&mpersands
Maybe it’s their curviness. Or the ornamental quality of ampersands. I just love them. Download a free font of all ampersands here. And, if you really love ampersands, wrap up in a lovely cashmere one here.        

Autumn in all its glorious { Pantone? } color
Stumbled upon this somewhere on Wikipedia and it made me smile.           

Keep it visual, keep it simple, keep it sophisticated, make it fun
Communications coach Carmine Gallo has summed up the techniques of stellar presenter Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, in his new book and in this Business Week slide show. It’s well worth watching.    Some speakers do not realize how powerful a good PowerPoint/Keynote pre

{ Go with the } Flow Chart
For PowerPoint presentations, my clients and I often have to dissect chewy information, overlay a speaker’s intentions and goals, and create a chart or graphic. Data visualization. Here’s an amusing flow chart created from The Beatles Hey Jude.        { Via tumblr. Thanks ModFruGal! } 

Negative Space
The best logo marks are quite simple. A beautifully rendered idea that garners a chorus of “that’s it!” They are all about concept expressed in a single, simple mark or shape in one color. These logos are often dependent upon negative space. Here are a handful of negative-space logos collected by Logo Design Love. Aren’t they clever?   Vanderbilt University  &n