Musings of the compulsively creative

Insights, inspiration, rants and ramblings.

Five helpful tips to improve your Photoshop workflow

As designers, Photoshop is a magical tool that allows us to imagine, play and make the world as we see fit. Whether we’re making color shifts to add mood and drama to a portrait, or stitching ...

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Getting to Know Your Coworkers: Why Design?

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People interact with their co-workers on a daily basis without ever knowing what events or choices lead them to their selected career paths. You may sit next to ...

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Mar 13/14

Traina Design Wins Big at American Advertising Awards

One of the many thrills of working in a creative agency is the exhilaration of producing work that yields results. Be it ROI, KPI, page views, click-throughs, increased awareness or a spike in sales, the work ...

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Feb 28/14

Love & Branding

Successful branding is a lot like love. When you love someone, you show them. It’s a time old tale of actions speaking louder than words. Prove to me that you love me, that you're worth believing ...

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Feb 28/14

Love & Branding

Successful branding is a lot like love. When you love someone, you show them. It’s a time old tale of actions speaking louder than words. Prove to me that you love me, that you're worth believing ...

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Feb 11/14

Typographic Tourettes

There are some curious things about graphic designers that you may never find out until you've lived with one. For example, we're prone to making senseless purchases just because we love the packaging. I had to ...

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Jan 10/14

The Elephant is the Elephant in the Room

We all know the idiom about the elephant in the room. You know, the obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed? Well, it seems that the elephants themselves are the elephant in the ...

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Nov 18/13

Six days, two events and one 1971 tour bus

For the second year, we were asked to develop a theme and graphic system for Ion Torrent by Life Technology's annual user conference, Ion World, which took place at the Westin Waterfront in Boston ...

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Aug 22/13

Like Us on Facebook. Get a FREE Calendar.

We love making new friends. Let's celebrate our friendship by marking down this occasion in your new calendar. Receive a FREE 2013 Traina Design calendar by visiting Facebook.com/TrainaDesign and "liking" our ...

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Magazines worth reading

As a designer, I'm always looking for good sources of inspiration. Lately I've been seeing quite a few well-designed, and stunningly beautiful magazines that have caught my attention. These design publications have the added challenge of ...

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