Color Use Category

May. 16th The marketing of the South China Morning Post relaunch

TAKEAWAY: While we labored over typographic styles, photo sizes and color palettes, the marketing department of the South China Morning Post worked right by our side for the past 8 months.  Anne Wong, marketing director, wanted to know every detail in the process before creating her campaign.  That campaign, Make Everyday Matter, has now accompanied us thru the relaunch and has enough power to become a brand statement for years to come.

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Apr. 24th TheiPadLab: e-reader apps with something extra

TAKEAWAY: Today’s iPadLab segment takes us to Austria, to the financial daily WirtschaftsBlatt, published in Vienna: its iPad app combines the intuitive turning of the page that e-readers provide, but with the ability to update selected stories throughout the day.

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Apr. 20th The iPad Lab: Creating the Advertising Suite

TAKEAWAY: Make room for ads that go beyond the linear in your news iPad app.  Let the user experience advertising content in a way that would make it easy to access and to enjoy.  Create the “advertising suite” that invites and keeps the user inside the app.

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Jun. 17th The day I tipped my hat off to Carmen Miranda

It was supposed to be a mere analogy while doing a critique of a page, but my reference to the Carmen Miranda hat became the most remembered part of that presentation, and remains associated with me more than 25 years later.

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Jun. 11th The Color Palette was on the Wall

One reason it is important to get away from the office and design rignt in the location where the publication/website originates is that one gets inspiration from the most unlikely sources

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