Thoughts & Ideas

White silhouette of a human head in profile with colorful interlocking gears inside the brain area, each containing icons representing ideas and creativity, on a teal background with a pencil pattern.

Picture this. No, really.

A Client Called for My Thoughts
Whimsical illustration of a brain wearing bold red glasses, rendered in vintage engraving style on an olive green background.

The Design Skill Nobody Talks About
Illustration showing hands holding a key, question mark, and light bulb, symbolizing accessible design solutions and clear communication for community organizations.

Chambers Shine with Accessible Design
Colorful eyeglasses in style of classic Elton John costumes.

Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
"Cloud Dancer" selected in Adobe InDesign, showing that the color palette name for the color white is "paper".

White is a Color. Pantone Says So.
Ampersand carved into a wood block, on weathered wood surface.

A 2000-Year-Old Brand
Layflat vintage denim jeans with the Andiamo ampersand logo on the label.

Vintage or just old fashioned?
Two mismatched shoes side by side against a pink background — one a sleek black stiletto, one a pink canvas sneaker — illustrating the idea that your brand identity sets the tone for everything that follows.

Put your best foot forward
Climber eyeing the journey to the top of a mountain.

Have you asked, “Is my site accessible?”
Selection of quote marks in different fonts.

How do you like your fries?
Compare the left sample with narrow margins, and the right with standard margins.

Power in the margins
Image collage illustrating liking a post on social media.

How social media has affected branding design
Speech bubble aggrandizing design industry jargon.

Industry jargon vs plain speech
Colorful illustration of five diverse people holding various devices — a phone, tablet, laptop, and headphones — representing different ways people access the web.

What‘s to know about site accessibility?
A repeating cycle illustrated with a circle and arrows.

Mysterious cycles of productivity
Color matching across mediums.

Color matching across mediums
Cover design of the 2021 Vivent Health Annual report, titled "Putting the Pieces Together".

Award Winning Annual Report
Heart-shaped folded paper on a white background.

Falling in love and the benefit of perspective
Goldfish disguised as a shark.

Don’t let the shark die.
Book cover, "Artists Write to Work" by Kate Kramer.

Artists Write to Work
Celebrating 20 Years, Andiamo Creative.

20/20 vision on Andiamo’s 20th Anniversary
Close up of stone sculpture, detail of an elegant hand.

Give me the tools of the master
Andiamo logo shown as a jigsaw puzzle.

Design and puzzles – my favorite things