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Branding, Design, Tips & Tricks, Web Design April 26, 2016 | Tim Bouchard

Accurately Quote Design Using Golden Mean Pricing [eBook]

We've all been there before. You’ve been approached to work on a project as a freelancer or small business owner. The client has unloaded a ton of information during a sit down that you have Read More

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Branding, Design, Tips & Tricks, Web Design April 26, 2016 | Tim Bouchard

Accurately Quote Design Using Golden Mean Pricing [eBook]

We've all been there before. You’ve been approached to work on a project as a freelancer or small business owner. The client has unloaded a ton of information during a sit down that you have Read More

Community, Random April 19, 2016

Just Be You

Hi, I’m Amanda….a rookie here at LUMINUS! What I mean by that is that i’m a new intern here and I would like to share with you my experience so far and why you should Read More

Community, Random April 19, 2016 | Shakeel Alexander

Rants of a Reflective Rookie

Hello There. I'm Shakeel. The fancy jargon for what I've been gaining experience in at LUMINUS is called Digital Marketing. I must say that I learned quite a few things that I couldn’t otherwise at that 40-hour thing Read More

Advertising, Branding, Buffalo, Community, Press Releases, Web Design April 13, 2016

We Are Very, Very Proud of the District 2 Regional Addy Winners from Buffalo

We got our hands on the breakdown of this year's regional Addy's winners from Buffalo. Regionals are a big deal. Locally, we all go up against each other, which is exciting and inspiring and intoxicating. Regionally, Read More

Advertising, Branding, Marketing April 05, 2016 | Dan Bauer

How Identity Marketing Shapes B2B Content

I was reading a recent report from HubSpot and Buzzsumo that breaks down what types of content perform well for B2B and B2C marketing and one line in particular caught my eye: "The aim of a B2B company Read More

Marketing, Social Media March 14, 2016 | Dan Bauer

The “Simpson News Troll:” Genius Content Marketing That Isn’t Marketing

I want to highlight a genius piece of accidental content marketing that graced my newsfeed this weekend. Content marketing, if you’re not familiar, is basically the practice of a brand creating and distributing content that their Read More

Web Design, Branding, Design March 08, 2016 | Dan Bauer

Combining SVG & Contour Drawing to Make Druthers Druthers

The Project: Create a vertical scrolling animation that tells the origin story of the Druthers brewpub in Saratoga Springs, NY. The Idea: Use SVG animation to create an interactive experience that still performs well across a range of Read More

Advertising, Branding, Community, Design, Web Design March 07, 2016 | Dan Bauer

This is What It’s Like to Win Gold at the American Advertising Awards

1. You and a handful of your best friends get dressed to the nines and show up at the Statler. 2. You admire the chandeliers; you admire the staggering assembly of talent; you admire the generous Read More

Design, Tips & Tricks, Web Design March 04, 2016 | Dan Bauer

Five Types of Clients and How to Manage Them (As Inspired by The Office)

As designers of both print and the web, most of our professional responsibilities seem to revolve around aesthetic decisions – which typeface will look most legible at this resolution, or which color scheme will effectively Read More

Design, Branding March 03, 2016 | John English

Vintage Bottle Caps: Weird Polar Bears, Orange Headed People & More

I’ll be honest; this is a nostalgia piece. And what evokes those bleary-eyed, time-sweetened, back-in-the-day memories of bygone eras better than soda pop? Or more specifically, if you’re a design nerd like myself, soda bottle Read More