get to be displayed in all their glory right here. Enjoy and Happy New Year! Read more
Happy Holidays!
Thanks to you all for another great year! We are looking forward to watching everyone do great things in 2012. Be safe, keep in touch and enjoy the Holidays.
Thanks,
b.todd | creative
Creativity & Deadlines
The above video is too good not to share and should be pretty self explanatory as to why we are but we’ll lay it out for you real quick anyhow:
Give someone the minimum amount of time required, and you’ll get the obvious solutions.
Give creativity enough time, and that’s when you can set yourself apart.
Designers VS. Developers
Designers and developers—though they need each other—don’t always see eye-to-eye on things. Without designers, websites and interfaces would look pretty drab and boring. Without developers, websites really wouldn’t do anything all that interesting. Read more
Art + Design of Chicago
Brad recently took a trip to Chicago for a friends wedding, and got to see a lot of sites around The Loop. Here’s a look at some of the art and design around the city, including stops at the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and the wedding reception at the MCA Chicago (which was awesome by the way!). Read more
Free Font of the Week #3
Free Font of the Week (FFOTW) is a new series we’re doing in News+Words. Typography isn’t just for creatives and designers, and there are thousands of great typefaces beyond your default OS fonts that are just waiting to be discovered. Read more
Cease & Desist
Clichés are everywhere in marketing and design. When appropriate they can still work. Most of the time, however, it’s just a result of churning out a quick brochure or website without any thought into what the imagery really says about your brand image. It’s one thing to discuss investing the time to create meaningful imagery, but that discussion is for another day. Today we look at what not to do. Read more
Free Font of the Week #2
Free Font of the Week (FFOTW) is a new series we’re doing in News+Words. Typography isn’t just for creatives and designers, and there are thousands of great typefaces beyond your default OS fonts that are just waiting to be discovered. Read more
Free Font of the Week #1
Free Font of the Week (FFOTW) is a new series we’re doing in News+Words. Typography isn’t just for creatives and designers, and there are thousands of great typefaces beyond your default OS fonts that are just waiting to be discovered. Read more
What We’ve Been Up To
No summer vacation for b.todd as we’re busy with quite a variety of projects and a bunch of new proposals. We’re also working on a few new posts with some substance, but for now here’s a sneak speak at some things this little design studio has been up to. Read more