Be Original! STOP COPYING!

I created this image a few weeks ago, as I watched a very honorable and well-known artist/designer attacked and lambasted for standing up for herself and her company against copycats. I saw the whole thing unfold, from beginning to end. It was a smear campaign of epic proportions, and took place all over social media.

Click through to read more about this issue and why we all need to STOP it...

Published: Supplier Global Resource Magazine

I was recently interviewed along with three other design professionals,
 on the topic of the design of wholesale showrooms.
Writer Ty Yu combined it all into
'Shape Up Your Showroom'
for Supplier Global Resource Magazine's May/June Issue.

You can find the article on pages 49-51 of their free digital publication.
Page 50 includes a tip list from me:
'What Every Showroom Needs'

To read more about showroom design, check out this post from my archives.

words of encouragement


This is so true, no matter what it is that you do as creative work.

And it is also true that many people never hear this information... 
they just toil away in silence, hoping and wishing for 'a break' to come. 
Scribbling and drawing, doodling and writing, scratching out sentences and paragraphs.
First drafts become fiftieth drafts... 
and the struggle to reach their lofty visions goes on.

offer us encouragement for the pursuit.