Last year, Google announced that they would start supporting schema.org markup language for organization logos. For those of you who aren’t web programmers, that means that you can add a bit of code to your website that tells Google which…
Our inspirational quotes for this week come from across the pond, where Jess Butcher and her co-founders have found international success with their “augmented reality app”, Blippar. It turns any physical, printed image, or product into an interactive digital experience.…
Have you ever picked up a business book looking for ideas, or inspiration, or even guidance? Books like Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Shultz or Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull—both fantastic books by the way—are all about the smart decisions that helped…
We’ve written extensively about what makes a good logo, whether you should design your own logo, and whether you even need a logo design in the first place. If you’ve missed any of those articles, take a few minutes to…
No doubt you’ve seen one of the dozens of infographics floating around the Internet that shows the meanings of the colors. Green means natural (or money). Black means luxury (or death). And so on. In fact, you’ve almost certainly seen more…
This is going to sound like we’re picking a fight. We’re not. First, let me say, we love designers. We’ve worked with hundreds of them. They are some of the most talented people in the world. They make work fun…
Every few weeks we come across another article written by a graphic designer touting the horrible things that will happen to your business if you buy a cheap logo. They often claim that cheap logos are unoriginal. Or forgettable. Or…
Harry Gordon Selfridge was born in mid-nineteenth century rural Wisconsin. He is best known for his founding Selfridge’s Department Store on the west end of London’s Oxford Street. This startup was a huge risk as the country had never seen a…
It seems to be a rare thing these days to find a company that sticks with its logo for more than a few years. And for organizations like sports teams, which are constantly trying to stay fresh and relevant to…
Jon Taffer is a former business owner (as many as 17 restaurants at one time) and currently hosts and co-produces Spike TV’s popular show “Bar Rescue”. Taffer is an authority in the food and beverage industry and master of hospitality…
