A look back at '09: Interviews with Jeff Fisher

This year brought about some incredible opportunities to be interviewed by design sites and various blogs:

• Braintalk with Jeff Fisher, Sharebrain (Read more here.)

• Interview Series: Jeff Fisher on Success And Freelancing, Freelance Show (Read more here.)

• Interview with Jeff Fisher LogoMotives' Jeff Fisher, PsPrint Design and Printing Blog (Read more here.)

• Jeff Fisher LogoMotives: Toot! Toot! (Two Parts), Neenah Paper: Against the Grain (Read more here.)

• Designers' Couch: Interview with Jeff Fisher (Read more here.)

• 'Make it Big' by Blogging an Interview with Jeff Fisher and Sheri L Koetting, The Creative Group e-Zine (Read more here.)

• People to Watch in 2009, Graphic Design USA - GDUSA (Read more here.)

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Clickety-clacks along the LogoMotives tracks

The month of July brought about quite a few mentions and sightings of Jeff Fisher LogoMotives, online and in the print world. Here's what I've come across recently:

• Five Logo Design Heroes • It's a huge compliment to be included on this list compiled by designer Brandon Cox of eGrace Creative. [7.20.09]

• Designers'Couch: Interview with Jeff Fisher • James Costa, of the recently debuted design industry site Designers'Couch, interviewed me about my 30+ years in design, working independently, the challenges facing young designers today, and more. [7.16.09]

• Savvy Issues a Toot Toot to Jeff Fisher, Owner of Logomotives • I've noticed that Google Alerts are not always incredibly timely. Marketing specialist Marcia Ming recently received such a message notifying her of Jeff Fisher LogoMotives being named one of Startup Nation’s Top 100 Small Businesses for 2008. She notes that the news may have been a bit late - still, Ming took the opportunity to post a very gracious message on her Savvy Marketing Secrets blog and references her past Home Business by Design interview with me. She also wrote the article What Can Celebrated Graphic Designer Jeff Fisher Teach us About Small Business Marketing?. [7.14.09]

• Watching trends in graphic design • Examiner.com writer Cynthia Reeser references one of my past Jeffisms in her piece about graphic design trends. [7.11.09]

• 38 Business Cards of Top Graphic Designers – The inspiring creative gurus • On the Graphic Design Blog, Charlie B. Johnson has curated an interesting collection of business card designs - including my own. [7.03.09]

• Case Studies - The Real Source for Logo & Brand Identity Inspiration • UK designer Graham Smith, of ImJustCreative, suggests that identity designers look beyond the numerous online logo design galleries for project inspiration. In recommending books that feature real-life logo design case studies he writes: "And no self respecting designer should be without Identity Crisis! by Jeff Fisher." Thanks, Graham! [7.01.09]

Check out listings of previous clickety-clacks along the tracks.

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Toot! Toot!*: Designers'Couch interviews Portland identity designer and author Jeff Fisher

Jeff Fisher, the author of Identity Crisis!: 50 redesigns that transformed stale identities into successful brands, is the subject of the featured interview on the industry web presence Designers'Couch. Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for the Portland-based firm Jeff Fisher LogoMotives, discusses his 30+ years in design, working independently, the challenges facing young designers today, and more.

Designers'Couch is a relatively new online design resource for inspiration, education, collaboration, industry news, project critiques, and other needs of those in the profession. Site membership is free.

Designer Jeff Fisher has received over 600 regional, national and international graphic design awards for his logo and corporate identity efforts and his work is featured in more than over 100 books on the design of logos, the business of graphic design, and small business marketing. His first HOW Books offering, The Savvy Designer’s Guide to Success, appeared on bookstore shelves in late 2004, and has been re-released in PDF format on CD. Fisher is currently writing a book about typography in identity design.

In January, Fisher was named one of design industry publication Graphic Design USA’s “People to Watch in 2009.” In 2008, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives was recognized as one of the top 100 U.S. home-based businesses by the web presence StartupNation.

More information about Jeff Fisher, and his design and writing efforts, may be found on the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives blogfolio.

(* If I don’t "toot!" my own horn, no one else will.)

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