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Archive for January, 2010

How to Increase the Value of Your Design Services for Clients

By Dennis Good • Jan 21st, 2010

How to Increase the Value of Your Design Services for Clients: http://designm.ag/freelance/value-of-design-services/



I.D.’s Executioners

By Dennis Good • Jan 21st, 2010

I.D.’s Executioners: http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=12367



Why We Should Teach Design Early

By Dennis Good • Jan 21st, 2010

Why We Should Teach Design Early: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/why-we-should-teach-design-early.html



Color Unleashed

By Dennis Good • Jan 21st, 2010

Color Unleashed: http://blog.howdesign.com/2010/01/14/ColorUnleashed.aspx



What Pizza Can Tell Us About the New Economy

By Jason Moriber • Jan 20th, 2010

A vital aspect of Totonno’s, beyond the deliciousness of the pies, is the way he chose to run the shop: it opened at 3pm, they made a certain amount of pizza dough for the day, and when it ran out they closed up shop, no matter how long the line of potential patrons remained. The business did not go out of business, nor did it balloon into a national brand (which seems to be the progression of most food enterprises these days). The place has remained a vibrant business for nearly 100 years, buzzing along merrily.



Q: The questions for those working the middle are, what can go wrong and who gets left behind when the wave comes?

By Jason Moriber • Jan 11th, 2010

A: The middle shouldn’t be the default; it should be a choice, a hard one, and include a commitment to the long haul. Also, it’s not about waiting, you have to make a business there, not bring a business to there…