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In Support of “Girl Rising”

Women around the globe are committed to making their lives, their families, and their communities better. Yet, access to a quality education is still unattainable for an estimated 66 million girls. They live in societies where access to education for a girl is not...

An Event Apart

I recently attended a web design conference in Austin, TX. While the topics of conversation focused on one general area—web design—the audiences ranged widely. There was a little something for everyone, from user experience designers to front-end programmers to...

2013 HB Design Scholarship Awarded

The HB Design scholarship has been awarded for 2013 to Liliya Drubetskaya at PNCA. This is the seventh award provided since the scholarship was established in 2007. The scholarship is managed through the Oregon Community Foundation’s Oregon Student Assistance...

The Importance of Typography

I love typography. A LOT. I always have. As strange as it sounds, it’s always been an important part of me, even as a kid. I was the kid drawing logos at age six. There will be more about my type obsession later… Anyway, a while back, I fed my type obsession and...

An Idea Leads to A Change

Each morning, before I go to work, I take an hour and ride my spinning bike. I love this early morning exercise time—it is an hour of the day when my mind clears and I have no interruptions or distractions, and creative thoughts flow freely.The other day I began to...

Printing Holiday Cards on Our Letterpress

This year’s HB Design Holiday gift has an extra special hand-made touch. We printed holiday cards on our new in-office letterpress. “New” being a relative term. The cards were printed on a Vandercook Proof Press circa 1936. Check out a few shots from the process....