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Joseph Selame, Designer of Corporate Logos, Dies at 86

 Although I only worked at Selame Design for a short time (1984-1985), I felt fortunate to work with one of graphic design's modern pioneers. I still have a clear mental picture of Joe standing next to his roll-top desk, dressed in his Thayer Pharmacy lab coat (he was the self-proclaimed "doctor of design"), sucking on his his pipe.

Graphic Design History Check: At the time, we were developing corporate identities using rubdown type and a stat camera. Yikes!

My first Christmas bonus included a 5 lb. bag of pistachios and a hand-drawn Joe Selame cartoon. My personalized version consisted of a caricature of me, shining the boss's shoes.

Working at Selame Design provided me with the opportunity to meet my wonderful wife, Selene, and longtime friends: David Ekizian and Michael Westcott.

Joe, rest in peace. Hopefully, your smile will always be in the Goodwill "G" and the little men in the Mutual Oil logo, will forever, be tipping their hats your way.

New York Times Obituary
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When there's no time to ship it…

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The EYMER DESIGN Laboratories + Think Tank has been extremely busy over the past few weeks, helping Portland Maine based, CashStar, in the development of "Click It To Gift It Day.” The new holiday will take place on December 23, with the goal of encouraging consumers to buy personalized eGift Cards as holiday presents.

Because the entire transaction is conducted online and the eGift Cards are sent directly to a recipient’s e-mail address, gift-givers have until two days before Christmas to make their eGift Card purchases from a wide selection of national retailers–including, Home Depot, The Container Store, Dell, Staples, Travelocity, and The Children’s Place.

Please visit the official website at www.clickittogiftit.com. For Facebook users, there is an ongoing CITGI Holiday Promotion with valuable prizes distributed on a daily basis.

EYMER DESIGN’s work, includes the design of the program’s visual identity, retail sales kit, website, and assorted social media materials.

Please keep in mind, that during this holiday season, “When there’s no time to ship it, Click It To Gift It!”

International Intern of Mystery

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In 2000, prior to our hostile takeover by PARTNERS+simons (just kidding Tom), the company posed for a group photo. In the front row, there was a highly gifted and extremely important member of the team who was serving as a college intern. Unfortunately, we cannot remember his name. We think that his first name was Matt, and that he was attenting the Worcester Polytechnic Institute at the time.

If you recognize him and know of his whereabouts, please let us know!

Seasonal Greetings from your local law firm.

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Over the years, EYMER DESIGN has developed several holiday greeting cards for many types of companies, including law firms. We know, law firms, sounds pretty dry and boring. Fortunately, we have been able to work with a couple of firms that like to push the holiday card limit.

For the second year in a row, we have developed an online Thanksgiving card for Intellectual Property law firm, Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds. Please take a look. After you are done, there is a link to last year’s piece. Click here and enjoy!

Great Cover Shot (at-edge.com)

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As a practicing graphic designer, I receive some pretty cool stuff in the mail. A few days ago, I received a hand-sized book by AtEdge (www.at-edge.com) showing a collection of photos from a group of assignment photographers that they represent. The cover photograph (by Roger Hagadone) just makes me laugh. For one thing, it reminds me of the Chinese exchange student that stayed with us for a couple weeks this summer. Brown, I know you are out there somewhere. Hope you are doing well and enjoying your favorite sports, basketball and Ping-Pong!