	Neal Shaffer Design Trends Examiner \| Bio My Bio Subscribe RSS Feed Favorites

Find out more about Neal:

Neal Shaffer is a writer, strategist, and design and culture enthusiast from Baltimore, Maryland.

Subscribe to Neal's Email Alerts

Get alerts when Neal submits a new article

Neal has been added to your favorite examiners

View my favorite Examiners

Design Trends Examiner's Articles

Showing: communications articles

Design legend Saul Bass, in case you forgot

Andrew Lindstrom is performing public service over at the Well Medicated blog. He went ahead and collected a wide array of some of Saul Bass' best...
Keep Reading »

Massimo Vignelli's "Canon" brings the grid into focus

Creativity needs the support of knowledge to be able to perform at its best. Words of wisdom from Massimo Vignelli, one of the world's most...
Keep Reading »

An interview with designer Eric Karjaluoto of smashLAB

"I remember drawing logos and trying to design magazines in the fourth grade." Eric Karjaluoto is one of the founders of smashLAB, a...
Keep Reading »

Designing an NFL broadcast

Live TV broadcasts might not generally be thought of as things that are "designed," but a recent article in The Atlantic proves otherwise....
Keep Reading »

John Maeda remakes RISD (and more)

If I had to pick just one wish for 2009, it would be this: that we see a continuation of the trend towards innovation and creativity as real factors...
Keep Reading »

The great brothel ad embarrassment

Suppose you're designing the cover of a well-respected science journal and the feature story is on China. Seems only logical to turn to the ageless...
Keep Reading »

Barack Obama's Rejected Logos

My friends at Baltimore design studio Orange Element linked up this excellent post from Logo Design Love about the process that gave us Barack Obama's...
Keep Reading »

Ellen Lupton: design is communication

I'm a huge fan of Ellen Lupton, designer/writer/educator and head of the graphic design department at MICA. She's fairly unique (though not alone)...
Keep Reading »

The best book covers of 2008

Joseph Sullivan, writer/publisher of the excellent Book Design Review blog, is out with a list of his favorite book designs for 2008. Click here to...
Keep Reading »

Risk management is a thing of the past

David Armano, the VP of Experience Design at Critical Mass, is one of the best sources around for intelligent, relatable writing about the...
Keep Reading »