14th
February 2017

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Old Love: Instaheart on Valentine’s

Today I got on instagram to look for love but not in the way you might think. No I wasn’t looking to see if I had received any new love for a recent post, and no there was no goal to meet an instacrush. Today I decided to count how many hearts I had documented […]

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16th
January 2017

by Santana
Santana Singleton

The MLK Day Before Disaster Takes Office

  Work for Humanity This year we celebrate the holiday dedicated to a man whose principles can scarcely be comprehended by our current president. My dining table is currently covered with markers, tape and posters while I get ready for The Women’s March for this coming weekend and I can’t help to think how important […]

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22nd
November 2016

by Santana
Santana Singleton

10 Tips for Non-coding Designers to Get Shit Done

In my most recent blog post, I shared Typecast™ as a tool to allow for smoother communication between Designers and Developers. I identify myself as a designer with very limited front-end development capabilities but no matter my role or skill level as a web designer, shit must still get done! Here are 10 tips that […]

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11th
November 2016

by Santana
Santana Singleton

THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR TODAY’S “WEB DESIGNERS”

There are many designers with no or little coding skills making web design decisions. Some are veterans in print design, just now taking on the web and cutting corners with the hope of not having to learn code. There are the good designers who are currently learning UI/UX responsibilities and Front-end coding. Then the Ballers; […]

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22nd
June 2016

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Recap on a Customized Landscape

  Respect for The Creative Process = Quality Design DreamMakers residential and commercial landscapers always offer high-quality services from the simplest to the most complex projects. Their custom landscaping provides clients with a refined, casual environment that is both comfortable and cultivated. They don’t just design landscapes, they create lifestyles. For quality design for their […]

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14th
June 2016

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Wedding Invite Design: From the Heart

  I am not a fan of weddings but I am a fan of paper, at least when it is not a receipt that feels weird to my finger tips and junks up my purse and car. One of the reasons I am not a fan of weddings is because I hate to witness expenses […]

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12th
November 2015

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Creative Process & Development: Poppin’ Leesa

Lessa is a online mattress company with a simple vision: “A better place to sleep, A pathway to a better life.” I was asked to design a brand experience within a pop-up exhibit/store that would be traveling throughout the States. While Leesa is sold only online, this would be an opportunity for consumers to trial […]

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14th
August 2015

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Spike the Wine

A Little Bitty Wine Break Frances Mayes’s Tuscan Sun Wines are from her villa in Tuscany. Most know her and her vinery from her story “Under the Tuscan Sun.” The 2003 film’s success helped Frances’s wines on the market within the states and from consumer studies, they are currently still a go-to for women over […]

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08th
June 2015

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Identify a Team with Their Industry

At Banner, I was given the lovely task of defining a direction for the “Our Team” section of our website while Banner was in the mist of changing our own brand. I tend to aim for transparency in branding, focusing on internal culture when defining a public-facing brand. I decided to approach this as a […]

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12th
December 2014

by Santana
Santana Singleton

Have a So Art Deco Christmas Yay!

The Request: A Christmas Party Invite from Us Christmas trees, garlands, wreaths, and bows; these are part of today’s Christian celebration; Christmas, as these things were almost a hundred years ago. I do not get the special request to make a community, holiday-event invite religious-based very often. To be honest, I did debate it. Not […]

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14th
November 2014

by Santana
Santana Singleton

DU with A Chance of Luck

Background & Creative Direction Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver came to us for a digital ad campaign with two applications: In-state and Out-state. DU wanted to target the increase of young professionals moving into the city who could benefit from a MBA. From there, the CD moved forward with “pioneers of […]

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