The Evolution Of "New + Improved"

Making Better Videos + Writing Better Words

GEORGE LOIS = AD MAN BEFORE “MAD MEN”

I’ve been doing graphic design professionally since the late 1990s. Over the years, I’ve had the “pleasure” of working on several rebrands, both big and small.

As much as I enjoy articles and case studies about them, let’s just say rebrands are way more fun to read about than to work on.

Sure, it can be fascinating to see businesses and individuals reinvent themselves, but I find evolution to be more effective than reinventing the wheel.

Now that I have a computer that can keep up with me, I’ve been making some small, incremental changes to my work this week. From how I research to how I edit to how I post, everything is getting a little bit better.

I’m happy with how things are evolving, and I hope you are too.
Even if you didn’t notice. Especially if you didn’t notice.

While they may not make headlines or win awards, these small, steady changes help me to create and curate in “new and improved” ways.

They also help me to produce work I am proud to have made and to share. With you.

Thanks for reading!
Clint

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ON THIS DAY = NOVEMBER 14

BIRTHDAYS

• 1840 = Claude Monet = French painter

• 1874 = Adolf Brand = German writer = publisher and activist (Der Eigene) 🌈

• 1878 = Julie Manet = French painter and art collector

• 1900 = Aaron Copland = American composer, conductor, and educator 🌈

• 1906 = Albrecht Becker = German actor, photographer, and designer 🌈

• 1906 = Louise Brooks = American actor and dancer

• 1907 = Astrid Lindgren = Swedish writer (Pippi Longstocking)

• 1916 = Sherwood Schwartz = American screenwriter and producer

• 1922 = Veronica Lake = American actor and singer

• 1930 = Pierre Bergé = French businessman (Yves Saint Laurent) 🌈

• 1932 = Jack Smith = American filmmaker and actor 🌈

• 1939 = Wendy Carlos = American composer 🌈

• 1948 = Charles III = King of the United Kingdom

• 1949 = Enzo Cucchi = Italian painter

• 1954 = Yanni = Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer

• 1960 = Tom Judson = American actor and and adult film star 🌈

• 1961 = D. B. Sweeney = American actor

• 1962 = Laura San Giacomo = American actor

• 1962 = Harland Williams = Canadian-American actor and screenwriter

• 1962 = Stefano Gabbano = Italian fashion designer 🌈

• 1964 = Patrick Warburton = American actor and comedian

• 1972 = Josh Duhamel = American model and actor

• 1974 = Chip Gaines = American contractor and tv host 

• 1975 = Travis Barker = American drummer, songwriter, and and producer

• 1981 = Russell Tovey = English actor 🌈

CELEBRATIONS

• Movember

• World Diabetes Day

EVENTS

• 332 BC – Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.

• 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.

• 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

• 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

• 1988 = Murphy Brown premieres on CBS.

• 1969 = Gay Liberation Front launches the newspaper Come Out!

• 1990 – Music producer Frank Farian admitted that the German R&B duo Milli Vanilli did not sing the vocals on their album Girl You Know It's True.

• 1991 = Michael Jackson's music video for "Black or White" with groundbreaking morphing effects premieres simultaneously in 27 countries on MTV, Fox TV, and BBC's Top of the Pops.

• 2003 = Love Actually is released in theaters.

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PHOTO + QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature.
I learned to love at the same time.”
Claude Monet

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