Musings of the compulsively creative

Insights, inspiration, rants and ramblings.

Jan 05/12

Holiday Hydration

Each year, we embark on an ambitious and inevitably rushed mission to create a fun Christmas mailer. In years past, we've sent out pop-up angels (naughty and nice), christmas tattoos, and origami "supa" santas. ...

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Nov 08/11

Back from San Jose

Still buzzing from a wonderful trip to San Jose. The occasion was the annual conference of our newest client—the California Transit Association. The highlight was finally getting to meet Josh, Rob, and Jeff — the guys ...

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Nov 08/11

Published

Every designer I've met has a folder on their desktop—be it digital or physical—titled "inspiration." I think all people are extremely referential creatures, but designers seem to take this human quirk and transform it into a ...

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Oct 24/11

The new trainadesign.com

It was a brutal labor, but we've finally given birth to a healthy, newborn website. After exhaustive self-critique over design details large and small, we launched an engaging online experience that speaks to our company’s capabilities, ...

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Oct 24/11

A creative alliance

Holmes & Watson. Bert & Ernie. Cash & Carter. PB & J. As of September 1, 2011 you can add Traina & Miriello to the long list of notable duos. ... ...

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Oct 24/11

Great Ecology Identity Development

Designing logos is one of the more challenging and rewarding services that we provide. Challenging in the sense that we dig deep into our clients' business and culture to better grasp their world, and also because ...

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Oct 24/11

Hotel de France

It's not too often that we get to design a vintage luggage label. Here’s a fun project that came through the door a few weeks ago. ... ...

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