An Era for Design - According to Forbes

Great article from Forbes about the power and value of good design. Here are a couple highlights worth mentioning and a link to the full article.

All businesses, no matter what they make or sell, should recognize the power and financial value of good design.

...Every day my Twitter feed populates with astounding growth facts about the likes of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Pinterest and the more recent travel site, AirBnB. It is no coincidence that these successful brands seem to really value design and utilize it to secure a competitive advantage.

...What is certain is that the design bar has been raised and design-oriented businesses are winning.

National Peace Academy Site Redesign

We (my partner Gary Nickerson) and I, recently completed work on the National Peace Academy's redesigned website. As always, there are some further tweaks to be made, but you get the idea....

Our client emailed us to say:

"As you might imagine, we are getting beyond rave reviews. In fact ... the positive response is almost ridiculous - I love that."

Inspiration from a fellow designer

This guy makes me proud to be a designer!