Aaron Pinero

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A job well approached

One of my frus­tra­tions as a cre­ative pro­fes­sion has been a lack of respect (or interest) in my cre­ative ideas. Part of this has to do with the type of com­pany I work for. It also...

Jul 17 2009 – Design, Opinion

Reminder

On of my coworkers likes to talk about “the con­ver­sa­tion”: the inter­ac­tion between designers, or designers and clients, that drives the design process. Of course, there is more to it than that (research, devel­oping a con­cept,...

May 24 2009 – Design

Show

Tomorrow I have to show a design to a client. For the last 11 years, I’ve done this very simply. I put the design on a web page and posted that page for the client to...

May 14 2009 – Design

Tufte

A col­league sent me this link to an article by Edward Tufte about the design of the iPhone and more gen­er­ally about dis­trib­uting infor­ma­tion in space (as opposed to time). Overall, I really should pay more...

Apr 29 2009 – Design, Opinion

More food

A new restau­rant opened up in our neigh­bor­hood, spe­cial­izing in Viet­namese sand­wiches and bubble tea.

Feb 22 2009 – Design, Food

Types

My projects tend to fall into three categories: Gen­eral Graphic DesignA com­pany will need gen­eral graphic design ser­vices: logo design, printed pieces, pre­sen­ta­tions, a web­site. Some­times these are single projects; other times, mul­tiple ele­ments may be...

Feb 11 2009 – Design, Opinion

The plan is king

As a designer or devel­oper, you have to have a plan. The plan artic­u­lates both the problem that you are attempting to solve, the solu­tion you have pro­posed, and the method you will use to imple­ment...

Feb 8 2009 – Design

Building portfolio

Even failed assign­ments pro­vide the oppor­tu­nity to learn and grow. Some people might say that failed assig­ments pro­vide the most oppor­tu­nity for learning and growth. At least, they pro­vide a learning oppor­tu­nity. Growth, in suc­cess or...

Jan 31 2009 – Design

Scroll

I have recently recom­mitted myself to cre­ating a poster for the Year of the Ox, although it will def­i­nitely not be ready for the new year – in a week’s time. I would like to have...

Jan 17 2009 – Design