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Closing the gap
This only gets more relevant as time passes. I’m trying to close the gap between what I know I want to do and what I actually produce. I can recognize that the things I design are missing That Special Something to make them remarkable. It will take time, risk, and courage. I am afraid that…
The lumpy-headed child of the design era
The inspiration pieces for the latest project. Intrigued? Read about it.
A video for you heart
Apologies again! I’m trying to get a lot of work done before I leave for vacation. Miss you.
5: Hours of sleep…
Oh man, guys, after today I will have worked an 80-hour work week. Feels like I’m in school again! What’ I’ve been up to… 01. My new website, of course. It’s eaten my life. I still need to make business cards, but it seriously is such a relief not to have that eyesore anymore.…
Jacklynn.com!
After over a year…and months after I planned to…I am so happy to show you all my new website! I need to polish up some things and trim some of the loose edges, but tah-da! What’s even better is that it didn’t break my blog! My old website had been the bane of my existence…
Imagine: How Creativity Works (CHECK)
I just finished the designer’s sweet heart book of the moment: Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer. And if you couldn’t tell by all the sticky notes peeking out in this picture, I liked it quite a bit. Heaven knows I don’t need anything help being even more idealistic. But surprise, I read it…
Give from the heart, support some art
Support @MikePerryStudio‘s kickstarter campaign by this Wednesday and support Wondering and Wandering, a frog-hoppin’ fantastic project.
5: Books I want to read
Not novels this time, books that I’ve heard that I should read because they’ll like, inspire me, or whatever. 01. Outliers | Malcom Gladwell* 02. Imagine: How Creativity Works | Jonah Lehrer 03. Things I have learned in my life so far | Stefan Sagmeister 04. Batman: Death by Design | Chip Kidd 05.…
Special thank you card
I made this thank you card last night that I thought was pretty cute. Our building manager is this spectacular person who brings our building to life. One of her daily battles is to get us to do the dishes (it’s a dude fest in my office). She even recently bought and additional dishwasher so…