Dan Taylor will be one of three panelists at the AIGA Connecticut event “Me, Inc.: Building and Living a Personal Brand” on Thursday, December 13th, from 6:00 – 9:00pm at the Stamford Innovation Center. We will be exploring the idea and value of establishing a personal brand, along with an interactive panel discussion to share ideas on following passions and finding niches in today’s world. If you’re free that night, join us!
On November 8th, Nora and I attended the book signing and launch party at the AIGA National Design Center for “Dialog”: What makes a great design partnership, by Ken Carbone and Leslie Smolan. Ever since our early days in New York City, we have admired Carbone Smolan for their consistent level of taste, quality, and strategy-focused design. From large banks to tiny not-for-profits, from world-famous museums to start-up fashion lines, the duo always seems to nail it. “Dialog” is available at Pointed Leaf Press and through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
People today deal with unprecedented levels of information and data. As communicators, don’t we owe it to them to produce content that’s intuitive and easy to understand? Antonio Poglianich, a partner at Mercer Consulting’s New York workforce communication and change practice, and Dan Taylor attempted to answer that question in a presentation they gave to IABC Westfair on November 5th at Columbus Park in Stamford. Entitled “Infographics & Trends in Corporate Communications,” they explored our evolving role as communicators, the elements of a good infographic, when to use an infographic (including the value of quantifiable information), and how to partner with designers to create a professional infographic.
Art Director Mark Barrett teed up with Patrick Dwyer, Vice President of Global Prepaid Policy Strategy at MasterCard, for the 27th Annual Entergy Day of Golf event, which will took place on September 20th at Westchester Hills Country Club. It was a successful day, as the team was tied for the lowest score, officially taking second place after matching scorecards. Great job Mark and Patrick!
On Thursday, September 13, Taylor Design participated in the 2012 Stamford YMCA “Golf Fore the Kids” tournament at Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains, NY. Our team consisted of (from left to right) Art Director Mark Barrett, Daniel Croft of Sikorsky, Mike DeRepentigny of RTO Group, and Dan Taylor. The event raises funds to support the Stamford Y’s LEAD Academy, an after school program for grades K-12 that provides academic enrichment, tutoring, mentoring and life skills training. For more information, please visit the Stamford YMCA.
Taylor Design received two awards in the 2012 American Graphic Design Awards Competition, presented by Graphic Design USA Magazine. The projects honored include the 2011 annual report for Keep America Beautiful designed by Mark Barrett and the winter 2012 issue of the alumni magazine for Sarah Lawrence College designed by Hannah Fichandler.
The 2012 Giving Report for the Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation is currently featured on the HOW Magazine blog. The Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, a nonprofit segment of the biopharmaceutical company, works to finance other nonprofits and get medicine to people who need it around the world. The Giving Report is divided into four sections—medicine, community programs, time & skills and social enterprise—and features illustrations from Andrew Bannecker, infographics, volunteer profiles, maps, and videos—and is connected to various social media channels.
Taylor Design received two awards in the 2012 American Graphic Design Awards Competition, presented by Graphic Design USA Magazine. The projects honored include the 2011 annual report for Keep America Beautiful designed by MarkBarrett and the winter 2012 issue of the alumni magazine for Sarah Lawrence College designed by Hannah Fichandler.
For a while now, visuals and aesthetics from the 80’s–90’s have been trendy and mainstream, from fashion trends and clothes to popular TV shows like Stranger Things. Another way that the trend has also manifested itself in is keycap designs for mechanical keyboards. From everything from the keycaps themselves, to the visuals of the packaging, a few keycap sets sold by Omnitype tap into the nostalgia of 90’s video game culture.The GMK DMG 3 keycap set takes inspiration from the iconic handhelds with the heavy use of gray and the muted purples, while the DMK Dualshot™ 2 keycap set is a direct nod to Playstation 1 classics, with the same idea of using grays and contrasting that with the bright iconic Playstation colors. Even their packaging design is based off the CD cases PS1 games came in. Although the two keycap sets are currently closed for sale and are still in the production stage, they are still a joy to look at to appreciate the design and appearance, and taking visual cues from this era of gaming is the perfect tie into customizable mechanical keyboards.