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Jon Contino portrait with hand-lettered text 'Jon Contino New York' on a textured red background, featuring artistic doodles.

Jon Contino – Brands by Hand

January 2019 Jeannette Mendoza, Designer Perhaps one of the first things I have learned in the graphic design field is typography is not easy. In fact, the most important r...
Collage of Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Texas featuring volunteers packing supplies, providing aid to families, and the Red Cross logo over a Texas map.

Red Cross Welcomes James Lewis as New Board Member

December 2018 The American Red Cross of Central & South Texas Region welcomed James Lewis, founder and CEO of J12 Designs, as its newest board member. Voted in along wit...
Creative outdoor installation of tree logs carved and painted to resemble giant pencils, laid on grassy terrain under a cloudy sky

Giant Colorful Pencils

These giant colorful pencils carved into gray Aspens by Jonna Pohjalainen made me look. via swissmiss...
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The Apple Watch is here

Let’s start off by understanding that I love Apple products. I am writing this article from my beautiful MacBook Pro and just unplugged my iPad while watching my wife check h...
Portrait of a middle-aged man with a serious expression, accompanied by the text ‘ENDURANCE’ displayed across the image.

Michael Sydney Moore

While looking at the swissmiss blog I came across this unbelievable post about a 23 year old oil painter from London. His name is Sydney Moore. He does high realism portraits. ...
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Firefox makes big move against Google Search

Article from wsj.d Google GOOGL +1.80% is already feeling the effects from the recent loss of a search deal, as a potentially larger deal looms. Market researcher Statcou...
Storefront window display featuring a bold design with a grayscale portrait of a woman, colorful accents in teal and purple, and large black text stating ‘I AM BEAUTIFUL’ over an orange background with faint text.

Arte of Fashion: “Love Yourself”

Tony Harris gave me an opportunity to design something on a large scale and with a large audience. In the heart of the 7th largest city in the nation I have a piece of art ...
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Steve larosiliere: “Chances”

Steve Larosiliere speaks about chances he’s been given, and how he payed it forward with Stoked, a development organization for underserved youth....
A case study presentation for Keith Zars Pools showcasing a custom Drupal website with E-Commerce, Mobile, and Database integration. Includes visuals of kids in swim gear and devices displaying pool designs and services

Keith Zars Pools: Case Study

Client Profile Date: 2014 Reach: Texas Focus: Pool Industry Challenge Keith Zars Pools wanted a Drupal website that was not from a previous theme. They also needed that ...
Bartlett Cocke case study featuring Intranet Project Management developed in collaboration with The Atkins Group. Includes visuals of a construction worker and screens showing the intranet interface on multiple devices.

Bartlett Cocke: Case Study

Client Profile Date: 2009 Reach: Texas Focus: Construction Industry Challenge While working with The Atkins Group as Interactive Director I was given the task of repairi...
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Don’t forget to provide a great product.

We get so many inquires about how to get a business on page 1 of Google. They also want to know what they can do to upgrade their website. J 12 Designs has been providing a gre...
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From Storytelling to Storylistening

Interesting thoughts on leadership and storytelling by John Maeda. via SwissMiss...