Posts Tagged ‘blog’
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Troy Tessalone (crowdSPRING username: TroyTess) today.Troy lives and works in Redondo Beach, CA.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hello world! Troy Tessalone here. I’m a creative who participates in Writing projects on crowdSPRING, or in other words I primarily name stuff. As a 24 year old, I’m nearing my quarter century age crisis. I was born and raised in the South Bay area of Southern California, which is also where I currently live and work. The South Bay is a group of beach cities about 30 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) southwest of downtown Los Angeles. In May 2008, I earned my B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Southern California (USC), where I also took some Information Technology courses like how to build a website. Needless to say, I’m a USC Trojan, tried and true. By day, I work for an online advertising company, where I’m a Web Production Analyst. That’s geek speak for saying I work on the technical side of the business interfacing with systems and dealing with a lot of data. I consider myself a social media junkie and someone who keeps up with technology. I’d rather be busy than bored, so I’m always looking for ways to be immersed in the world around me and enjoy what life has to offer. I believe everyone is a product of their environment and I’m certainly no exception. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” is the motto I live my life by. I came across that quote while reading the graduation speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford in 2005. That quote immediately struck a cord with me and I’ve strived to live my life based upon it ever since.
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, community, copywriting, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, domain naming, inspiration, interview, marketing, naming, tagline, taglines, Troy Tessalone, TroyTess, weekly glance of awesomeness, writing
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Rod MacGregor (crowdSPRING username: Rodesign) today. Rod lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
I feel honored that crowdSPRING flew me out to Chicago on Ross’s private jet for this interview. Thanks guys. (Ha,ha).
I live in a small mountain village near the Mediterranean Sea, in the community of Valencia in Spain.
I was Born in England and lived there for the first forty years of my life. I am married and have a daught
er, 8 and a son 3. We moved to Spain seven and a half years ago for a culture change and have enjoyed every moment of it. I suppose in the back of my mind, I wish I could have started this interview by saying that I worked for a number of top design agencies around the world and I’m only 28…But that is far from the truth. The truth is I am 47 years old and have worked as a waiter, a shipping clerk, a Tug Boat Skipper(14 years),a builders mate, an electricians mate, a pine tree planter (in the Spanish mountains), a house painter and a car test driver (in South Africa). I don’t regret a minute of it…I suppose I would have been bored if I’d have sat in a design office for all of that time!
My artistic work during my life includes, book illustration, greetings card design, animation, painting, architectural 3d visualization, sculpture, video and installation and I have a First class honours degree in Fine Art.
2. How did you become interested in design?
I got a good feeling inside from seeing creations and artwork by others. We are surrounded by design in our lives and it’s hard not to be interested in it.
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Tags: 12 questions, art, artist, blog, community, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, design, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, illustration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, Rod MacGregor, Rodesign, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Shannon Perry (crowdSPRING username: shancore) today. Shannon lives and works in Phenix, Virginia.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hello, my name is Shannon Perry, also known as Shancore on crowdSPRING. I’m a 27 year old freelance graphic designer. I recently just moved to Phenix, Virginia to be closer to my parents and family, with my boyfriend Russ, and our “little monster” pitbull Eddie. But before the big move, I had been living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the past 10 years. I attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2001, hoping to major in Graphic Design, only to find out that I was more interested in printmaking. So I took up printmaking as a major instead with some fundamental design courses on the side. After several years of running circles around getting my BFA, and juggling a full time work and school schedule, I decided to take a break. I then landed a job as graphic designer at a small printing company, where I worked my last 2 years in South Philly. During this time is when I really started to get back into design. It wasn’t until then, that I thought I 
could actually make a living doing graphic design as a freelance profession, and decided to move to Virginia and pursue a career in freelance design.
2. How did you become interested in art and design?
Growing up with great parents. My dad is into computers and my mother is a crafter, so I got the best of both. I’ve always been interested in art since I was kid and my parents are very supportive, always encouraging me and my art. They even let me start taking private art lessons with a local artist when I was in elementary school. Even at an early age, I decided that I wanted to be an artist and knew that no matter what I did, I would always be doing something creative.
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Tags: 12 questions, art, blog, community, creative, creativity, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, inspiration, logo, logo design, logos, Phenix, shancore, Shannon Perry, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Carmen Tsang (crowdSPRING username: heyheykermit) today. Carmen lives and works in Markham, Ontario,Canada.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hey all…it’s really excited to be interviewed by crowdSPRING…and it’s actually my very first blog interview, so really looking forward seeing it go live. Let’s get the ball rolling…
My name is Carmen Tsang, I was born in Hong Kong and move to Canada for good about 10 
years ago after I completed my degree in education. My DECISION to move to a country with a whole new culture and lifestyle was tough (start everything from zero??) but I told myself to give a try while I am still young, so, at that time I bought a one way air ticket, and off I go….til now, 10 years later still residing in Canada. I knew that there’s no harm even I couldn’t make it at that time (just an experience), i still remember my tutor once said, “no matter what you do…aiming for the best, preparing for the worse.”
Without any local experience my first job in Canada was a home decor assistant, luckily after 2 months, on the day of my first birthday in Canada I got a full time job offer as graphic designer. In 4 years’ time, I gradually worked my way up to the art director level, overseeing the design department and lead a team of 4 designers and freelancers. While everything seems so perfect (stable job & income), me, a workaholic, found myself trapped in the imbalance of work and personal life. I feel torn and I made another 
DECISION. I quit the full time job, walk out of my comfort zone, and start to work as a full time freelance designer. At that time, I did not think deep on how to set up a design business, no planning, no researching, no risk estimating, no cost-calculating, I just start doing it….
Although day 1 of my business, I only have one client (yes! ONE!), I gradually build up my clientele for the past 6 years. At this moment, I am happy for what I have attained…enough business to keep myself busy Mon-Fri 9-6. As a full time freelance designer working in home office, I keep myself in a rigid yet flexible work schedule – work diligently during office hours, but try not to work at night or weekends. Now I can spend more quality time with my partner and family to enjoy the every taste of life through traveling, cooking, reading and movies…..
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, Carmen Tsang, community, creative, creativity, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, heyheykermit, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Rommel Rojas (crowdSPRING username: rommelrojas) today. Rommel lives and works in Valencia, Venezuela.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
My name is Rommel Rojas, I live in Valencia, Venezuela. I’m multimedia designer and amateur photographer/filmmaker. Working as a freelancer for the last 6 years, I’ve been involved in various art projects including two major art exhibitions in my country’s contemporary museum of art.
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, community, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, photography, Rommel Rojas, rommelrojas, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Mircea Constantinescu (crowdSPRING username: mircha69) today. Mircea lives and works in Bucharest, Romania.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hello everyone, my name is Mircea Constantinescu but you all might know me as “mircha69″ here on cS, I was born and raised in Bucharest in a small country known as Romania.
I’m almost 26 years old and currently work as a freelance graphic designer with a “major” in logos and brand identity I am fully self taught except for a course I took on Photoshop and Corel Draw but by that time
I was already ahead of the class and just did it for the degree. I’m a happy guy with a good life and with the everyday problems that everyone has and with the exception that I can wear my pajamas to work and my boss is a really great guy. 
2. How did you become interested in design?
The thing is, as a boy, an uncle of mine was into painting and he was drawing a lot and I was always asking him to draw me stuff. So that was a really fun thing for me to watch… Then over the high school years I filled up notebooks of drawings and caricatures of teachers and all that then it all evolved when I found out about Corel Draw which is still my tool of choice to this day. I started dabbling with it trying to figure out what I could do with it so one thing lead to another and here I am !
At first I wanted to go into web design but as I went more into it I found that it was not my thing….so I got curios 
about that little thing in the corner that people called a logo and I first did a couple of logos then I started looking online for them and the people that made them. After some time I found crowdSPRING and that was it… I was hooked so in that being said I owe 90% of my “career” to crowdSPRING.) I started submitting until my first win and that sealed the deal. I started submitting more and more designs until other people saw them in my portfolio and I got more jobs outside of cS and follow up work from the cS clients. It was great! and the best thing about it is that I love it!
3. Which of your designs are your favorites and why?
Well, I like all of my work more or less but I really like how the work I did for Ski-Doo came out – not the logo that’s not mine – also Earthbound because I managed to use the overused globe concept without being boring and plain. I also like bath planet and the superstar is the bolster logo wich I can’t show yet but it was so simple and to the point and I made custom type for it it was just awesome and I am glad the buyer saw that.
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, community, creative, creativity, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, Mircea Constantinescu, mircha69, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
“I’m In Logo Love” is a new series on the crowdSPRING blog. Periodically, we’ll pick a logo we’d like to take home from a bar and tell you why. And if you think it’s a bit strange to have a crush on a cleverly designed logo, get in line – my mom has already lectured me on this topic. Today, we’ll look at the logo for Toblerone.
Toblerone is a Swiss chocolate company known for their triangle shaped candy bars.
Background on Toblerone:
Toblerone was started in Bern, Switzerland by Jean Tobler. His son took over the company, and in 1908, they introduced the bar with the famous triangle shape. “Toblerone” is a play on the names “Tobler” and “Torrone”, the Italian word for honey and almond nougat. In 2000, the Matterhorn became part of the official logo of Toblerone, and from then on was prominent on every Toblerone pack. (Sources Toblerone.com and Kraft Foods.)
Why we think the Toblerone logo design is hot:
First of all… it’s Chocolate. Mmmm. Second of all, a bear (symbol of the city of Berne, where Toblerone is produced) is hidden in the modern version of the Matterhorn mountain logo. The Matterhorn is a great symbol of Switzerland, and is said to possibly be the inspiration for the shape of the candy bar. Since learning of the hidden bear in the logo, I stare at the bar in the checkout line at the supermarket. If you still don’t believe Toblerone is hot… you should see the episode of Friends, where Joey can’t hide his longing for a giant bar brought home from the airport by Ross and Emily.
What do you think? Do you agree this is a clever design and does it make you want to eat some chocolate?
Tags: blog, branding, creative, creativity, crowdspring, design, fun facts, graphic design, graphics design, illustration, inspiration, logo, logo design, Logo Love, logos, Toblerone
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
“I’m In Logo Love” is a new series on the crowdSPRING blog. Periodically, we’ll pick a logo we’d like to take home from a bar and tell you why. And if you think it’s a bit strange to have a crush on a cleverly designed logo, get in line – my mom has already lectured me on this topic. Today, we’ll look at the logo for the Big Ten Conference.
The Big Ten is an athletic conference that is currently made up of eleven (used to be 10) colleges located mainly in the Midwestern United States.
Background on the Big Ten:
In 1895, the oldest Division 1 athletic conference was established. They called it the Big 10. For almost 100 years, the Big Ten was comprised of 10 schools. Sometimes the schools would change… but never the number. Until 1990. That year, the council of presidents voted to admit Pennsylvania State University. Here’s the latest bit of news – they are about to add one more school. The University of Nebraska was approved to join the conference last month.
Why we think the Big Ten logo design is hot:
The logo shows in a simple, clever way that the Big Ten is actually 11. Its design uses negative space very well. The bold, blocky font has a college feel to it, and the 11 looks like it came right off a sports jersey. The sample posted above is in a circle, (which looks great) but the simplicity of the font-based design makes it flexible enough to work on just about any background. This logo is hot. It’s a shame that it will soon be obsolete.
The big question is – what will the NEW version look like now that they are going to be the Big Ten with 12 schools? The designer of the current logo, Al Grivetti, is hoping to have a hand in the new design as well. Here is an interview with him about the logo.
What do you think? Do you agree this is a clever design? Can you think of how to successfully change the design to reflect 12 schools?
Tags: Al Grivetti, Big Ten, Big Ten Conference, blog, creative, creativity, design, graphic design, graphics design, inspiration, logo, logo design, Logo Love, logos, small business, typography
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Tiffany Reed (crowdSPRING username: iamtiff) today. Tiffany lives and works in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hello, party people! My name is Tiffany Reed, but you can just call me Tiff (as you can see from my username). Getting a chance to answer CrowdSpring’s “12 Questions” is so exciting!
I’m a 25 year old starving artist turned graphic designer, turned web designer. Whew! I wonder what I’m going to morph into next! I’m a Navy brat that was born in Japan and has lived in various places along the East Coast. I now live and work in a small cave in Norfolk, Virginia and I’m hopelessly addicted to reality tv (fist pump!).
2. How did you become interested in design?
After getting BFA in Drawing & Design, I needed to make a living and, well, selling my artwork wasn’t working too well. So after a failed t-shirt business, I decided to give graphic design a try which I had really been doing all along, and began making logos for my church, friends and family. Those projects led to other projects through word of mouth. I started studying as much as I could along the way and became very passionate about the industry and community. Then I stumbled upon crowdSPRING one day while searching for design competitions, and the rest is history.
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, branding, community, creative, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, iamtiff, illustration, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, Tiffany Reed, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Tiffanie Davis (crowdSPRING username: TMDCreations) today. Tiffanie lives and works in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
My name is Tiffanie Davis (TMD Creations on crowdSPRING). I am 32 years old and was born in the Sunshine State in the City of Hollywood. I have a BA in Art/Graphic Design which I received at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). After graduating FAU, I enrolled in the US Army and
served 4 years. My husband of 7 years, Keyno and I have a 3 year old daughter name Kayla.
2. How did you become interested in design?
I started drawing in elementary school. I entered numerous contests, consistently finishing 1st or 2nd. It was not until I entered high school that I gained an interest in Graphic Design, where I realized that I could combine my love for art with using a PC. This was great because until that point, I did not want to become a full-fledged artist because I have always thought that art was not appreciated unless the artist is famous or deceased.
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Tags: 12 questions, blog, community, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, illustration, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, Tiffanie Davis, TMD Creations, TMDCreations, typography, weekly glance of awesomeness
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