I really didn't want to write about this again ...
90 entries categorized "Design"
May 12, 2009
May 10, 2009
Proofing
I can't believe that it happens, but sometimes clients say "there are typos in my project!"
May 08, 2009
Target
I read a simple, but very true comment in a design publication today.
May 07, 2009
Not again...
Yet again, I have come across someone suffering from CAPITALITIS.
May 05, 2009
A rose by any other name
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet ...
May 04, 2009
I got rhythm
It may be surprising to some, but designers are people too.
February 27, 2009
Your reasons, our reasons
If a client wants to know our reasons for doing things a certain way, we're happy to explain.
February 20, 2009
Maybe people CAN'T Write?
Is that it? I thought it was some sort of South Florida malaise or even some sort of cellphone symptom.
February 16, 2009
Bringout or takeout?
Apparently, so I read anyway, America is the only English-speaking country where the words bring and take are often confused.
February 10, 2009
Who you gonna call?
Before we go any further, I KNOW that the title is ungrammatical and horrible.
July 08, 2008
Who cares?
It's something that a lot of people never even think about.
July 01, 2008
Anything for a quiet life....
Life could be so easy.
June 11, 2008
DIY
Imagine that one evening, a young couple comes into your fine dining restaurant.
June 02, 2008
Build it first ...
I can't think of any other walk of life in which this would happen.
May 06, 2008
Walt Disney World's Wolfgang Puck Express Restaurant designed by Architect Anthony Eckelberry
Architect Anthony Eckelberry has completed the redesign of the Wolfgang
Puck Express restaurant in the Downtown Disney Marketplace of Walt
Disney World, Florida.
May 03, 2008
Be nice
I was recently at a restaurant whose tag line was 'be nice'. I like it.
April 10, 2008
Put it in writing
My old dad taught me a lot of things.
April 03, 2008
Famous Comcast typo
If you read this rant regularly, you'll know that this is one of my favorite topics.
March 25, 2008
By now, I would have shot someone
I'm not a violent person, honestly.
March 23, 2008
Absolutely astonishing ...
Can you believe this???????
March 21, 2008
Does size matter?
I'm talking about font size!
March 19, 2008
The humble hyphen revisited
Or do I mean re-visited?
March 16, 2008
March 15, 2008
Capitalization - again
I saw a great example today.
March 14, 2008
Table talk
Which are your most profitable tables?
March 13, 2008
Curb appeal
No matter where it is, it's important that your restaurant has curb appeal.
March 12, 2008
The humble hyphen
Just as the humble apostrophe suffers, so does the poor hyphen.
March 10, 2008
The amateur cook
Here's another hypothetical question for you.
February 15, 2008
What has the humble apostrophe ever done to you?
Why do we see things like the above menu board over and over again?
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February 14, 2008
YOU don't have to like it
You don't have to like it - it just has to work.
February 10, 2008
What are you doing this year ...
... for Valentine's Day promotions?
February 05, 2008
Subliminal messages
Every day, I walk past a beautiful house which is for sale. The owners have no idea why it hasn't sold - but I think I do...
February 02, 2008
Redundancies in your copy
When you are writing copy for promotional materials, it's important to be concise.
January 21, 2008
Storage chair
How often do you see something and think "I wish I'd thought of that"?
January 18, 2008
Beverly Rafael of RCC Associates honored
Beverly Rafael, president and chief executive officer of RCC Associates has received an Excalibur award.
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December 25, 2007
Happy holidays?
This is NOT the TSDG 'holiday' card but oh, how I wish it was. It perfectly demostrates what it's like be in the design business and deal with our favorite people, our clients.
December 23, 2007
Traditional 'holiday' foods
To be politically correct, we have to refer to the 'holidays' now , rather than Christmas.
December 15, 2007
Stock images - be careful
Stock images can be very useful - especially for start up businesses. But if you're using stock images - beware.
December 10, 2007
Sex Sells
The history of using sex to sell alcohol is a long one, though back in the day things were much more innocent and above board.
The innocent St Pauli Girl stepped out of the label and onto poster back in the seventies and old St. Pauli became less and less saintly as the century ended. The buxom überblond with the foaming glasses appeared in a promotional calendar in 1977 and she's gotten sexier by the year.
December 07, 2007
James Beard Awards Program Open
The call is out for applications to the James Beard Foundation 2008 Restaurant Design and Graphic Awards; submissions are due January 31.