“What do you do?” “I’m an art director.” Silence. “Okay…but…what do you do?” Sound familiar? In the introductory “fable” of Art Direction Explained, At Last! by Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne, Brian...
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Yesterday on Instagram, which is where I do almost all of my chatting these days, I wrote a note about how I miss sharing inspiration in this space. So I started up again and I’m going to keep on moving with it. Today’s inspiration is something I saw last...
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Want to learn how to create a mood board? Today’s your lucky day! Creative Director and mood board maker extraordinaire Nancy Herrmann just launched her brand new Skillshare class, Kickstart Your Creativity: Introduction to Mood Boards. If you have any interest...
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I miss doing weekly mood boards with Nancy! We’re working on a plan to get more out soon, but in the meantime I want to revisit Art + Object. This week I’ve paired one of my watercolor abstract art prints with a graphic Kate Spade Heart Stripe Sweater. The...
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THEME: FESTIVUS Left: Photograph by Alpha Smoot. Right: December, paper dress by Janar Juhkov, student at Estonian Academy of Arts. Photo by Maiken Staak. Image via dezeen. Mood Board Monday has been a weekly coast-to-coast adventure in art direction with Nancy...
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This is my last mood board theme choice (the image on the left) for my 2014 collaboration with Nancy. It’s been such a great creative experience. Here’s my final theme. Tune in next week for Nancy’s! THEME: DENOUEMENT Left: Summertime Sadness. Photo...
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I’ve been providing creative consulting services to luxury fashion brand BEVÉE since August, including graphic design, photography, styling, art direction, copywriting, and creative strategy. Here are some of the images that I created for Holiday 2014. See more...
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THEME: MERCURIAL Left: Japanese Magnolias painting by Zelda Fitzgerald. Part of the permanent collection of the Asheville Art Museum. Right: Splitter photograph by Ralph Lagoi. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast adventure in art direction with Nancy...
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Redacted. Paper collage by Melanie Biehle. December 8, 2014. I’m on a kick of making paper collages with just three elements. Here’s the latest one.
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THEME: MIX Left: Southern Girl abstract painting by Anna Medik. Right: Home Works featuring Caroline Trentini. Photo by Miles Aldridge for Vogue Italia, March 2008. Image via Iconolo.gy. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast adventure in art direction...
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