by Diane Kenedy | Apr 26, 2013 | Inspiration
I went through the Oregon Heritage Rail Museum when it opened. A lot of people attended the opening and took photos. I refrained from taking any photos until I walked through the Pullman cars. Then this warning caught my eye: It has so much more character than the...
by Leslie Worth | Apr 8, 2013 | Design
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...
by noelhenneman | Mar 12, 2013 | Technology
When your client asks for a web site design to be in HTML5, what does that mean? Generally speaking—when a client requests HTML5, it means that they want the project to run across all devices (no Flash) and they don’t want to spend a lot of money. And while many...
by Kiersten Wilbur | Feb 26, 2013 | Our work
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,...
by Leslie Worth | Feb 12, 2013 | Culture, HB Design, Inspiration
I love typography. A LOT. I always have. As strange as it sounds, it’s always been an important part of me, even as a kid. I was the kid drawing logos at age six. There will be more about my type obsession later…Anyway, a while back, I fed my type obsession and...
by noelhenneman | Jan 29, 2013 | Technology, Web Design
One of the key features of a corporate CMS is the ability to update pages after they have been published. Part of this update process is to send out the updated pages for review before they are pushed “live.” Out of the box, WordPress (WP) does not do...
by Leslie Worth | Jan 15, 2013 | Culture, HB Design, Inspiration, Our work
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...
by Leslie Worth | Dec 18, 2012 | HB Design, Inspiration, Our work
In my last post, I talked about the idea of C2CB presentation tools. For those who ask “what is C2CB” and don’t want to take the time to do a little hunting, I’ll fill you in. Client to Client’s Boss communication. Internal selling of ideas to other team members. If...
by noelhenneman | Nov 28, 2012 | Broadside, Culture
This year’s HB Design Holiday gift has an extra special hand-made touch. We printed holiday cards on our new in-office letterpress. “New” being a relative term. The cards were printed on a Vandercook Proof Press circa 1936. Check out a few shots from the process....
by noelhenneman | Nov 6, 2012 | Culture
Leslie, our creative director, gave the company our first training session on our letterpress. Below are some photos, click to see larger views.
