I am currently attending the Visual Communication 24th annual conference in Portland, Oregon, a beautiful, friendly, and accessible city. Since being here has afforded me a personal relationship with the city, I am better able to understand just how well Santiago Uceda’s city identity fits the feeling of being in Portland. Loads of city dwellers [...]

Debbie Millman presented her talk Why We Brand, Why We Buy on Friday night at The Art Institute of CA in Orange County. In her talk, Ms. Millman, partner and President of the Design Group at Sterling Brands, pieced together neurological influences on human proclivity to (buying into) brands, a history of the brand from [...]