Using a handy Polaroid Spectra camera, I took a series of “clowning around” photos of visitors to our design office + more
Using a handy Polaroid Spectra camera, I took a series of “clowning around” photos of visitors to our design office + more
During annual report season, we’d always look for a good location to photograph the company’s top executives. We’d get permission + more
A trip to the print shop to check and sign off on paper stock, colors, and registration still happens, but + more
Back in the day (here we go again), we’d receive photo contact sheets—made directly from the photographer’s black and white + more
Okay, kids: Time for another lesson in old-school design techniques. Transfer type used to be a big deal. You would + more
I believe this is what the kids these days might call a “packaging fail.” Or maybe I’m the only one + more
In honor of helveticka’s thirtieth anniversary, we’ve uncovered a few items from our past and put them on exhibit in + more
Twenty-four finalists (out of 450) have been selected in this year’s Book Illustration Competition run by The Folio Society and + more
Remember these? No, millennials, these are not drink coasters, but that’s about all they’re good for these days. 3.5″ floppy + more
In 1989 we purchased our first computer, a Macintosh CXII. We borrowed the money from my business partner’s mom (thank + more
The Oatmeal has, as usual, nailed it: “Two half-wits do not equal a full-witted person. They equal a quarter-witted person.” + more
Shortly after July 5, 1988, John and I received a letter from The Washington Water Power Company inviting us to + more
The two or three of you who regularly follow this blog will no doubt have noticed that we’ve been somewhat + more
Last week, the Spokane graphic design community lost one of its pioneers. John Carroll Smith passed away November 6. He + more