D. Halstead Design

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Category Archives: advertising

Creating Winning Design Presentations

The subject of how to present creative to clients, and what to present, has been debated in the design and advertising communities forever and a day. Hoping to share some of my experience on the subject, I’ve developed a guide of my top five steps I take to create presentations which clients like, buy-off on, [...]

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Eames Catalog: Defining Designs

Few designers have crossed mediums, defined an era and stood the test of time better than Charles & Ray Eames. This catalog features some of the Eames’ most distinctive print designs including eight of their most unique covers.

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Josef Müller-Brockmann and the Grid System

The re-emergence of the popularity of grid systems, in web and print design, harkens back to the advertising design of Josef Müller-Brockmann. Müller-Brockmann began his career in the 1930′s,  perfecting the Swiss Grid System and clearly defining his work as an artform unto itself. More interesting to me is his use of positive and negative [...]

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New Web Projects Launched

I‘ve launched the new site and business blog for Robin E. Williams Incorporated, just in time for this client to reveal their new site and blog at an industry conference. Inspired by their business of creating donor recognition programs and informed by the design of their logo and vibrant color palette, these designs reflect the [...]

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It’s A Turkey

Hoping you and yours will have a good Thanksgiving, and in these times of uncertainty will be able to find thanks in everything around you. Don Halstead

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