Monthly archive September 2009

Yes We Can...Use Design

Posted September 29, 2009 - 9:58am by Jennifer

Design We Can Believe In

In 2008, the United States was in disarray. The real estate bubble burst, the stock markets plummeted and critics said we were nearing a second Great Depression – all in the midst of a presidential election.

Windows Laptop Hunters Make Me Cringe

Posted September 27, 2009 - 3:21pm by Jennifer

Windows has a new ad campaign airing on TV called “Laptop Hunters.” The idea behind the campaign is finding a computer within a price range that meets certain qualifications. If the buyer finds it then they get to keep it. Sounds fair enough…

A Rose is a Rose, isn't a Rose?

Posted September 26, 2009 - 10:39pm by Jennifer

Bittersweet Symphony music video screenshot

I want to touch on a topic that is very important to most any field of practice, but in this case graphic design and the art of visual communication. How exactly are copyrights and plagiarisms handled? I’d like to demonstrate this with one of my favorite songs, Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve.

So Many Rules. So Little Time.

Posted September 20, 2009 - 1:14pm by Jennifer
Little Trees

Education, research, criticism and even parody are times when it’s okay to use copyrighted material. But where do you draw the line? What falls in and out of copyright law and trademark law?