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Zoom Book Club Is Workplace Culture Unchecked

The following is based entirely on my perspective. I do not ground my ideas in fact or reality. Instead I offer discordant thoughts vague enough to be inoffensive while also specific enough to make it seem like I’ve read a lot more than you. From here on out, I will be communicating to you, my ...more +

Jun 15

Pitching Your Portfolio: Do’s and Don’ts

Congrats, you’ve done it! After weeks, months, YEARS of staying up late to make ads that you love (and then inevitably hate), you have completed your book. Pat yourself on the back my friend, many have tried and many have failed (can you die from sleep exhaustion and Frappuccino overdose?). After a celebratory dance it’s time ...more +

Aug 19

Portland Design in the 1960s: Tom Lincoln

“I had a crush on the Jantzen smile girl, Dolores Hawkins,” relates Tom Lincoln with a grin. “One of my first assignments was for Pendleton, to help direct the photography for an ad in front of Robinson’s Department Store in Los Angeles,” Tom recalled. “In the ad, we were using a lamb as a part ...more +

Nov 12

7 Ways to Maintain Focus by Totally Fracturing It

I’ve taken enough cult-fitness classes to know that “focus your attention” can be used to motivate you to do just about anything. (Have you taken the one where you do aerobics on top of a vibrating plate? It’s called PlateFit.) But focus is easier mantra’ed than done. Focus very well may be the entire crux ...more +

Jul 6

Portland Design in the 1960s: Byron Ferris

If a council were formed to determine a list of the “Founding Fathers” of the Portland design community, Byron Ferris’s name would have to be near the top of that list. Sure, there were others who grew to be big-wigs in advertising, but you’d be hard pressed to find someone as talented, influential and well-loved ...more +

Jul 21

Patrick Long Illustrates Characters Known and Otherwise

Patrick Long is an accomplished illustrator whose work has ended up in feature films, advertisements and on book covers. He's also the artist behind the characters on our homepage. I thought it was high time for us to sit down and see what makes him tick. How did you get started with professional illustration? What was your first ...more +

Feb 27

Observations from The Path of Totality

For just about 163 seconds on August 21st, the moon will completely block out the sun, resulting in a total solar eclipse. And people are completely losing their shit. Everybody in North America will be able to see it, but not everybody will get the total experience. For that, one must make one’s way to ...more +

Aug 14

Too Many Irons, and the Advertising Generalist Gets Burned

We’ve all been there--you toil away for hours on a campaign, dreams dashed and Frappuccinos® downed, when you finally present the job only to have some lavender-haired art director inform you that she spent her summer at a local zine and would have no problem just “slapping in some copy” herself. Or a copywriter, earnestly ...more +

Apr 28

The Art and Zen of Workplace Snacks

Anyone who grew up with pizza parties already knows that free food can go a long way in boosting morale and motivation. Remember Pizza Hut’s Book-It? The program responsible for both childhood literacy and obesity? While it wasn’t that long ago that company-sponsored snacks were mostly the newsworthy stuff of San Francisco start-ups, there’s no ...more +

Mar 22

Baby, I’m Burnt Out

We’ve been hearing a lot about burnout lately (and for the last few years, as the pandemic has raged on). We’re all dealing with a global catastrophe, a planet in crisis, and endless human suffering while also making sure we show up for meetings on time. To put it plainly: being alive right now is ...more +

Aug 30

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