Inspiration
Go Media’s 1st Annual Best of Cleveland Design Awards
Best of Cleveland Web and Graphic Awards Here at Go Media, we totally geek out about design. It’s all that we do and all that we dream about. We love not only getting our hands dirty every single day, but…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done, Go Media Staff, Volume 8 – Lauren Hudac
Best Spotify Playlists for Creativity Hey Go Media Faithful! It’s the new year and time to fulfill those creative resolutions. Why not start now? Get motivated by pressing play below. Today’s Spotify Playlist was created by Lauren Hudac, our Account Manager…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done, Go Media Staff, Volume 7 – Heather Sakai
Volume 7, by Heather Sakai Christmas has come and gone and so it’s time to get back in the game. If you’re feeling sluggish and need an extra boost to focus and face the day with gusto, we’re here to help.…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done, Go Media Staff, Volume 6 – Kim Finley
Best Spotify Playlists Ever. Music Monday, ya’ll! Our Office Manager, Kim Finley, is here to hook us up with the perfect playlist for when cash is flowing and making money is the order of the day in custom Cleveland web design.…
Creativity Boost: Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done, Go Media Staff, Volume 5 – Aaron Roberts
Creativity Boost It’s that time again, folks. Music Monday! You’re in for a treat, ’cause our beloved Go Media Graphic Designer Aaron Roberts is here with an eclectic collection of songs certain to kick your week into high gear. Headphones on high, friends. It’s…
20+ Holiday Illustration Inspirations
Holiday Illustration Inspiration We’re all about getting into the holiday spirit here at our Cleveland design studio. From stockings to Secret Santa, we’re surrounded by Christmas cheer. But our love of the holidays isn’t limited to the office. It, of course,…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done – Go Media Staff, Volume 3: Jeff Finley
Resident Partner, Designer, Breakdancer, and one of the architects of Cleveland Graphic Design Firm, Go Media, Jeff Finley, is here to get you in the workflow with his Spotify playlist, “Pop Punk Favs.” So press play, pop open that pen…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done – Go Media Staff, Volume 2: Bryan Garvin
Music for your Monday Today’s Best Spotify Playlist for Getting Sh*t Done is brought to us by Go Media web designer and front-end developer, Bryan Garvin. If you want to be productive this Monday, may we suggest allowing that beard into your…
WMC 5 Audio – Grace Bonney – Do the Things That Scare You
WMC Fest Podcast: Grace Bonney Grace Bonney, Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 5 speaker, is the founder of the blog Design*Sponge. She founded a national meetup group for women running creative businesses in 2008 and in 2011 she published her…
Best Spotify Playlists for Getting Sh*t Done – Go Media Staff, Volume 1: William Beachy
If you’ve ever entered Go Media headquarters, you’ll most likely be blown away by one thing – quite immediately. The sound of complete and utter silence. It’s something I first noticed when I first stepped my foot onto the third…
40+ Japanese Web Design Inspirations
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know I’m obsessed with any and all things Japanese – design included.
I can appreciate the full spectrum – from tranquil gardens to Harajuku chic to sampuru and everything in between.
I love the contrast between total zen and neon chaos. The juxtaposition between the steady, serene steam rising above warm cups of tea and the crazed onslaught of information rammed into a subway map, city street, webpage screen.
Watch This Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 5 Highlight Video
It never fails. Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, one of the top graphic design conferences in the US, is life-changing. It draws us together, challenges us, recharges us, motivates us to go off and create more authentically, purposefully. Weapons of Mass Creation Fest reminds us that we aren’t alone; that the adversity we face are universal. The Fest simultaneously highlights the beauty of diversity. It celebrates our differences.
Girl Power: Follow These 34 Female Creatives Now
Having just taken on the position of Weapons of Mass Creation Fest Event Organizer, I feel a pride in my heart and an overwhelming sense of girl power more than ever. So today, I’d like to highlight some lady creatives I’m obsessing over as of late. You know, the ones inspiring me to be brave, create and go forth and do great things like cool, confident chicks do. I know I’ve missed some greats, so please, please share your favorites with me in the comments below or email me their names so I can shout-em-out in the future.
Daily Inspiration: The Typography of Cedar Point
Cedar Point, to me, represents everything great about America, about summer, about life. Inside those golden gates are thrilling rides, elephant ears, cheesy singing & dancing shows and questionable fashion choices. I mean, be still my beating heart.
An Open Letter To My Fellow Weapons of Mass Creation: A Hello from New Fest Organizer Heather Sakai
By now, you’ve all heard the news. My colleague, mentor and friend, Jeff Finley is taking his talents to South Beach, break-dancing bravely into the great unknown.
After a tear or two, I pulled myself together and realized that this wasn’t a time for sadness but of celebration. Not only was Jeff being granted the ability to pursue his next dream, but I mine. Thanks to Jeff, I have been been offered what I consider to be the biggest and best opportunity of my life.
With this fiery torch a blazin’, I’m already off and running. I hope you’ll come along.
Instant Inspiration: Exceptional Gig Poster Designs
As you may well know, we love a good gig poster design here at Go Media.
After all, designing posters is in our blood. We started on the streets of Cleveland, promoting and creating poster art for the bands we loved.
Our designers know the keys to eye-catching, clear, crisp poster designs. We love to create, but we also appreciate great design when we see it.
The August 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase, Announcing New Monthly Prize
August 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase Hey Everyone! We’re not only excited to show off our next round of outstanding Flickr Pool Showcase Designs this month, but we’re ready to up the ante next month…who’s game? Enter for your chance to Win a…
20 Creative, Hand Drawn Logo Designs
David works for Radley, who design beautiful handbags and purses. When he’s not working, he enjoys studying product and user interface design. Designing a logo is a delicate process. The entire tone and personality of a company can be affected…
Things I’m Excited for at WMC Fest 2K14
Hello Go Media Faithful! Here’s a blog post comin’ to you straight from Weapons of Mass Creation Fest speaker coordinator extraordinaire Margot Harrington of Pitch Union Design. She originally published the blog post you see below on her lovely blog…
The Poster Contest of Which Dreams are Made: What and How You Can Win
Poster Contest from our friends at the National Poster Retrospecticus Let’s talk for a minute about how much I love John Boilard, Producer of the National Poster Retrospecticus, a traveling show of over 300 hand-printed posters coming to Cleveland for…
Inspiration for Graphic Designers: July 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase
Inspiration for Graphic Designers: July 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase Hey Everyone! We’re so excited to show off our next round of outstanding Flickr Pool Showcase Designs: awesome inspiration for graphic designers like you! Interested in Joining? If you are new to…
Freebie: Wallpaper of the Day from Chocotoy
Freebie Wallpaper Alert! Hey Everyone. You may or may not know that I am obsessed with all things super kawaii. (that’s a super cute way to say for super cute if you didn’t know). So when I stumbled upon this…
40 Excellent Art, Illustration and Poster Inspirations from our WMC Fest Designers
Entering its fifth year, Weapons of Mass Creation festival has drawn comparisons to TED and SXSW, but stands apart as the premier art, design, and music event in the USA. The three day event, which takes place August 15-17, 2014…
LeBron’s Comeback: How Illustrator Robert Carter Designed the King’s Return to Cleveland
Interview with Robert Carter of Cracked Hat Design As you all well know, the Cleveland pride is bursting through the walls of Go Media, where we sit only 2 miles from Quicken Loans Arena, new (and old) home to LeBron James.…