The International World Wide Web Conference also known as WWW[insert year]  is an annual event where visionary researchers, developers, users and businesses gather together from around the world and share ideas that will shape how the web will act and look ten, twenty and even thirty years from now. Being technophiles, we were excited to hear that our very own Raleigh, North Carolina was going to host the event in 2010. When NC State University’s Institute for Advanced Analytics, this year’s conference organizer, contacted us about designing a promotional poster for the event, we ran several laps around our office screaming, “Tim Berners-Lee!”

Working with the Institute for Advanced Analytics was a sheer pleasure. They provided valuable insights and clear direction. Once we understood where they needed the WWW2010 promotional poster to go, they gave us the creative reigns. We explored several different aspects of this year’s conference and decided to focus on interactivity and creation with the “hands” poster. The institute was so happy with this poster, they asked us to do a companion poster. For the “sphere” poster, we focused on the web’s ever evolving form. Click here to take a look at the posters in our work section.

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March 19th, 2010
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson from growdesignwork.com, founder of psstpassiton.com, and an author at motionographer.com wrote a terrific letter to Sesame Street addressing their well intentioned but misguided foray into mass speculative work via a design contest with Aniboom. This is probably the most reasonable and diplomatic argument I’ve read on the topic. You can read the letter over at motionographer.com. Just follow the link below. If you’re a designer, animator or artist, please consider adding your name to the list. I did. If you’re a business or organization considering a design contest to meet your communication design needs, whether it be a poster, animation, logo, etc., please read the letter for a thoughtful explanation as to why professional designers should be paid for their work and why professional designers should be used to meet your business’ communication design needs.

Note to designers, animators and artists: The letter also provides a terrific template on how to answer a client request for spec work.

click here to read Dear Sesame St.

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February 25th, 2010
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Welcome to the official blog of Rittenhouse Communication Design where we will attempt to inspire, inform and converse with you, the business owner, soon-to-be business owner or design student.

We will have four main sections:

Branded for Success – This series of articles will focus on the basics and benefits of building a strong brand for your business.

Inspired – These articles will showcase great branding, advertising, design and storytelling. In addition to showing the work, we’ll explore the real benefits the work can have on your business.

What They Don’t Teach – This series of articles will focus on helping design students successfully make the transition from the ivory towers of academia to the trenches of the professional world.

News – Yep, you guessed it–news and updates about us, our work and our clients.

If at some point you would like to hear our two cents on a topic that we haven’t yet covered, let us know by emailing us at info@rittenhousedesign.com

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December 9th, 2009
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