October 2008
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New Spigot Design logo unveiled
While not a new logo per se, we’re proud to announce a cleaner, smoother version of our logo. The old version was drawn in one quick motion and was meant to be a playful representation of the company. It’s served us well for the last 4 years, but we decided it was time to clean [...]
Better email communication: Part II
Tame the multi-pointed beast Note: Part 2 in a series on better email communication. Write better, get better results. Here’s Part I. That beast above is called Hydra, a multi headed creature from Greek mythology. It was said to possess the ability to grow back any of its heads that happened to be cut off, [...]
2009 Weather Calendars
New, fresh look and feel for the Conrad Groups annual weather calendars. Calendars produced for Arizona, Colorado, and Kansas City. Boo-jah!
Twin Cities Strategies
Where even politicos can appreciate well designed marketing materials. Designs for the 2008 Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities.
DQ Grill & Chill
Grill & Chill, not quite fast food, not quite sit down. A sophisticated in-between.
Orange Julius/Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen and Orange Julius. Fun, colorful, bubbly. Also contributes to insulin imbalance, but that’s another story.
Outdoor Expeditions
This was done while working as an in-house designer for Gander Mountain. Beat doing newspaper inserts :)
Better email communication: Part I
Imagine if Moses had come down from that mountain not with two huge stone tablets with 10 commandments for the people to follow, but with one small tablet, with a single commandment. Wouldn’t have that been a lot easier to remember? I wonder if God thought 10 was a pretty concise number for a while, [...]
First Hand: How to begin a blog
When starting a section on your site that you intend to update on a frequent basis, its a good idea to ask yourself a few questions first. As this is my first real post, I’ll go ahead and use myself as a real life example to the process. Step 1: Pick your audience Often you’ll [...]


