October 2010
3 posts
“What I do is pattern recognition. I try to recognize the pattern before anyone...”
– Cayce Pollard
Memo #8
The consumer drives the product.
10 Principles to Good Design : Dieter Rams
Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential...
September 2010
11 posts
Memo #7
The term signature applies to more than just your name!
I Love It, Bag Raiders Mix, Sneaky Sound System
Memo #6
Success cannot exist without effort.
Memo #5
Stop talking, start doing!
Crimewave, Crystal Castles, LA Riots
Memo #4
Interaction among clients and potential clientele is key!
Why Design Creates Success and Provides Promise
What a title!
Especially to the non designer, who often misinterprets the need for design as nonessential.
Now that I have finished the remodeling of my official site I can say with utter, bold, confidence that design truly molds the product and service! The outcome of their promotion and so on.
Design determines the motion of your campaign.
Clean lines, a pop of color, a pop of font. A...
Alexandra Grace Official Site! →
Memo #3
Income should not be the only incentive.
Start thinking less like a freelancer, more like an entrepreneur!
Memo #2
Too often profit becomes of greater importance than product! Do not forget the product! You cannot have profit without product!
August 2010
4 posts
Memo #1
Favors do not include profit!
Successful Collaborations
Recently I have collaborated with artist Twon Mai in an effort to further promote the project entitled “Cultivate.” At present time, I’m unable to release further information concerning this project but alongside this and other endeavors, I’ve come to know fully the trials of moving from a sole entrepreneur and creator to a successful collaboration. Even if such a...
“What we learn to do, we learn by doing.”
– Aristotle
July 2010
24 posts
Hospital Beds, Cold War Kids
Creating a Schedule!
Creating a schedule will improve both your accountability and productivity, lessening the amount of time you spend with nonsense tasks and useless productions.
This will also help you to acknowledge the time in which you may allow yourself miscellaneous side projects.
Why it's Necessary to Be a Narcissist
Creative strengths,
They will often go unnoticed without proper marketing technique.
Ask yourself, how often do you market your own talent, passion, creative mind?
Do you consider yourself successful?
Do you consider yourself the alpha in your particular craft?
Indeed, it is the responsibility of the creator to broadcast their own strengths!
To market themselves and establish their business...
Borrow and Steal!
Pablo Picasso was once quoted in saying “If there is something to steal, I steal it!”
In order for the graphic designer to succeed,
Moral flexibility is required.
This is what accompanies profit!
Take from another.
Let their work and ideology inspire you.
Let their work be beneficial to your own.
Borrow their creative mind.
All Day and All of the Night, The Kinks
Whatever Happened, De Lorean
You Make My Dreams, Halls And Oats
“However beautiful the strategy, you must occasionally look at the results.”
– Winston Churchill
What Does it mean to be a Creative Entrepreneur?
Through various artistry and a creative approach to business, I provide the means by which your company will prosper!
“The value they create lies not in their physical products (if any) but in intangible assets such as their brand, reputation, network and intellectual property. They are adept at projecting a desired image and creating a personal brand, both online and offline. They also...
What I've Learned from IKEA!
Forced to assemble themselves, the majority of IKEA buyers experience a higher degree of satisfaction than those who buy from retailers which previously assemble. Also, a greater sense of ownership.
Thus dubs the IKEA effect.
As a creative entrepreneur, I have recently began the innovative pursuit of allowing present and future clientele the rights to creative process.
This will provide present...
Three Critical Characteristics of a Creative...
Creativity - Generating new concepts, evaluating effectively and taking the actions needed to make product and service of mere ideals.
Collaboration - Connecting and forming partnerships with clientele and significant individuals in a selected network or field. Collaborations will often be of virtual relationships rather than face to face.
Entrepreneurship - Identifying opportunities in the...
Monsters, Band of Horses
“A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective...”
– Buckminster Fuller
What I’m Trying To Say, Stars
June 2010
1 post
