Oen Hammonds | Sr. Art Director

When Are The Best Times to Buy? »

Did you know that airline tickets are cheapest on Tuesdays? Or that if you need to buy a swimsuit, you should do it on a Sunday? Or that if you’re considering a new gas grill, it might be worth waiting until winter?
Savings.com’s “When Are the Best Times to Buy” infographic breaks down the ideal days, [...]
Should There Be A Design Certification? »

The discussion about some type of professional accreditation/certification for designers has been ongoing since the mid-90s. The advent of the computer and intuitive design software has created an influx of untrained, low-cost “desktop publishers” that are creating unsatisfactory (this is the most professional descriptor I can come up with) work in all areas of design. But until now, we’ve relied on design schools to weed out those who probably should be doing something else.
Review: “Art & Copy” »

When most people think about the advertising industry, they usually think of A&E’s “Mad Men.” They think of gorgeous, well-dressed men and women sipping fine bourbon and chain-smoking cigarettes during lunch. A documentary about the advertising business, Art & Copy, will hopefully change that.
Filmmaker Doug Pray focuses on some of the free-spirited advertising moguls of [...]