http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside hbdesign: uniting design + technology Thu, 09 May 2013 21:19:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Design: Before and AfterFriend or Foe: The ComputerWhat Happened to Design? http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/design-before-and-afterfriend-or-foe-the-computerwhat-happened-to-design/ http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/design-before-and-afterfriend-or-foe-the-computerwhat-happened-to-design/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 21:17:28 +0000 Leslie Worth http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/?p=395 I can’t decide what to title this post. I have many feelings about this particular subject, and I’m not sure where I want them to land. The subject is the computer and how it has affected design. There are positive and negative effects, but I think I’ll talk about the negative ones today. I’m in [...]

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]]> http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/broadsides/feed/ 0 Presentation Tools for the C2CB Audience: The Infographic (Again) http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/presentation-tools-for-the-c2cb-audience-the-infographic-again/ http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/presentation-tools-for-the-c2cb-audience-the-infographic-again/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:13:23 +0000 Leslie Worth http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/?p=383 The design system—almost always essential, but often not understood. At HB Design, when we work with a client that asks us to create marketing materials for a new product line, company or even a campaign within an existing company, we usually first talk to them about creating a design system. Normally our contact has a [...]

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]]> http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/html5/feed/ 0 Generic Brand Names http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/generic-brand-names/ http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/generic-brand-names/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:34:05 +0000 Kiersten Wilbur http://www.hbdesignblog.com/?p=267 Many words we all use in basic conversation were once or are still a trademarked brand name of one company or another. Sharpie, post-it, wite-out, band-aid—all of these are nouns that we use to refer any number of items: permanent markers, adhesive note paper, correction fluid, and self-adhesive bandage. Of course if you go onto [...]

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]]> http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/using-wordpress-as-a-cms/feed/ 0 An Idea Leads to A Change http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/an-idea-leads-to-a-change/ http://www.hbdesign.com/blogside/index.php/an-idea-leads-to-a-change/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:15:21 +0000 Leslie Worth http://www.hbdesignblog.com/?p=213 Each morning, before I go to work, I take an hour and ride my spinning bike. I love this early morning exercise time—it is an hour of the day when my mind clears and I have no interruptions or distractions, and creative thoughts flow freely. The other day I began to think about some work [...]

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