Armstrong Graphics & Design

Brand Cancellation Effect.

Brand Cancellation Effect. About two decades ago, I took a job at a rapidly sinking San Francisco agency. I was hired to help stop the place from sinking. Their bigge...

Dark clouds on the horizon

Dark clouds on the horizon With it came the aroma of a freshly opened One Show book or the distinctive smell of a dog-earred CA Annual that had been passed around the creative department and pilfered relentlessly by ambitious young art directors and copywriters who thought, "some day I'm going to do work of this caliber and b...

F**K conference rooms.

F**K conference rooms. Since my first agency job back in 1984 to my last agency job in 2020, I'd guess that the number of creatives as a percentage of agency staff...

Go fractal yourself.

Go fractal yourself. Part of our job as creative people--and all people should strive to be creative, regardless of their job or title--is we have to train ourse...

Some Thoughts on Pasta.

Some Thoughts on Pasta. Iphigenia in Tauris (1893) by Valentin Serove I got a note the other morning. A plaintive note. It was from a young man I don't really kn...

7 Essential Design Principles Star Wars Taught Us [Infographic]

7 Essential Design Principles Star Wars Taught Us [Infographic] An infographic showing 7 essential design principles Star Wars taught us.

Defender of the

Defender of the brand Some CMOs and marketing types simply do ads and promo. Give them average products for average people and some money, and they’ll do the ad thing. And some are actually marketers. Marketing in…

New York, New York, What a Heck of a Town.

New York, New York, What a Heck of a Town. Yesterday I did something I hadn't done since the world came to a halt with the advent of Covid. I commuted an uncommutable distance from ou...

Marketers, please stop calling me Latinx

Marketers, please stop calling me Latinx Want a conversation with someone? Don’t blow it by calling them the wrong name.

Zoom’s new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog

Zoom’s new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog Zoom filters that completely replace your face

KFC Launches 'Chicken Stock' So Folks Won't Steal Their Images (Don't Worry, It's Free) https://buff.ly/3wxzULA?

KFC Launches 'Chicken Stock' So Folks Won't Steal Their Images (Don't Worry, It's Free) The Colonel sees all pretenders and throws some righteous shade with stock-tastic images.

Today's thought-provoking piece from George Tannenbaum. If you're not reading his blog, you should. | Are you worth it? https://buff.ly/3oXKZBb

Are you worth it? This, dear readers, will likely be a rabbit hole, and if it’s not redundant (I've never been in a rabbit hole) a thoroughly meandering one....