It Glitters and it’s the Gold Glamour Trend!

  Hello Monday. Muriel Cooper (1925-1994) was a pioneering book designer, digital designer, researcher, and educator. She was the longtime art director of the MIT Press, instilling a Bauhaus-influenced design style into its many publications. She moved on to become founder of MIT’s Visible Language Workshop, and later became a co-founder of the MIT Media […]

Stare worthy designs

Stare worthy designs…PLUS idea generation FREEBIE!

Hello Monday. Today we will start with Erik Nitsche (1908-1988). He left an unmistakable mark on the world of design in his approximately 60 year career. Leaving almost no field untouched, he worked as an art director, book designer, illustrator, typographer, graphic designer, photographer, advertiser, and packaging designer. His graphic design work included magazine covers, […]

Shhh…we found some design freebies for you!

  Hello Monday. This week we will learn a little bit about Saul Bass. Saul Bass was born on May 8, 1920, in the Bronx, New York, United States, to Eastern European Jewish immigrant parents. Bell, Kleenex, AT&T? These were all designed by Bass. The interesting thing is that even though he designed many iconic […]

Help–I can’t think of an idea!

“Help–I can’t think of an idea!” is locked Help–I can’t think of an idea!

  Let’s talk about Paula Scher. She is a Jewish Graphic Designer that is a partner at Pentagram. developing identities, packaging and signage for a variety of major clients including The New York Times Magazine,Bloomberg, Target, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Park, Tiffany & Co. and Citibank Here are some things she has designed. You […]

3 simple ways to better design

3 simple ways to better design

Hello Monday. Ever heard of Paul Rand? Oh and if you haven’t, it would be really, really worthwhile to find out about him. He is responsible for many design icons including the IBM logo, the old UPS logo, the Westinghouse logo. Oh, and his real name is Peretz Rosenbaum (He recently died) 3 simple ways […]

Hebrew Typography Part 1

Hebrew Typography Part 1

Hello Monday…oops I mean Tuesday. This email, was supposed to go out yesterday…but we were busy learning and networking at The JWE Conference in Connecticut (do not worry, we will talk all about our experiences in a future blog post!) OK you want to design in Hebrew (or do some Hebrew design) whichever way you […]

Did you have enough room on the airplane?

Did you have enough room on the airplane?

Monday is here… Did you know….In typography, a serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol. Serifs originated in the Latin alphabet  words carved into stone. The Roman letter outlines were first painted onto stone, and the stone carvers followed the brush marks which flared at stroke ends and corners, creating […]

It all starts with a pickle

It all starts with a pickle

Huh? What is she talking about. Hold on, I will get to the juicy pickle part soon… Back in January I attended a great event hosted by The JWE (Jewish Women Entrepreneur). The focus was on networking, with a great speed dating, I mean networking event. Before we got into the active networking we had a […]

Yes, You gotta try again…

Yes, You gotta try again…

We will be starting off a new series in which we will be sending a little bit of magic to your mailbox (at unexpected times)! You will get snippets of some design, marketing, business and other miscellaneous stuff we are excited about. Oh, and to be part of it all, follow us on Pinterest @theboldedge, on […]

Marketing and Design Digest 11/25/14

Marketing and Design Digest 11/25/14

After seeing so many awesome things today (ok that happens most days, but today I decided that by hook or by crook, I gotta let you all know about it) Cari Jansen’s Blog One of our student was having issues with a new feature with Illustrator CC 2014. Every time she would draw a shape […]

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