tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87346699099671306012024-03-05T18:20:30.313-08:00In the Know -A blog sharing some of our latest work, news, and interesting articles related to graphic design, web design, marketing, branding, illustration and fine art.Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-47462644725744519292010-06-28T07:39:00.000-07:002010-06-28T07:42:55.234-07:00Blog Moved!! Please Update RSS FeedWe just launched our new web site design today!! We're very excited to show it off. We'd love to hear what you have to say about it. However, please don't respond here. We have a newly designed blog on our web site where we'd love your feedback. Please visit our site at paulkieschedesign.com to continue reading our blog. Thanks!!
This will be the last entry on page. The blog has moved here http:Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-14543226027001683882010-06-21T08:02:00.000-07:002010-06-21T08:40:41.629-07:00The Secret to Our PricingI feel bad for companies trying to price out web sites and print promotions these days. The pricing they are getting is all over the map. So many companies come to us after trying one or two of these cheap methods to get their work done, and after seeing the result, they ask us to do it right. Unfortunately at that point, they are way over budget. Ironically, had they gone with us in the first Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-81342767904606823162010-06-03T12:05:00.000-07:002010-06-06T12:21:21.088-07:00Mixer Event and LogoI recently put together a very large multi-association event through the Long Valley Village Association called Joint Association Mixer (JAM). Since I was organizing the event, we decided to design up a quick event logo, display and web banner, so I figured I'd show it off.
We are expecting hundreds of attendees as it's getting very popular. There are nine different associations participating Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-81608069500993828172010-06-02T07:03:00.000-07:002010-06-02T07:06:39.663-07:00Summer Wedding StationeryI'd like to congratulate my friends Shannon and Greg, who are getting married this July! I was honored when they asked me to design their wedding stationery. The stationery consists of the invitations (invite, reply card, directions and envelopes), menus, and church programs. Below you can see what my company came up with for the invitation.
It's a Summer wedding so we wanted a fun colorful Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-91637518148323350362010-05-17T11:48:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:37:59.418-07:00Coconut Can Animation ScriptBesides our normal load of client related work, we'll often kick around ideas at the office. Funny products, promotions, ideas for websites... and in this case a script for a potential animation. Our concept was to create a story and animation where an overly excited boss pitches and obviously ridiculous idea to his marketing manager.
With help and advice from Paul's brother Tom as well as Paul'sJeff Koromihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05274959780037455912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-62871907765136962542010-05-14T12:07:00.000-07:002010-05-14T12:07:41.494-07:00Celebrating 5 Years!We are celebrating five years as a company today! I started the company back in 1998 as a freelance business, but in May of 2005, I broke off from employment and officially became self employed. Paul Kiesche Design, LLC. has grown every year and we're proud to have come this far. I'm happy to report that we have gotten this far with our own sweat and tears... all while sticking to our high Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-52975434503661796662010-05-11T11:59:00.000-07:002010-05-14T11:23:30.005-07:00Way Before AdobeIt's always good to take a look back at where the things that we take for granted today originated. With Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Word can sometimes make it easy to forget that not too long ago setting a page of type meant hours of pain-staking work and an eye for fine detail.
While graphic design and layout design still retain their skill and craft, our tools have allowed us Jeff Koromihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05274959780037455912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-77562324933454164592010-05-10T08:36:00.000-07:002010-05-10T11:00:00.608-07:00Carnivals of IllustrationIt was a ton of fun to be invited back to the Learning Carnival for the 5th year in a row! The Learning Carnival is for the gifted and talented students of Morris County schools. I think they allow kids from grades 3 to 5. The workshop I present is on illustration. I run three sessions of 18-22 kids. It's non-stop, but it's a blast. I walk the kids through the process of creating an illustration Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-4154519470723640222010-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:002010-05-14T11:23:19.518-07:00Fine Art Posts - RemovedWe have been systematically separating Paul Kiesche Design and Paul's Fine Art and gallery. The next step was to have separate blogs for the two. We're happy to announce our newest blog, Underpainting, where you can read all about Paul's fine art shows, latest work, events, news and soon we'll show some of the painting process. Please visit the blog and comment on the posts! You can find the blogPaul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-13081710255655690662010-05-06T20:36:00.000-07:002010-05-06T20:47:16.755-07:00ADCNJ Awards DinnerI recently attended the Art Director's Club of NJ (ADCNJ) Awards Dinner. We were notified that we won a medal and they would announce it at the dinner. We've won awards with them in the past, but this time I wanted to attend their big event.
The ADCNJ throws a good event. It was a good location, good setting, great food and good conversation. This year they asked a comedian, Sarge to help MC thePaul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-65000933223202507232010-04-26T12:30:00.000-07:002010-06-02T07:07:06.884-07:00Brewing Up Promotions We're very excited to show off our latest design! We created promotions for a symposium called "Brewing the Perfect Prototype". The symposium is sponsored by Cimquest, IDSA and Core 77. The final pieces consist of a postcard, an email template and web banner ads. Paul Kiesche Design was involved from the very beginning, as we helped come up with the concept, writing and design of the pieces.
WePaul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-90828072791989232702010-04-22T07:03:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:31:11.130-07:00Sitting on the Social Media Fence?It is a major understatement to call the social media landscape immense. Millions of people, even in conservative estimates, use Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and the many other types of social networking sites. Facebook's user-base alone currently outnumbers that of the entire United States. Inevitably, those kind of crowds are going to draw the attention of businesses looking to get theirJeff Koromihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05274959780037455912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-28738460655214024762010-04-20T07:11:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:31:30.876-07:00Lessons Learned: Nothing Less than PerfectionI'm starting a new series of posts called "Lessons Learned". The series will share some advice based on the lessons I've learned as a business owner over the years. I think we all need reminders of the lessons we learn and I hope this can help save you future headaches.
Lessons Learned Series
1. Nothing Less Than Perfection
With this economy clients are demanding lower and lower pricing. I Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-23633641843628808012010-04-08T09:39:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:31:56.430-07:00Forecast: Sun with a Chance of Direct MailOne of our clients, Sun Farm Network has been growing and growing. So, they recently moved to a much larger facility. We were asked to create a direct mail announcement to be sent to their clients, prospects, vendors and more.
Sun Farm Network is a solar energy company located in Flemington, New Jersey. We've built a great relationship with them and we've developed several pieces togetherPaul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-40788034814189934112010-04-07T09:54:00.000-07:002010-04-07T12:14:22.073-07:00Showing in Chester!I've been showing several paintings at LeReve gallery in Chester for a little while now. Today I delivered the remaining paintings. So, for the month of April, LeReve will be showing my full collection of Giclee painting reproductions.
LeReve is a beautiful space located behind main street. It's enchanted entrance and exposed rock walls make it a cozy, magical environment. You can read a Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-35264254985730439062010-04-06T08:34:00.000-07:002010-06-02T07:07:27.823-07:00Back to school with your best threads onFor the fourth year in a row we've been fortunate enough to design French Toast's catalog! However, this year was very exciting as we were asked to redesign the entire look!
French Toast is America's best selling brand of school uniforms. They are also wonderful to work with.
This year we primarily focused on the beautiful lifestyle shots of the kids which help to give context to the clothes. Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-17680236447854226682010-04-05T07:15:00.000-07:002010-04-05T07:18:07.729-07:00Art Law 101I get many questions about legal issues and copyrighting artwork. This event looks like it may be good for anyone who wants to learn more about art law. I'm always hesitant to post about copyright issues as I'm not sure if I'm always up on the latest news. This may be worth checking out.
www.artworkstrenton.org/artlaw.html
Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-120739860764786392010-04-01T09:16:00.000-07:002010-05-06T13:31:58.191-07:00Featured Artist - Discover Jersey Arts!We are really excited to get some great new exposure throughout all of New Jersey! We're honored to say that Discover Jersey Arts has announced me as their Featured Artist of he month for April.
Discover Jersey Arts is a great organization featuring the best of New Jersey visual and performing arts. You can see more about them on their site. I am featured on the home page which links to a page Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-16605801272835846322010-03-31T12:46:00.000-07:002010-06-03T12:12:48.662-07:00Showing in Califon!We are happy to announce my paintings will now be featured in a Califon, New Jersey Gallery called Main Street Frame Shop.
The gallery just moved into a new, larger space down the road from where they were previously located. The owner, Kathleen, is very nice and I am very proud to be among the other artists they represent. Swing by the gallery and have a look, maybe you'll see something Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-85246668424672522052010-03-19T13:35:00.000-07:002010-03-19T13:38:16.775-07:00Medal Winning Design!We just received an announcement that we won an Art Director's Award, from the Art Director's Club of New Jersey, for our work on the Earth Wise Beverages website we designed! It won a medal in the "Web Site Design Product/Service Promotion" category! They will announce what medal it won at the annual exhibition dinner.
The work was selected from over 400 entries by the judges for the Art
Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-44585647306224177732010-03-17T11:07:00.000-07:002010-06-03T12:13:04.113-07:00Theatre and Art at the BarnThis past Friday, March 12th, the Barn Theatre in Montville, NJ opened it's latest comedy production, Epic Proportions. They invited me to show my paintings in their ticket area/gallery. We had quite a turn out and it was fun to see some familiar faces. Thank you to everyone who made it out. All twelve of my paintings are on display for the duration of the show. I've posted a few photos I took Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-9282524082925275732010-03-03T08:32:00.000-08:002010-06-03T12:12:29.377-07:00Dinner with ProfessionalsBack in January, I set up a casual dinner event for marketing professionals through New Jersey Young Professionals (NJYP). The event was in Florham Park, NJ. 16 professionals showed up and the event was a big success! I decided to make the event every two months. So yesterday March 2nd we had our second event and I was happy to also invite New Jersey Professionals.
Our second dinner was held at Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-73017014983287372932010-02-08T20:00:00.000-08:002010-02-08T20:05:12.918-08:00Rock Bottom BrandWow, it's really bad when your product is so bad you need to admit on national commercials and then chase down people that said it was bad to try and prove to them you changed. That's what Domino's has done in their latest advertisements.
Check out this video where the onion has a very funny report on the quality of Domino's.
Here are the long versions of Domino's new commercials. You can Paul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-92124759132813423362010-02-05T07:47:00.000-08:002010-02-06T08:24:35.859-08:00Ensure your project is printed right - use a designerAttempting to cut costs, more and more clients are deciding to handle the printing themselves rather than going through their design company. This is very unfortunate as it's causing printing issues such as communication confusion, loss of quality, and added costs of redoing print runs. To help you understand why print management is important, we put together a list of five reasons you should letPaul Kieschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059794695830739486noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734669909967130601.post-4158255979681789812010-02-04T12:41:00.000-08:002010-02-06T08:03:50.655-08:00Slaying the DragonIn the web design and development world, there are few things as maligned as the dreaded Internet Explorer 6. Originally created in the early part of the decade, almost since it's inception it has been hated by designers. There are Facebook groups such as Uninstall IE6 Day, website initiatives, web developers who will outright not design in IE6 (or create a redirect page to encourage Jeff Koromihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05274959780037455912noreply@blogger.com1