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It's Friday and it's time to play!
If you blinked, you missed out on a lot of cool stuff. Here's the rewind:Logo design, crafts, cookie embossing, infrared photography, "Okay" buttons, and the token work-related bit. Lots of good stuff here so load up on donuts and coffee and get to surfing the Internet tubes. Take a few minutes to check out the links below and then come on over to our Facebook page and answer the Weekly What? question: "If you were a Star Trek or Star Wars character, which one would it be?" We'll see you there! 
In the spotlight: MDS Senior Web Designer Kristin MazourFortunately it doesn’t happen too often, but on occasion a client will exclaim “I didn’t know you did that!” Despite being professional communicators and telling other folks’ stories for a living we’ve managed to keep most of what we do a secret. It’s not as if we headquarter deep within a mountain stronghold or anything. No secret ninja armies. No private mini-monorail and certainly no oversize swivel chairs and long-haired white cats. So we thought it'd be a great idea to pretend to be Barbara Walters and interview each other so you all could get to know us a little better and find out more about what we do here at Muller Design Studio! We recently pried Kristin Mazour, our Senior Web Designer, away from her game of Minesweeper and asked her a few questions about what she does here at MDS and what she does when she’s not working. Read more >> The story behind a logo recognized the world over.A fascinating glimpse into the creation of Nike's universally recognized "Swoosh" mark. Graphic designer Carolyn Davidson charged just $35 in 1971 for her work creating the distinctive logo! Read more >> "Grow" your own multicolored geodes.Kids out of school for summer? Well here's just the thing to keep 'em busy doing stuff... for a while. Until they make a disaster of the kitchen. Well, the pictures on the website are pretty to look at anyway. Let's get crafty! >> So how does that design get on an Oreo cookie, anyway?Here's an in-depth look into the often overlooked art of cookie embossing. Mmm cookies! >> A new way to look at trees.Surreal infrared photographs of trees. They look like the sort of thing under which Marvin The Martian might while away a lazy summer afternoon. Go see >> Why is the "Okay" button always on the right?Ever stop to think about why the "Okay" button is on the right in computer dialog boxes and windows? Putting the most often used (or most likely to be used) option at the "end" of a list of options is easier for us to understand. Find out why. >> Your office environment is affected by the attitudes you bring to work.Here's a good little article about fostering positive attitudes at work. No, this isn't all rainbows and unicorns, it's advice you can use to keep the office from sucking the life out of you and your coworkers. Remember, you're all in it together! (Via our friends at The Zella Company.) Read more >> |
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