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 tintin | Sep 27, 2016 | Culture, Uncategorized
In 1988, I worked as a graphic artist for Hanlon Brown Design. Things were a lot different 28 years ago. First of all, there were 4 employees, not 18 as currently employed full-time. Paste-up work was still a reality, copy was sent out for typesetting, and Lettraset...
by Cindy Brandt | Mar 30, 2016 | Design
BackgroundThe 70s… a period of time that most people associate with “interesting” color palettes, disco, feathered hair, and a departure from the settled times of the past. Being a designer born in the beginning of the 1970s, 1972 specifically, I...
by Kristi Hauke | Mar 30, 2016 | Design
BackgroundI’ve always had an itch for going against the grain and speaking up for what I believe in. The 1960s time period spoke to me because I think back then, there was an air of taking controversial issues head on. It was a time of counterculture and free...
by Anita Wendte | Mar 21, 2016 | Design
BackgroundI have a love of jazz and Blue Note Records album cover artwork. The 1950s were the heyday for jazz and Blue Note Records; and the graphic design of their album covers always had a certain look that embodied the spirit of jazz.I enjoy listening to and...
