Let's Talk Graphic Design.

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I'm a visual person. I was tested as a teen and it was then that I learned that the strongest connection to my brain was from my eyes, and my weakest was from my ears. I eat, sleep and think design. It is all in the visual details and every last one of them has to be perfect before a product, website, or person (yes, I said that) meets my approval and earns my respect or money. Given two options I will always choose the best designed option over the superior product. Sad but true. It's not the easiest way to live, constantly scanning the world and judging. Let's face it 91.4% of the world is just ugly and/or poorly designed. Most people could care less about surrounding themselves with great design, but for those of us that do there are usually no exceptions. Everything must meet impossible standards and even those that make the cut can be tossed aside when they no longer thrill our visual sense.

So I plea with you, if you are developing a product, business, or website put your money where your design is. Hire the very best graphic designer you can afford. Trust their talent and not yours.

Above are two safe and natural alternatives for nail polish directed towards children (which I've written about the importance of before.) I'm sure that they are rather similar in quality but in my humble opinion they are very different in branding. Question: Which do you choose: Piggy Paint or Hopscotch Kids?



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P.S. Hopscotch has a sister brand for women with design that is spot on. Well done.

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Hopscotch Kids.

I am with you all the way. I find that I gravitate toward simple, clean design. No junking it up. Good design to me means creating a product, website, or a look for yourself that expresses an appreciation for raw detail. I think about mcm furniture. Specifically teak chairs. Those babies can be photographed with no styling whatsoever. There is no need to put a dolled up pig on piggy paint. The slogan is cute. However, the design is not clean at all....
1 reply · active 740 weeks ago
MCM designers subscribed to the 'less is more' concept of design and this is why their pieces are as well loved (or more loved) today as they were in their prime. Great example, R. <3
of course it's hopscotch kids. no offense to the loser-but that pig scares the &*(#$% out of me. fact.
1 reply · active 740 weeks ago
Simple, clean design will win me over every time! And I am with you - Hopscotch Kids!
Design wise - Hopscotch.
But I've tried both polishes several times on my girls and piggy paint is a much better performing polish (in my opinion).
1 reply · active 736 weeks ago
I suspected that might be the case, we have a 'not until middle school' polish ban in our home so I lack the first hand knowledge. However, companies need to understand that customers usually buy with their eyes first.

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