Clickety-clacks along the LogoMotives tracks

During the month of August, quite a few mentions and sightings of Jeff Fisher LogoMotives showed up in the blog-o-sphere:

• Freelancing Finesse • The annual Creative Freelancer Conference recently was held in San Diego. The article "Freelancing Finesse," from The Creative Group was recently posted as a resource for attendees. The piece includes some business advice from yours truly. [08.09]

• My Top Ten People to Follow on Twitter • I appreciate the compliment conveyed by designer Robb Clarke in selecting his top tweeters to follow. [08.30.09]

• Jeff Fisher of Logomotives: Toot! Toot! (Part 1) • A long-time favorite supplier, Neenah Paper, recently interviewed me - about my work, social networking, design inspirations and creating a work-life balance - for their "Against The Grain" blog. Part two of the discussion was actually posted in earlier September - here's the link. [08.27.09]

• "Experience Matters" • It was nice to see my face pop into view in the YouTube video from the folks at the Summit International Awards as they celebrate 15 years of the Summit Creative Awards. [08.22.09]

• A Study in Black and White Logos: Designer Jeff Fisher shares some of his past mono-color logo work. • A great deal of Internet traffic came my way due to CreativePro.com posting a mention about a bLog-oMotive post regarding my one-color identity design efforts. [08.13.09]

• 5 Logos Extraños Que Tuvieron Éxito • A Google alert brought to my attention the fact the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives identity had been featured on the Marcas y Simbolos blog. Loosely translated, it's not bad to have my logo considered "intense and perfect." [08.11.09]

• Quickies: Ten Readable Branding Books • From Fuel Your Branding came a blog post listing my book, Identity Crisis!: 50 redesigns that transformed stale identities into successful brands, one of the 10 most readable books on the topic of branding - along with volumes by Alina Wheeler, Marty Neumeier, Seth Godin and others. [08.10.09]

• 40 Weird and Playful logos – A Double treat! • On the Graphic Design Blog, Charles B Johnson categorizes my "Two Boys in a Bed on a Cold Winter's Night logo as "weird" and my concept for the C.A.T. identity as "playful." (shown above) [08.05.09]

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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]

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