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Nancy Owyang

Member since: Jun 19, 2007
Last activity: 2 days ago

  • Looking forward to it! I may have to sneak out a little early for a prior engagement, but I didn't want to miss out. Thanks!

    Posted 3 weeks ago Sales Savvy: Perfecting (or Finding) The Sales Process That Is Right For You hosted by Arden Clise
  • Lynn, and Scott, Thank you for reading and for your nice comments.

    Posted Apr 24, 2009 7 Deadly Sins: Don't Kill Your Business with These Marketing Material Mistakes by Nancy Owyang
  • Great article! Another thing that comes to mind is you may want to consider how a colorblind person may be seeing your materials, especially if your ideal client is mostly male. I realize that you are focusing on the core identity colors in your article, but I ran across a website recently that all the text and navigation was dark olive green on top of a background of a medium olive green, and although the colors looked very nice I would be concerned of legibility. I look forward to reading more of your articles.

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 Color Yourself Successful by Ken Peters
  • Thanks David!

    That is definitely one of the reasons I love graphic design. There is always something new, and it is a fascinating combination of the technical and the creative.

    One of my favorite design quotes is by designer Paul Rand, "Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

    Posted Jun 10, 2008 Five Graphic Design Terms to Help you Talk the Talk! by Nancy Owyang
  • Thanks for your comment Mimi. I hope that you are enjoying your process. I think that it is one of most exciting parts of creating the business ID, because it's the ultimate puzzle!

    Posted May 09, 2008 Make Your Logo Work for You! by Nancy Owyang
  • David~ Thanks for the comments. I enjoy the education process as well; I believe that it builds a better relationship between me and my clients... seeing eye-2-eye... one of the many reasons I named my business Eye 2 Eye Graphics. Thanks!

    Posted May 08, 2008 Five Graphic Design Terms to Help you Talk the Talk! by Nancy Owyang
  • Rick~ Those are all excellent additions. I had made the decision to only write about 5 terms, thinking that there would probably be a Part 2 someday down the line... you took a good chunk out of my list for Part 2! :) And maybe I'll write one just on file types... JPG, GIF, EPS, TIFF, PSD, AI, INDD... we use a lot of letters. You did a great job of describing Bitmap vs Vector and Resolution, I find those to be very difficult concepts for people to understand.

    Posted May 08, 2008 Five Graphic Design Terms to Help you Talk the Talk! by Nancy Owyang
  • Definitely a good point, and I have used digital printing, but for color consistency, and I'm mostly referring to the core print identity pieces—the business card and stationery—I find that using Pantone Spot color is still the way to go.

    Posted May 08, 2008 Make Your Logo Work for You! by Nancy Owyang
  • I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and attending my first Biznik event! See you Wednesday.

    Posted Jul 23, 2007 Everett/South Snohomish and North King County Happy Hour hosted by Keith Gormezano