Author: Connor Tomas O’Brien

  • The Kind Cleaner design

    Project type: web design, print design, branding Client: The Kind Cleaner What’s nifty about this project? Paul Goodsell was looking to establish a brand for The Kind Cleaner, his environmentally-friendly cleaning company.

  • Steve

    I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out what to write for about fifteen minutes. Whatever I say will be sandwiched between thousands of obituaries, but that doesn’t matter. I’m writing this for me. Conventionally, we’re told to distinguish work from life, art from commerce, the serious from the joyful. As far as I can…

  • ✚ On Obligation

    If you’re any kind of creative professional, you have two levels of obligation to your clients. One of those levels is your legal obligation, which should be laid out in some kind of written contract or agreement. The second level is an ethical obligation. If your client is savvy, your legal obligation and your ethical obligation…

  • ✚ Getting Better

    Whenever I’m face-to-face with something fantastic (whether that be a wonderfully-produced novel or magazine, website or  product), I find that a certain part of me gets a bit anxious. I’m aware that the book/site/thing before me is better than anything I could have produced myself. As a creative type, I’m liable to get a bit jealous.…