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Insights, ideas, and reflections on design, marketing, technology, and the evolving creative landscape.
Ways of Working: Creative Practice in Pittsburgh’s Design and Marketing Communities
Ways of Working: Creative Practice in Pittsburgh’s Design and Marketing Communities is a new project that explores not just what gets made here, but how and why.
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Colorado
Higher Ed Branding in The Centennial State Colorado is a state that has a surprising amount of insitutions. Given its resources, position in the United States, and population concentrations, it would make sense that there shouldn't be as many as there are. The...
Branding in Catholic Universities
Review the logos that represent Catholic-based Universities and Colleges in the USA.
Higher Ed Brand Identity: New Zealand
Higher Ed Brand Identity: New Zealand
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Australia
Discover the design trends used in higher education brand identity with universities and institutions in Australia.
BLOG: RJ Thompson talks about Higher Education as a professor and marketer
RJ Thompson, MFA is a digital marketer and a professor in Higher Education. Learn how to get better students and what it’s like to collaborate with university communications to promote your research.
VIDEO: RJ Thompson Talks HigherEd Marketing As A Professor and Designer
RJ was the first person to invite me as a guest on his podcast, Talks with Thompson. I had so much fun, I’ve been planning this featured interview since then. RJ has experienced what it’s like as a professor and marketer in Higher Education. I knew he’d be a great person for you to hear from.
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Arizona
Higher Ed Branding in The Grand Canyon State Considering its placement within the United States, I did not expect Arizona to have as many higher ed institutions as it does - let alone a fresh range of visual diversity in their brand identities. The Arizona community...
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Virginia
Higher Ed Branding in The Old Dominion Vermont's population is under one million people, nearing 640,000. It is a small state. But, despite its population, it still has 17 higher ed institutions. The brand marks representing these institutions fall within the typical...
Social media strategies summit: higher education
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Vermont
Higher Ed Branding in The Green Mountain State Vermont's population is under one million people, nearing 640,000. It is a small state. But, despite its population, it still has 17 higher ed institutions. The brand marks representing these institutions fall within the...
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Kansas
Higher Ed Branding in The Sunflower State It's always a cool experience to visit colleges and universities in another state and see how they implement the various brand applications. I had a great opportunity to speak at a conference at Pittsburg State University in...
Higher Ed Brand Identity: Wisconsin
Higher Ed Branding in The Badger State Looking at the collection of institution logos from Wisconsin, I feel refreshed. The logos in this archive have a diverse range of aesthetic style, design strategy, and icon usage. In consideration of that diverse range, there...
EduWeb Presentation on CommCentered
https://youtu.be/XmhILLlJyKI
Best of HESM 20-21 Submission Gallery
Check out all the submissions from the Best of Higher Ed Social Media 20-21 Competition!