Archive for January, 2010

Tell us about yourself, give us a short run down on far back until now? I grew up on a small family farm in Northern Indiana and helped farm the very land that three generations of Vining’s had farmed before me. I went on to attend Purdue University, majoring in art education and fine read more » 

Hi Everyone- Well, we’ve been up and running for about three months now and things are really turning out great for this website. I am so happy and excited that so many of you have joined and contributed to this site in so many ways. Thank you ~ You are the reason why I read more » 

A website is about as crucial to graphic designers as his/her business card. Actually they play hand in hand as possibly the easiest and most affective way for a client to really get a feel for who you are as a designer. So what should I do if web design and coding just doesn't read more » 

This may be old news to some, but whenever the name of an internationally-acclaimed designer is mentioned in the same sentence as Indiana, it’s cause to take notice. Abbott Miller and Ed Fella are two such individuals. Abbott Miller J. Abbott Miller is a NWI native who, together with his wife Ellen Lupton (a read more » 

Live video chat — Wednesday, January 20th 8 pm (CST) by DesignChat Join us and the growing DesignChat community for a live video conversation with design legend Milton Glaser. Host, Ryan McGovern leads an informal face-to-face with this imaginative modern renaissance man — a rare breed of designer-illustrator that has influenced and delighted the read more » 

When I meet with art students and I ask them what they plan to do with their art, they’ll say… “I want to be a graphic designer”, like somehow being able to draw really good means that they’ll be a good designer. I think the graphic artist of the past were true artist – read more » 

Is word-of-mouth really the best way to gain work? That is the question I often think about. To me it is the simplest way to get a new contract. Basically you sit back and let someone that you’ve done work for in the past spread the word about you. You may get a call read more » 

Purdue University Calumet Professional Art Alliance  for students who share common interests in all aspects of Professional Arts. Purdue Calumet offers a wide variety of Professional Arts education classes and majors, and this organization is aimed to initiate camaraderie among students based on commonalities. Professional Arts include Film, Music, Graphic Design, Journalism, Public Relations, read more » 

Recently many people saw a funny picture when they went to Twitter. Places like TechCrunch and others thought something really bad had happened (a full system breach) but in the end no real data was comprimised. What had actually happened was an attack something most people don’t even know is part of the equation read more »