Nate Burgos's Blog, page 31
June 6, 2014
Illustrator Lissy Marlin: Bringing animated characters and their environments to life, plus sharing knowledge along the way
Lissy Marlin’s illustrations and character designs made me reminisce about classic animated stories. Her educational outreach on all things related to animation, at her blog Doodles, greatly impressed me. Here, she shares her enthusiasm for art, drawing, traveling, and world-making for animated films:
On being an illustrator
and visual development artist:
How did you arrive at wanting to become an illustrator?
I’ve been holding a pencil for as long as I can remember! Making pictures an...
June 4, 2014
Tweeted May 2014: Food for thought
Tweet icon designed by Adame Dahmani from The Noun Project collection
“I really don’t know what I’m doing until people read what I’ve written and give me their reactions.”
—Joseph Heller
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 31, 2014
“Farewell, Massimo. Godspeed.
We’ll continue to fight against the ugliness in your absence.”
—Duane King
Tweeted by @DuaneKing on May 27, 2014
“You could argue that you have some extraordinary insight,
but actually it’s just a very hard-working imagination.”
—Willi...
June 3, 2014
Patronage Package 5 of Duly Discovered
Apps
“Chemist Turns Software Developer after Son’s Cancer Diagnosis”
by Joe Palca
“Storm Shelter App Helps Pinpoint People Amid Tornado’s Rubble”
by Rachel Hubbard
300+ Commencement Speeches, going back to 1774,
selected by National Public Radio’s Education Team
“Glass” by Zach Seward and Quartz
Discovered via National Public Radio
“This App May Help Prevent Blindness in the Developing World”
by James Temple of Recode
Discovered via @VSAPartners
Books
“The Boy in His Winter” by Norman Lock
Discovered via N...
May 17, 2014
Deciding on pricing for BROKEN
Price-Tag icon designed by Atelier Iceberg from The Noun Project collection
How to price a product is so open, yet demands a finite number. Once editing my book was finished, I went back and forth about how to price BROKEN: Navigating the ups and downs of the circus called work. Before arriving at the final price, these were my initial approaches:
Price the book high, because a lot of hard work went into it. This encompasses all of the energy and time put into writing, revising, and producing a...
May 15, 2014
Blogger’s Quest(ionnaire): Rachel Stewart of Domesticated Desk
Rachel Stewart is a designer who believes in carving out personal spaces to stimulate openness toward creative moments and shaping them. Her goal, as she put it, is to “celebrate the art of reading, writing and reflection.” Here, Stewart shares her thoughts about blogging at Domesticated Desk. She can be found on Twitter: @domesticatedesk.
Why did you create a Website of regular entries?
I enjoy writing, and I enjoy sharing—so it was the perfect combination. I have always written in journals, a...
May 14, 2014
A Closer Look at the book “Graphic Design for Non-Profit Organizations” created by Peter Laundy and Massimo Vignelli
During December, 2012, I discovered the book “Graphic Design for Non-Profit Organizations” by Peter Laundy and Massimo Vignelli. Here, one of its co-authors and designers, Peter Laundy, shares his experience of working on this project with a pioneering designer.
How did you get to work with Massimo Vignelli on this project?
This, I believe, was my first project as a designer at Vignelli’s office (410 East 62nd Street, sharing a floor with the architecture office of Edward Larabee Barnes). I was...
May 9, 2014
United to a zealous degree: Designer Hannah Rebernick and Writer Cara Narkun of shop Zealous Bee
It was their typographically-inspired jewelry—such as Caslon and Bodoni—that steered me to Hannah Rebernick (right) and Cara Narkun (left) who co-founded Zealous Bee, a showcase of their handmade wood and acrylic jewelry. I had the opportunity to meet them at the 29th gathering of the Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings. Here, they share their thoughts on realizing their style of jewelry and making it, together.
On being product designers
and product-based company founders:
What’s...
May 7, 2014
Teaching is hard—really hard
Neutral icon designed by Julien Deveaux from The Noun Project collection
I had the opportunity to teach a Spring 2014 course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Not a studio-practice course, a discussion-driven one. The focus was on issues affecting designers. Each week, participants were given material to review—varying from a reading to a recorded talk. The class would then gather to discuss the assigned piece and identify themes, trends—issues—that are relevant to the c...
Trust and Tobias Frere-Jones
Trust-Fall icon designed by Juan Pablo Bravo from The Noun Project collection
I admire the typeface-design work of (formerly) Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Their work helped inform the ascent of typography on the Web. In their appearance in the documentary “Helvetica” (2007), they looked like a solid creative duo. Like many, I assumed that the ampersand in their business name was more than symbolic—that it meant that theirs was a joint partnership more than in name only. It shocked me that they b...
May 6, 2014
Giving a damn: New York to Nashville’s Danielle Romero on reclaiming fabrics and telling stories
Danielle Romero’s take on pocket squares (considering the great appeal I find in them) quickly drew my attention. This was complemented by her use of locally found fabrics in making her products and the storytelling she imbues them. Here, she shares her story of finding her business New York to Nashville, in addition to her passion for narrative and history, particularly in the marketing of her handcrafted goods.
On finding and owning
a product-based business:
How did you arrive at the idea of m...
