A promotional video by Walter Landor & Associates on the design for the Old Fitzgerald whiskey.

Design story: The Decanter from Landor Associates on Vimeo.

A lot of companies stop email marketing to their clients after the sale. Retention is the new acquisition as it’s easier to sell to current and past clients than it is to gain new clients. Over at the Get Response Blog, they’ve posted a great article on how to build a better email marketing program with regard to eCommerce. Check it out.

Where do designers get their great ideas? All over the place. It could be a random daydream while riding in the car (like the one I had while designing the Jackie Blue Restaurant brand), or it could be through endless sketching and exploration (like I did for the Mark Garrison Salon brand). No matter where a designer’s get their great ideas, we all salivate and covet each others’ work. I’m no different and have my own list of websites I go to when I’m looking to quench my thirst for beautiful design. So, I decided to list them here for everyone to view.

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