James Kurtz III | Graphic Designer | Northeast Ohio

What if Microsoft Designed the iPod Packaging?

James Kurtz III — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:50:36 +0000

I know I’m late to the party here, seeing as this video was posted originally 6 years ago, but it’s so darn good, it’s worth posting even now. If you’ve already seen it, watch it again. This is a humorous look at how packaging design can go, oh, so wrong. Of course it also applies [...]

Designer’s Guide to Logos: A Call for Submissions

James Kurtz III — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:08:37 +0000

Over the past year I have written a book called “The Designer’s Guide to Logos.” One of the things that I want to include in the book are stories of logo designs in progress, from start to finish; pencil sketches, rough ideas, concepts, mind-maps, those sorts of things, shown next to the finished logo design. [...]

A Report from TEDxCLE

James Kurtz III — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:26:08 +0000

TED is an organization committed to “ideas worth spreading.” The main annual conference is in California, but smaller independently organized satellite meetings, designated by the x in the title, take place all over the world. TED has become widely known because of the vast amount of excellent video content that they offer for free on [...]

What Graphic Designers Do

James Kurtz III — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:16:21 +0000

Although more and more awareness about what a graphic designer does is becoming prevalent, there are still many people that have no idea what a graphic designer actually does. A few years ago I put together a post defining what a graphic designer does. Now, Design Council UK has put together an excellent video on [...]

Graphic Design Paradoxes

James Kurtz III — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:21:55 +0000

Tobias Bergdahl has put together 12 designs based on Adrian Shaughnessy’s “12 paradoxes of graphic design.” Have a look here. Adrian Shaugnhnessy is a graphic designer and writer based in London. In 1989 he co-founded the design company Intro. Today he runs ShaughnessyWorks, a consultancy combining design and editorial direction. Found via Quipsologies.