Blog Posts
A collection of write-ups targeted towards aspiring and professional designers in the industry.
Prove You’re a Bad Designer: Overcoming Creative Ruts Through Shifting the Perspective
I can’t tell you what compelled Emmy award-winning screenwriter Dan Harmon to attend this live recording of his podcast topless. Whatever that reason may be, the absurdity of his appearance stands in stark contrast to the profundity of his words.
How the Masses Grew Obsessed with Vintage
Every summer leading into the upcoming NBA season, each team gets to unveil new designs for their annual “city edition” jerseys, showcasing how each team will temporarily change up their look on a select few handful of nights over the course of the season. This year, a record number of teams favored a new creative route: throwbacks. A record 15 teams announced that they’d be reverting back to jersey designs their teams donned back in the 80s, 90s, or early 2000s.
The Facade of Originality: How to Steal Like An Artist
Since it’s release in 2012, Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative has been touted as a must-read text for creatives seeking to build a stable artistic foundation. Among its many trailblazing qualities was its initiative to popularize the phrase “steal like an artist,” a quippy term that bridged the gap between absolute originality and outright theft.
From the Screen to the Canvas: Turning Streetwear Designs into Physical Products
In early 2023, basketball outlet SLAM Magazine ventured out into the mountains of rural Utah to report on Thrifthood, a small sports thrift store that found a market selling vintage apparel to some of the top names in the sports world.
What Color Conveys: The Stories Told and Associations Made Beyond Direct Imagery
Societal conditioning can make it so that it almost becomes instinctual to view the associations we make with certain colors as inherent and objective. From the eye of an American, the range of messages that something red can convey span from “love,” to “danger,” depending on contextual signifiers. However, these associations aren’t universal.
Just make it exist: Achieving Flow State Through Constant Exploration
As designers, we are so often encouraged to embody traits of pickiness and perfectionism. We are praised for our observant eyes and can spend hours refining details on projects that the masses will likely never notice. Simply put, we have been trained to see things many others wouldn’t. And this can cultivate a culture of hesitance. But there is an inherent value to ensuring that our work simply gets out into the world that we must also prioritize.
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