BlogBloghttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2011-10-20T15:23:07ZSquarespacePinterest Picks: Pumpkin Panachehttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2011/9/16/pinterest-picks-pumpkin-panache.htmlBarb Swartz2011-09-16T15:12:58Z2011-09-16T15:12:58Z

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]]>things I am lovinghttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2011/8/16/things-i-am-loving.htmlBarb Swartz2011-08-16T15:07:17Z2011-08-16T15:07:17Zmy newest visual obsession: Pinterest. Thought I would start by sharing my collection of spirals, a graphic I have always been fascinated by. So from the strange to the beautiful, hope you enjoy! Check out my boards at http://pinterest.com/barbswartz/ and let me know if you need an invite to join!

 

 

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Ok, I have to admit. I have been a fan of pink ever since that little bundle of baby girl came into my life 21 years ago. It’s a good thing, too, because anyone who has ever raised a daughter knows, PINK can overtake your life if you let it. We’ve had pink baby dolls, pink ballet slippers, pink backpacks, pink prom dresses and a pink dorm room. You name it, I have probably bought it in pink.

So I was excited to see announcement today that PANTONE’s 2011 COLOR OF THE YEAR is (drum roll please HONEYSUCKLE! I LOVE this color. I personally call it watermelon or salmon, and I call it my “summer red”. Gorgeous with a tan. Great on everyone. Vibrant, fun, and happy. It is also a perfect polish color to paint your toes year round. There is even a Honeysuckle Visa you can use to buy all that new Pink Stuff you’re gonna need to look fashionable!

“There’s an innate optimism to pink,” says Jonathan Adler, an interior and housewares designer who is using hot shades of pink widely in his 2011 collections.

 ‘It’s a very “Mad Men” pink. It’s like the lipstick our mothers wore,’ says Tom Mirabile, head of global trends and design at Lifetime Brands Inc., the company behind Mikasa, Cuisinart and other houseware brands. “There’s a retro aspect to it that’s going to be very popular.”

Here is a link to the Pantone announcement, where you can also get Honeysuckle color mixes for your paint, plastics (for you Barbie inventors!) and fabrics, as well as, your traditional CMYK and RBG mixes for your print projects. http://shar.es/Xq73F.  So remember, THINKPINK!
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Ok- fess up - you HAVE Googled yourself, haven’t you? Well, according to Lara Kretler, VP of Social Media at Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations, you should! The subject of this week’s Columbus AMA luncheon at BOMA centered around how like it or not, each of us has an “online personality” or, as Lara calls it, your “Personal Brand”.  And who better to take control of that Personal Brand, but yourself? Everytime you are tagged in Facebook, every blog you write, or comment you post on someone else’s blog, is going to show up when you are Googled. (You DID know “Google” is now officially a verb, don’t you?)

]]>Designing a Movehttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2010/10/28/designing-a-move.htmlBarb Swartz2010-10-28T08:05:52Z2010-10-28T08:05:52ZThe Big House finally sold and we shrank our living space to almost half. Fortunately, our daughter got an apartment, so some of the furniture migrated south to college. But let me tell you, moving all your possessions, and your business is not an easy process! The new place is only the second place I have lived where I didn’t build the house. So, living in a space where someone else had made all the decorating choices is a challenge for me. There was definitely redecorating to be done! That counts as design, right? So, I figured I would tell you about the journey to “make the house our own.” ]]>what is an artist?http://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2009/7/5/what-is-an-artist.htmlBarb Swartz2009-07-05T14:39:20Z2009-07-05T14:39:20Zpainting

Well, of course, after 4 years of art school and 20+ years on the job, my initial answer would be someone who works with pencils, paint and paper. I know that is not the only kind of artist, but I bet if you asked the average Joe on the street, you would get that answer at least half the time.
]]>changes in latitude... changes in attitude...http://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2009/6/9/changes-in-latitude-changes-in-attitude.htmlBarb Swartz2009-06-09T09:11:48Z2009-06-09T09:11:48ZCarolina Beach, NC Carolina Beach, NC

In January 2008, my family decided we’d had enough of the gray Ohio winters, and we rented a house in Wilmington, NC . At the time we were trying to sell our house in Ohio, so we thought we’d give NC a try. I had never tried to get freelance work anywhere but in Columbus, so I was a little concerned about how it would go. ]]>math for art majorshttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2009/5/28/math-for-art-majors.htmlBarb Swartz2009-05-28T07:56:06Z2009-05-28T07:56:06ZCheryl and Co. package design Cheryl and Co. package design (click for full image)

OK - who thought up this HTML stuff anyway? You can bet it wasn’t the art folks! It had to be some geeky brainy guy who said “Look! We can make stuff pretty by just typing in some letters and symbols - such as: > } div # { /> href: ” } COOL!” (Or - in my own words -  *&#$!(@!#&). Or maybe it was a bar bet. That was fine, until all of sudden, us right brain designers were expected not only to understand it, but  to create websites with it. ]]>home alonehttp://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2009/5/21/home-alone.htmlBarb Swartz2009-05-21T06:55:46Z2009-05-21T06:55:46Z

When I started freelancing, one of the hardest things for me to get used to (besides the lack of a regular paycheck!) was no one to chat with around the water cooler. Those who know me know I am a very social creature, so I used to spend lots of time on the phone. Keep in mind this was before email, twitter (more on that later) and cell phones. Actually, I think my phone might have been plugged into the wall! (Prehistoric, I know!). ]]>here we go . . .http://www.barbswartz.com/blog/2009/5/19/here-we-go.htmlBarb Swartz2009-05-19T16:59:47Z2009-05-19T16:59:47Z (and juggling!)
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