Doug Hughes Design recently donated brochure design to the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy. The Conservancy is working to protect the hillsides by purchasing land and establishing the land as a public trust. Doug Hughes Design feels passionate about protecting the hillsides. Waking up in the mornings and looking out the window to the beautiful hills above the city was a great inspiration for this piece. We understand and appreciate the necessity of development. But, we also believe in the value of public open space. We were happy to craft a piece that embodied the feeling of freedom in undeveloped hillsides and bountiful open space that makes Ventura so special. More information about the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy can be found at www.venturahillsides.org

Doug Hughes Design awarded work on an exciting puzzle design for the Ohio State University Buckeyes football team. Ohio State wanted something bold and simple that captured the sense of fraternity shared by OSU students, alumni, and parents. As a promotional piece, Doug Hughes Design also had to keep consistent with current OSU branding and legalities. We were very happy when final approval was recieved. The piece is now bieng marketed through souvenir distributors in the Ohio State University region.

Doug Hughes was recently invited by BBC innovation Coordinator Morag Cartwright to speak as a new media consultant at the WeMedia conference in London. Read Doug's article to learn about his comical role as one of the BBC's Digital Assassins.

Web 2.0 - Web 3.0, where are we headed next? Doug examines the question in a piece written for Batten Award winning ViewMagazine.tv. A site that is always pushing the boundaries, ViewMagazine.tv is the product of avant-garde journalist and pioneering videographer David Dunkley Gyimah. A man described by Apple Computer as being "everywhere at once." Doug was excited to have the opportunity to write this piece for Viewmagazine.tv. Read the article on David's site, or follow the "read more," link below.

Fuse Emotion and Logic Consumers buy because they want to experience the benefits of the product or service you have to offer Evoke those feeling that your clients will experience once they have the product in their hands... and you’ve made a sale. It isn’t until after the sale that they want to justify the purchase. Prepare them with the logical aspects of the purchase before they get the after-the-sale-blues.