As designers we are often faced with not enough of three elements, time, money, and or info.  Time can sometime be overcome with Redbull and coffee.  Money can be over come by just giving it away for free.  Info and or client direction can only be overcome by shooting things into the dark, or as my fellow designers say “throwing sh@#$t at the walls and seeing what sticks.”    Mark Center was an umbrella company who owns and operates multiple apartments outside DC and wanted to start branding the properties as one.  The old site was short throw from horrible and for some reason they liked the utilitarian quality of it.   All of us in the design shop thought  it was horrible and yet we weren’t given a lot of freedom to divorce from it.

–>> Continue reading Shooting in the dark- Web Design for Real Estate DC

I know I have said this before but I never thought I would get so much work for PowerPoint designs, templates, and production. I know most designers think PowerPoint is the worst thing since the first piece of sliced bread turned green and moldy.  I understand the horrible tools that come with PowerPoint but with a bit of effort and creative thinking you can make some really great presentations.

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Watier Publication Blog is now taking its first steps.
This is my first post for the new site for Matt Watier / Watier Publications which is under the umbrella of Watier Creative.  Watier Creative is a family colaboration with my mom being the brains in the money department, my sister being a brillant marketer & SEO expert, my father being a fantastic Storyteller, and me being pretty damn good at bringing things to life on a page. I hope you agree and you like what you will see.

What you can expect out of this blog.

• Post of Past & Current Illustrations from my night job
• Books and Publication Updates from my night job
• Design Challenges I have overcome in my day job
• New Web Designs from my day job
• Cool Links and information that is useful
• Shout outs to things that are cool and people who are great.