China, honesty, Industry Changes, Job Search, lies, Portable Displays, Trade Show Displays, Uncategorized

Trade Show Industry Killed by Covid-19 – Why Are We Not Admitting It?

We won’t see trade show events again until some time in 2021. Maybe even later. And the trade show display/exhibit build industry is done as well. Picture this. It’s August 2020 and several states in the USA have lifted multiple restrictions for stay at home measures so the economy can get back to normal. However, each state still keeps some…

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Adobe Illustrator, File Format, File Size Reduction, Graphic Design, Graphic Design General, Graphic Requirements for Vendors, Large Format Graphics, Tips & Tricks, Trade Show Displays

How To Design Large Format Graphics

Recently I did a guest post on the Classic Exhibits blog page explaining several graphic design tips for large format file prep. I invite you to read that post on the Classic site and let me know if you have any questions. The article is called “I Like Big Graphics and I Can Not Lie / Baby Got Big”. View…

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Adobe Illustrator, Entertainment, Graphic Design, Graphic Design General, Logo Design

Video Game Shirts For Hangry Gamer Gear

Fun Side Project For Gaming Industry Friend I’ve been fortunate to know many people in the design and programming industry through my career. However, one of my favorite people is a fellow by the name of Mitchell Russell. Mitch and I met in Canada years ago when I was producing audio commercials and designing print ads for an advertising agency.…

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Communication, Customer Service, Difficult Client, Graphic Design, Graphic Design General, honesty, lies, Logo Design, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

Do It Now Instead Of Later

As a graphic designer who cares about customer service and sales (yes, I care about sales and appreciate the effort it takes) my feeling on tasks at hand has always been to “do it right now”. Regardless of what you may be working on at the time you should always be flexible to handle an emergency, or even a small…

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Communication, Customer Service, honesty, Trustpilot Reviews, Uncategorized

Trustpilot Isn’t Trustworthy Online

Many Game The Truspilot System And It Is Easy We all love to purchase products online for the great convenience. You find the product you want after searching online to be sure you have the right source. You see that the site has excellent reviews both internally and externally through sites like Trustpilot. You make the decision to buy the…

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Alibaba, Bad Employer, China, Communication, Discount Prices, Environment, honesty, Industry Changes, Internet, Knock Offs, Manufacturer MSRP, Pollution, Stock Market, Uncategorized, Waste

Will Alibaba’s $25 Billion Singles Day Kill Us?

What is the environmental footprint of the $25 Billion Alibaba Singles Day 2017 figure? If you are not aware, Alibaba hopes to eventually either shut down your e-commerce operation, or simply absorb it into the Alibaba portal realm. In North America you probably already thought this was a danger from either Walmart or Amazon. But those two companies have nothing…

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Bad Employer, Communication, Graphic Design, Graphic Design General, honesty, Job Search, lies, Sabbatical, Time Off, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

Oh The Web We Weave When We Deceive…

I’ve been lucky to only work for four companies in my professional career as a graphic designer and creative individual (and one of them is my own freelance outfit). The most recent company I work for I only joined a few months ago and I love it. Therefore, in over 22 years, just three actual corporations have had me as…

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