Under Construction! (Pardon my dust?)

June 9, 2010
By Brad McCall

How long since you’ve seen a title like that? Yeah, not so user experience friendly, but I truly am working to re-create my whole site and to show my progress, this blog page got REALLY ugly. Watch for the new and improved site this summer. Until then, I promise there will be no digging...
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Seamless patterns (some pixel) for wallpaper or backgrounds

September 29, 2009
By Brad McCall

Repeating backgrounds for HTML have been around as nearly as long as I can remember. I first fell in love with the concept years ago while creating some for my desktop. (I had just discovered the wrap-around functionality in Photoshop and thought I was...
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Losing Logo Brands to Acquisitions

September 20, 2009
By Brad McCall
Losing Logo Brands to Acquisitions

With the recent announcement of Omniture’s acquisition by Adobe, I’m reminded of how many of the brands I’ve created over the past 10 years that have disappeared by being bought-out and absorbed by larger companies. Here are some of the logos I’ve designed that...
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5 years ago, a look back at logo trends

September 2, 2009
By Brad McCall
5 years ago, a look back at logo trends

We’ve long passed the half-way point of 2009 (only 4 months left), and I was curious at how trends predicted for this year in logo design were panning out. After looking at an article on LogoLounge.com talking about 2009 Logo trends, I noticed links...
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IKEA & Verdana as you’ve never seen them before

August 30, 2009
By Brad McCall
IKEA & Verdana as you’ve never seen them before

I recently noticed that traffic to my blog article entitled IKEA is Coming to Utah and My Logo’s On It! increased, so I investigated why. I found it was because there was raised interest in IKEA based on this Time article The Font War:...
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Trying Something Delicious

August 10, 2009
By Brad McCall
Trying Something Delicious

After collecting interesting links in my Yahoo Notes, on 3 or 4 different computers (home and work) and emailing myself dozen of things “to read”, I finally decided to give Delicious a try. I’m still trying to figure out the best way to tag...
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Logospire.com and Logo Inspiration

June 25, 2009
By Brad McCall
Logospire.com and Logo Inspiration

I recently posted several of my new logos (a couple that you’ve seen on my outdated website) on Logospire. Their rating system and comments make it easy to find out which ones people tend to like the best. I’d recommend visiting the site if...
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Seeking out Design Trends for 2009

February 7, 2009
By Brad McCall

As you may have noticed, I don’t take my blog too seriously of late. It’s mostly a place where I put my thoughts, things I run across, latest projects and discoveries, etc. This more casual approach will help me to blog more often and...
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Redesign Working, Suspense Building

February 5, 2009
By Brad McCall
Redesign Working, Suspense Building

My dad was a Contractor by trade, and owner of his own business called “McCall Building Company”. Jokingly he asked me one time if I wanted to take over the family business and I can only imagine my face looking back. Though I love...
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A Tidbit on Graphic Design Trends

February 4, 2009
By Brad McCall

So I did a quick search on Twitter to see what people where talking about with regards to graphic design trends. One of the first links I hit is from Jacob Cass, who I follow on twitter. The article called Logo Design Trends 2009...
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My Best Tweets as Rated by Me, January 2009

January 30, 2009
By Brad McCall

So I had a brain fart just now (a “brain fart” is a rather crude phrase for a random idea, but you get the point) and thought I’d put it in my blog. Goodness, unprofessional moment. I digress. So I’ve been of a big...
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A New Twitter for an Old Dog

January 27, 2009
By Brad McCall
A New Twitter for an Old Dog

I’ve not been active on my blog of late, but I have been active on twitter. I’m still putting together my personal opinion on twitter and formulating a blog post in my head, but it’s not ready to commit. I’ve also been working on...
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