On July 22, 2011 at our Mountain View offices, we will be hosting Sunni Brown and Dave Gray who will be facilitating a workshop based on their book Gamestorming. XPLANE made a video that describes the story and practice of … Continue reading →

Ready for a quick design lesson? Click on the picture to go to Joseph Sullivan’s list of Favorite Book Covers for 2008. (That one’s my favorite, by the way.) Now, imagine you wrote a book this year. And your book … Continue reading →

Speeches, even historic ones, aren’t generally visual presentations. So Duarte Design didn’t really expect an invitation to provide visuals for the Inauguration (though we’re definitely available, should the need arise in the future). Still, anyone interested in creating compelling presentations … Continue reading →

The thrilling conclusion to our 3-part series on Story-Coring tricks. Don’t skip part 1 and part 2! 3. Baptism by Fire Sometimes you need to jump into the water before you know how to swim. Stand-up comics do this all the time, … Continue reading →

Part Deux in our 3-part series on finding the essence of your story. Read part one here. 2. Little Cards, Fat Markers Get yourself a stack of index cards and a few Sharpie markers. Chances are, you already have an … Continue reading →