Interactivity and Website Design
Much of the interactivity that is expected today stems from the so-called “Web 2.0” movement. This visitor-centric approach is more interested in building community and in opening the door for sharing...
View ArticleWordPress 101: Getting Started
In a matter of just a few years, WordPress has gone from "another blogging platform" to the preferred system for professional bloggers and amateurs alike. It's actually moved past that impressive mark...
View ArticlePoster Design | Taj Mahal 2010
This particular piece makes its biggest change in the color palette. Instead of the warm gold and red from the 2008 poster, the 2010 design features varying shades of a bright blue. Gone are the angled...
View ArticlePantone PMS Colors
The PANTONE Matching System (PMS) was created to be the print industry’s standard for defining true color in both the United States and Canada. Without having a way to define true color, you would not...
View ArticleGraphic Design Since World War II
Graphic design has been a part of humanity since its earliest days. The first humans felt the need to express themselves in the form of cave paintings. Ancient art from all around the globe features...
View Article10 Common Mistakes when Changing Your WordPress Theme
If you want to make the most of your WordPress website or blog, you will want to create the right impression from the beginning. That may well involve changing your WordPress theme from time to time,...
View ArticleWhat is a Modern Business?
An ever-increasing number of people are gaining Internet access and their using the revolutionary technology to make purchases. More importantly, perhaps, they are using it to make decisions about...
View ArticleGraphic Designers to stop Global Catastrophes?
Chose your clients carefully. Are they BP, Hugh Hefner or even the Marlborough Man? Don't be a dolphin killer.... Are they someone you can...
View ArticleGoogle’s Logo Gets a BackRub
Google in another life was a search engine project called “BackRub”, created by Larry and Sergey in 1996. On May 6, 2010, and for the first time since 1999, Google redesigned their corporate logo –...
View ArticlePoster Design | moe.
During an interview for Relix magazine, guitarist Al Schnier was asked to describe moe. "For those who have never heard their music: "It's an amalgamation of a wide variety of the history of rock, all...
View ArticleFor People with Disabilities
Together they have taken on the fundamental development of the first social networking platform for people with disabilities and their families in 2010. ILWAD.com offers a safe and friendly atmosphere,...
View ArticleLogo Design
Graphic Designers execute corporate identity using visual vocabulary, or syntax. Shape, line, direction, color, value, typography, style, space and form are several fundamentals that are centric to...
View ArticleBlogging with WordPress
Unless you’ve been hiding out deep in a cavern on an unrecorded island, you’re undoubtedly aware that blogging has become an immensely popular, mainstream endeavor. You probably also know that...
View ArticleThe God Father of British Blues John Mayall
After Clapton and Jack Bruce left the band to form Cream, a succession of great musicians defined their artistic roots under John’s leadership, and he became as well known for discovering new talent as...
View ArticleBye, Bye to BETA Development
If you are in the Philly area Saturday morning, and would like to join us at Temple University as Scotty and I speak on ILWAD for WordCamp Philly 2010. The private messages we receive are humbling,...
View ArticleObey Your Logo Announced
Ron announces obeyyourlogo.com. Logo design exists at the intersection of pure creativity and hard-nosed business. Identity is used to communicate brand integrity and to unify a message, taking...
View Article3x Grammy Award winners – Los Lobos
Lazar Bear Productions is proud to present Los Lobos, probably the hottest band touring the world today, will be performing on a four Island tour in the Hawaii supporting their release “Tin Can Trust”....
View ArticleWebsite Design and Development
In today’s marketing environment, the image a company presents online may have more effect on its bottom line than any other communication method. With an overarching purpose behind the design and with...
View ArticlePay Per Click (PPC) Advertising
Once you strategize your PPC advertising campaign, determine the maximum cost-per-click (CPC) you are willing to invest in for specific keyword phrase. According to your conversion rate, profit margins...
View ArticleObey Your Poster Announced
Obeyyourposter.com is a site dedicated to showcasing the poster designs of Ronald Bercume, as well as offering his services. Ron is a closet-case musician himself, as well as a graphic designer, and...
View ArticleAre you being Social?
The rise of social media is probably the biggest Internet development of the last few years. Sites and applications are popping up left and right in order to allow individuals to find one another and...
View ArticleObey Your Designer #OBYD
Ron wanted to create a biography to achieve a broad range of goals, including: to publicly acknowledge and thank the teachers who were instrumental to his success; to inspire young people from...
View Article5x Blues Music Award Winner Rory Block
Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and...
View ArticleDo as I Do: Bill Cosby
In Tim's interview Cosby gets into it with little prodding, cycling back often to his most important messages. "Get the education," he solemnly advises. "Stop throwing it away. Fathers: Come claim your...
View ArticleGrammy Award Winning Kings of Texas Swing
Asleep At The Wheel will be performing on a four Island tour in the Hawaii. Fronted by Head Honcho and Band Leader Ray Benson is joined by band mates Jason Roberts, David Sanger, David Miller, John...
View ArticleLegendary Blues Guitar Slinger Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter has been a guitar hero without equal. Signing to Columbia records in 1969 called largest solo artist deal of it’s time, Johnny immediately laid out the blueprint for his fresh take on...
View ArticleA Staple of the Psychedelic Rock Scene
New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band that emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. The original lineup included several members of the...
View ArticleThe Father of the Graphic Novel
It turns out that the artist, writer and editor — world famous for creating the Garbage Pail Kids, drawing a series of arresting New Yorker covers, writing the Holocaust allegory "Maus," etc. — is...
View ArticlePaul Rand | Pioneer Series
Paul Rand is responsible for creating world-renowned logos for some of the largest corporations. You only need to look at the simplicity of the ABC television logo for American Broadcasting Company or...
View ArticleOne Day For Design #1D4D
You’re joining a conversation in progress—an open, global dialogue on the meaning and future of design, and on the meaning and future of professional design associations. Ready to add your voice?...
View ArticleYusaku Kamekura | Pioneer Series
Yusaku Kamekura inspired the growth of an entire industry and helped post World War II Japan to flourish. Kamekura can be considered a leader within first generation of modern graphic designers and is...
View ArticleHuh, Facebook Gets “Creative”?
Is Facebook Studio a truly novel concept that could prove revolutionary in the world of advertising, or is it a stunt designed to increase ad revenues by getting in bed with the creative and marketing...
View ArticleIt’s fitting that I reconnected with Tim Follos
I hadn’t seen Tim in nearly a decade when I bumped into him at that Jim gig in 2008, but we’d been part of the same clique back in high school and I’d always respected both his intelligence and his...
View ArticleRon and Jim… and Sven
In Ron's biography I describe the band Jim as "a versatile, dexterous and drunken Adirondack band that developed a strong local following over a fitful decade of existence." Being called upon for his...
View ArticleSelling Online is Only Part of the Story
Many business owners resist the idea of creating a significant Internet presence because their business models do not lend themselves to online commerce. This is particularly true of businesses based...
View ArticleAn SEO Technique for Everyone
If your site isn’t attractive to Google, et. al., the mountain to online success can be difficult to climb. That’s the reason why most people who are serious about being online eventually encounter the...
View ArticleNot everyone is an “early adopter”
For every person who’s been online since the “bulletin boards” of the 1980s, many others waited until today to take their first look at the Internet. Maybe you aren’t an early adopter when it comes to...
View ArticlePoster Design | Soulive
Organ trio Soulive has spent the last decade balancing a reverence for the past with a conviction to push music into its own funky future. When brothers Neal and Alan Evans first invited guitarist Eric...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing – A New Spin on a Classic Model
The main difference is that crowdsourcing entails using an open call to outsource tasks to a a group of people or to a local community. The term was first coined in a 2006 issue of WIRED magazine...
View ArticleDavid Airey & Logo Design Love
David states on his website, "My business is successful because I make it less about me, and more about my clients; about the direction their companies are heading and about the success they will...
View ArticleExit Through The Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop starts off detailing the explosive world of "Street art", that wonderfully creative medium we so often see on garage walls and bridge abutments. An eccentric shop keeper...
View ArticleGoogle and Mobile Internet in China
China has had a long time censorship battle with Google but recent developments may lead to Google working with China to develop a mobile Internet. China is an untapped goldmine when it comes to...
View ArticleMax Miedinger | Pioneer Series
This documentary, the regular use of Helvetica, and the impact that these images have on our world show that Max Miedinger's legacy is going to be with us far into the future. He has changed our...
View ArticleCorporate ID | High Peaks Embroidery
High Peaks Embroidery is a screen-printing and embroidery business located in the Adirondacks of New York. Ron composed the detailed logo to include an illustration of the beautiful Adirondack...
View ArticleHelvetica | The Impact of a Single Typeface
After it's debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2007, "Helvetica" has grown in popularity. It has presently been shown and presented in more than 300 cities in some forty countries....
View ArticleWhat is the AIGA?
AIGA was originally founded in 1914 under the name of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and it has grown to become one of the largest professional organizations for those that work in design. The...
View ArticleICANN’s 25 Years of Dot Com Policy
After 25 years of .coms and .nets, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is loosening the rules. Now it will be possible to have a web domain that identifies your business,...
View ArticleGrammy Award Winner Susan Mckeown
The poster’s color palette is comprised of varying shades of green except for the one color photo of Susan herself. Illustrations of four-leaf-clovers frame the design and add an interesting visual as...
View ArticleMilton Glaser | Pioneer Series
Mr. Glaser's work with Push Pin, NYM and Milton Glaser, Inc has earned him a spot as the most notable American graphic designers to date. In recognition of his contributions to the industry, he has...
View ArticleA Comment on Poster Graphic Design
Today, posters are used less often than they have been for well over a century. Posters have a special place in the history of graphic design. They were one of the first commercial opportunities to...
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