Wednesday, February 11, 2009

zak!charity open invitation design


Monday, February 9, 2009

Trust your graphic designer

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Keeping up with the Joneses...

...in a social media kind of way.

You should find me on Facebook. I'm up to 56 friends and going strong!

We're just clicks away from becoming BFFs!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Unsolicited nice comment

"Hara I feel very fortunate to have someone with your talent working on our behalf. :-)"

Carol Braaten | Practice Manager
Inland Vascular Institute
www.inlandvascular.com

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

I'm a little teapot... short and stout





Sorapot is a modern teapot inspired by the tension between lines and curves. "Sora" means "sky" in Japanese.

Sorapot frames the process of tea leaves unfurling as they steep.

Designed by Joey Roth

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Dress shoes for Hara


Funny poster



Found on BustedTees

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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What is graphic design?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Graphic design terms that may have piqued your curiosity...

Bad Break Refers to widows or orphans in text copy, or any break that causes awkward reading.

Body Type
The typeface used in the main text of printed matter

Dingbat
An ornament used in typesetting to add space around an image or a symbol.

Dummy
This is a display of the final product.

Gutter
Refers to book production. The white space formed by the inner margins of a spread near the books spine.

Leading
Refers to the amount of added vertical spacing between lines of text.

Lossy
A form of data compression where detail is deleted as the file size are decreased. A usual lossy compression method is JPEG.

Orphan Line
The first line of a paragraph appearing on its own at the bottom on a page with the remaining part of the paragraph appearing on the next page.

Widow Line
A single line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page or column.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

STUDIO H designs Gatorland brochure



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Thursday, January 15, 2009

STUDIO H Advertising & Design

Welcome to my blog!

STUDIO H Advertising & Design is an award-winning design studio with over 20 years of experience.

Hara Allison is the creative director and principal of STUDIO H Advertising and Design.

She's an art-directing, collaborating, forward-thinking, award-winning, deadline-meeting, easy-going designer who wants to help you break through the clutter with a clear message and great artwork.

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