Deb Pang Davis is a graphic designer based in Portland, Oregon. She is making the transition from print (editorial) to the web.

• Photo Holiday Cards: Minted Again

  Thanks everyone for voting in Minted.com’s Holiday Photo Card Design Contest.
  Both designs I submitted were runner-ups (yay!) and will be for sale on Minted.com for the holiday season soon. Each of the designs have an alternate color combination, too.

  There were more contest entries this time and so many wonderful designs!
  You can view the winning designs [...]

  Posted on Jun 30.08 to cards, design, photography   

• Vote for Your Favorite Holiday Card Designs

  Minted has opened their latest card design contest (Holiday cards) for voting!
  Here are my submissions for the contest:
  Peppermint Spark

  Oh Joy!

  I’m among a group of some seriously talented designers.
  Please head over to Minted and cast you vote. You can rate all the designs on a scale of 1 (Not so much) to 5 (Love it).
  Voting [...]

  Posted on Jun 10.08 to cards, design, photography   

• I’ve Been Minted

  Back in April I entered a photo save-the-date card contest at Minted.
  A couple of weeks ago, I learned that while I didn’t place in the top spots, Minted wanted to sell my design through their site as a runner-up!
  Here is the design as it was entered in the contest:

  The design had to be tweaked to [...]

  Posted on Jun 10.08 to design, invitations, photography, wedding   

• A Little Moo Therapy

  I found some retail therapy while selecting images for some Moo minicards.
  It didn’t take long and that one hour away from concepts, mockups and code in the wee hours of the night was bliss.
  (Apologies for May being so dry with a lack of postings. It really has been nutty!)
  Here’s a sampling of some of my [...]

  Posted on Jun 08.08 to classes, design, photography, web design   

• My One of 50,000 Shirts for China

  Discovered via mostinpired.com, I just reserved my t-shirt to help raise $1,000,000 for those in China affected by the earthquake.
  Visit fiftythousandshirts.com to help one person give hope, together.

  Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window [...]

  Posted on May 22.08 to design   

• Happy Earth Day

  Nearly one year ago, my husband and I began work on the Blue Planet Run book project.

  Since then awareness of water in our lives is heightened and we have made greater efforts to be more conscious consumers of water.
  For example, we make every effort to take shorter showers. We use more water-friendly soaps and detergents [...]

  Posted on Apr 22.08 to books, classes, design, food for thought, photography, portland   

• World Heritage Sites in 360 degree Panography

  via Graphic Design Forum:
  Tito Dupret, a Belgian photographer has been creating 360 degree panoramas of World heritage Sites for the past seven years.
  It’s an amazing mission.
  If traveling to see the sites in person is not an option, this is an excellent alternative and experience.
  I was expecting the images to be made without people and was [...]

  Posted on Apr 08.08 to photographers, photography   

• Photographer Ron van Dongen

  We’re heading out soon to see photographer Ron van Dongen and his latest exhibit, “Calvus & Arisaemas” at the Froelick Gallery.
  Ron is a wonderful person and a exceptionally talented craftsman. Every time I look at his work, I am mesmerized and reminded of all things of beauty. And, I am a big fan of beauty.
  This [...]

  Posted on Apr 03.08 to photographers, photography, portland   

• Rest in Peace, Dith Pran

  Photojournalist Dith Pran, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2008.
  He was made known to many of us in the film, The Killing Fields.
  Check out photographs and an interview with Dith Pran at NYTimes.com.
  This is a nice quote by Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the New York Times:
  To all of us who have worked as foreign reporters [...]

  Posted on Apr 03.08 to photographers, photography