Farmboy was tasked by the Des Moines Social Club to create branding, award statues, and more for the Greater Des Moines Cloris Leachman Excellence In Theatre Arts Awards, informally known as the Cloris Awards. We were asked to keep the branding “professional but fun” as the event recognizes the hard work of those in Iowa theatre arts, but…
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Awards are good, happy clients are better.
Awards are a funny thing. On June 10th the Farmboy team had a busy day. We had a few client meetings, the last of which was in Des Moines’ East Village (where parking is iffy at best), and it was HOT, but I digress. From that balmy meeting we hopped on over to West End Architectural…
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I love October and I love Halloween. My day job has allowed me to create some great design that I’ve found greatly fulfilling and proud to show. One thing I’ve often heard is the work you do for fun is what gets you the work you want. So why not have fun with something…
Read onThe Woodshed-Design Lessons The Hard Way: Illustrator Document Color Mode
So for todays lesson the hard way, I’ll share my little “aha” moment while trying to create an email through the MailChimp (awesome service) template maker. Using their easy drag and drop editor really is, well, easy. However there are a few minor things you should watch out for, ESPECIALLY when you’re sending an email…
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Is Apple’s QuickTime operating on borrowed time? With emerging video and media technologies, how long will Apple cling to the QuickTime brand?
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