Happiness is…Inspiration for a Palette

You can find inspiration for a template or color palette almost anywhere. I keep Charles Schultz’s little Happiness Is… at my desk because I think it’s “my” color palette.

The book doesn’t follow “normal” book convention. The cover has no title, and the back and spine don’t have all the publisher’s required identification junk.
The book is [...]

Topic: Design, Diary
Posted September 24th, 2008 at 8:00 am by Nancy Duarte
Tags: Color, Happiness Is, inspiration, Palette

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Look Better Naked

How Simple Sells
Presentations are ubiquitous; they exist in many mediums, across every size of business. You can often find inspiration from what works and lessons from what doesn’t in unexpected places. For example, there’s a tiny fitness facility in a strip mall near my house. For some time, I’ve been amused by its dense hand [...]

Topic: Design, Message
Posted August 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am by Dan Post
Tags: audience, inspiration, messaging, presentation, simple

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