Illustration By Rizon Parein From GM to 3M, in boardrooms and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and on Madison Avenue, design matters more than ever. Around the globe, American designers have never been more influential. Welcome to an unexpected and inspiring moment. But this is the United States, a country famous for second acts.

For the Graphic Design nerd in us all: Fun, geeky game. How close can you get the kerning of these popular fonts?!?! http://type.method.ac

This month Fast Company is running a special issue talking about design.  Check out this link to their slideshow of good vs. bad product design: click here to check it out.

Simon Sinek: If You Don’t Understand People, You Don’t Understand Business from 99% on Vimeo.   About this presentation In this wide-ranging talk, ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek discusses the importance of trust, authenticity, and meaning. Sinek argues that as individuals and companies, everything that we say and do is a symbol of who

For owners and employees of small businesses, it can seem like there’s never enough time in the day to get everything done. This infographic done with Intuit, explores how small businesses are using and losing time, and ways they’re trying to boost productivity.

Check out www.nobleimaging.com/portfolio to see our new portfolio layout and recent projects.  We’ve also added the Wordbooker plugin!  Now when we post to the Blog, it cross-posts to both facebook.com/adamwrichard and facebook.com/nobleimaging, then twitter.com grabs the post from facebook, and linkedin.com grabs the post from twitter.  This saves so much time!!! -Adam

Finding that first market — a few customers willing to pay for your early product — is hard enough. But there’s one thing that may be even harder. And that’s finding the second market. Especially because companies are often so focused on protecting what they already have. In 1996 when Steve Jobs returned to Apple,

Today, like most days in the past week remind of why I enjoy what I do so much.  Sitting outside all day in the amazing Houston weather, drinking coffee, and working to improve people’s careers is such an enjoyable experience.  Today I’m working on logos for 2 clients, post-processing photos for a website’s store tour,

I’ve just updated my twitter account from twitter.com/adamwrichard to twitter.com/nobleimaging.  Follow me on twitter to catch all my posts about brand identity, web development, graphic design, search engine optimisation, and other news about how your business and career can leap forward in positive directions to better your life, income, and happiness. Cheers, Adam Richard