by Leslie Worth | Nov 4, 2016 | Culture, Design, HB Design, Inspiration, Uncategorized
I am a creative director. I am female. I am rare. Until recently, I was part of a 3% club. That was the number of female creative directors at U.S. agencies in 2012. The number is now a whopping 11%. (Let’s celebrate, ladies!) Logically, these numbers don’t make a bit...
by Hilary Reinmuth | Dec 14, 2015 | Inspiration, Uncategorized
I have recently taken an interest in architecture – it started a year ago during Design Week Portland when I went to a talk, spur of the moment, and happened to be sitting in a small room listening to a guy (Gordon Gill), who had a hand in building the TALLEST...
by Leslie Worth | Oct 19, 2015 | Culture, Design, Inspiration, Uncategorized
I saved all of my college design projects. The closet in my old bedroom at my parents’ house is filled with them. And during a recent visit, I found a particularly interesting one.This is the project – A toy, made of paper, with the design dependent on the...
by Leslie Worth | Sep 21, 2015 | Design, HB Design, Inspiration
Creative slumps. We all get them. We get stuck on one idea, or feel void of new ideas. Often we just sit and wallow in our lack of creativity, but there are many ways to get out of a creative slump.Here are 5 ways that work for me.Look at great creative. Get up from...
by Liana Safian | Aug 24, 2015 | Design, Inspiration
While visiting Madison, Wisconsin earlier this summer, the fam and I found ourselves with a rare “no plans day.” After consuming copious amounts of spicy cheese bread at the Capital Square Farmer’s Market, we headed to Dr. Evermor’s Art Park near Prairie Du Sac...
by Noel Henneman | Jul 30, 2015 | Culture, Design, HB Design, Inspiration, Web Design
Fatherhood.So, I recently became a father. Which has inspired me to look closely at my life, and start asking a lot of questions. I’m finding that many of those questions have parallels that relate to work as a graphic designer – a job that requires both “careful...