Our team was thrilled to attend Cloud Four’s Responsive Field Day this year, and we thought we’d share some of our notes with you.
Needmore Mantras
Throughout the year, we work with makers and brands that have incredible stories to tell. Along the way, they teach us a bit about ourselves.
Schoolhouse Electric Tour
Needmore gets schooled on the art of crafting timeless pieces at Schoolhouse Electric.
A Week of Rejection
Tackling the first week of Rejection Therapy in order to move past a fear of rejection. Some highs and lows along the way.
The Lovely Backs of Old Pictures
Here at Needmore, we’re constantly searching for inspiration and honing our skills. We stumbled across some old photographs that we found.
A Perfect Illustration Style
Searching for the perfect visual style to reflect our level of quality and attention to detail is not easy. Find out what we came up with.
Benton Sans
We’re changing our identity font! After much searching we’ve settled on Benton Sans.
Steve Jobs on Simplification
A little Steve Jobs inspiration for you week ahead.
A Visit to Signworks
This week we visited our good friend Pete at Signworks. You can see his work on some of Portland’s staple businesses’ windows.
James Dyson on Invention and Failure
We turn to James Dyson for creative inspiration.
Milton Glaser on Work
Great quote from the article Milton Glaser: We’re Always Looking, But We Never Really See this morning. There’s no such thing as a creative type. As if creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming…
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Kandace and I finally got around to seeing this movie last night. It was an inspiration, but like many stories I’ve read recently, it was also a reminder of the consequences of…
Grit
I have been reading the wonderful – and brief – book Nine Things Successful People Do Differently by Heidi Halvorson. Number 6 is “Have Grit.” “Grit is a willingness to commit to…
The Buddhist Focus
“Obsessing over details and bringing a Buddhist level of focus to a narrow assortment of offerings sets Apple apart from its competitors. Buddhism—a faith Jobs studied intensely—teaches that if you are going…
Jony Ive on Communicating Your Values
There is a brief but insightful interview with Jonathan Ive of Apple in The London Evening Standard today. My favorite part: Q: Users have become obsessively attached to Apple products. Why? A:…
Spring?
Sure feels like Spring here in Portland today!
The Right Room
If you look around the room and you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re in the wrong room. Lorne Michaels, as interviewed by Alec Baldwin on Here’s the Thing
Cover Photo Eye Candy
A handful of great new Facebook business page designs that use the new cover photo brilliantly.
Great Art, Mass-Produced
There are plenty of gems in Water Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, but in particular I love the stories from the days when they were making the Macintosh. Andy Hertzfeld and Bud…
The Finesse of Walt Disney
Neil Gabler’s book on Walt Disney is excellent, and I’ve realized that Disney shares many traits in common with great creative business leaders such as Steve Jobs. In particular, he continually pushed…