Brand Baggin’ It
New year, new presumptions. While it’s incredibly easy to take shots at a global brand like McDonald’s, recent criticism of the quintessential burger chain’s new takeout packaging design is [...]
6 Questions for: Todd Pierce
Todd Pierce is a veteran BatesMeron graphic designer, dad-joke connoisseur and resident Sporty Spice. I’ve loved watching Todd grow as a designer since we first hired him as an intern more [...]
Unconventional Content
We like to keep the library here at BMSD chock-full of inspirational goodies. So, when we stumbled upon an unusual graphic novel, Building Stories, last weekend at a local bookstore, we just HAD [...]
My Packaging Valentine
Super Bowl Sunday started off with a huge bang with the overnight surprise release of My Bloody Valentine’s long-overdue (22 years overdue) new album. The news popped on my phone during the night [...]
Inspiration vs. Imitation
I’m sure most designers notice this type of thing all the time, but I have been seeing a LOT of it lately—an extreme overabundance of a few popular design elements/treatments. And it’s got me [...]
Guest Blog Post: When I Knew Branding Mattered
We’d like to welcome Brad Farris, Principal of Anchor Advisors, as our first guest blogger. With experience as both a VP and an advisor, Brad is a treasure trove of business wisdom. This [...]
Won’t You Light Your Candle?
Recently a piece of packaging came to me from Baxter of California. Having not had much experience beyond their facial products, I read with wry amusement this statement that wrapped in large [...]
