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THE DESIGNER HI, my names are Marlon Cole, Dad, Uncle and sometimes Superman! I’ve been living in Brooklyn for over 10 years, and I love it here, but to be more precise, I love it in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The creative spirits that reside in that neighborhood feeds my artistic and design drive.
proud to share with my son as he gets older.
Nothing in life come easy and without hard work. I take my abilities as a creative designer very seriously. I have learned so much in this field and I live each day with an open mind, to learn more. I would rather have I’ve been designing for fun and experience without reaching a as of lately it’s become more of level of perfection. I define pera job. Honestly, I try to escape, fection as exceeding all levels of but the feeling never seems to growth. I’m here on this earth to leave me. But I came up with a learn, share and grow. So here solution, and that solution! is is Volume 1. I hope you get inBALANCE. spired by my work. Now I have fun designing stuff Peace. for corporations, non-profits, Marlon Cole local businesses and for me. graphic designer There is a saying that if you find 646.400.8197 something you love to do, you’ll marzcole@gmail.com never have to work a day in your www.mpressiveconcepts.com life. This is a saying that I will be
There is a new research report released by the analysts at mediaIDEAS, that answers the ever-asked question, is print dead? The answer of course is, no, we are neither dead nor dying, but the analysis also suggests a near moment in time when digital revenues will surpass print revenues for publishers. So, it isn’t about death, but rather about the realignment of our resources and expectations. According to the report’s author, David Renard, “Over the next 10 years, the magazine industry will experience deep-rooted change from primarily a printoriented business to one where digital products will represent the largest share of a smaller periodical industry. We expect digital to be the primary source
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of revenue for magazines past the 2016-2017 time frame.”
magazine industry in 2020, and, conversely, print will go from representing more than 75% of According to the report, about the market’s value in 2008, to 10% of the total periodical in- less than one third by 2020. dustry in 2009 was based on advertising and circulation reve- So, in this projected scheme of nue directly or indirectly associ- things to come print survives ated with all digital product lines. and so does a regenerated and In 2014, mediaIDEAS forecasts revived publishing industry. I that the digital portion of the US suppose you can debate the experiodical industry will be worth act percentages, or the precise approximately $8.5 billion, or dates of the report but I think about 28% of the total market. the eventual conclusion is ineviBy 2020 it will have increased table. to approximately $20 billion, or about 58% of the total market. Because of several factors including the aggressive adoption of new delivery mediums, such as Apple’s iPad and next generation color e-paper e-readers, the report finds that digital will go from representing 10% in 2009 to representing 58% of the
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INKSLINGERS CLOTHING Blue Moe Inc. has taken their affinity for tattoo culture and boldly applied it to the fashion world. The harmonious result is the eclectic line known as Inkslingers USA. The designers at Inkslingers choose these artistic pieces selectively as one would pursue a piece of art, to have tattooed onto their body. Created by Blue Moe Inc. in 2005, Inkslingers USA is not simply a line of “tattoo inspired” clothing.
ART INSPIRED Inkslingers has been seen in major magazines (including Women’s Wear Daily, Complex, Vibe, Celebrity Living, Source, Teen People, XXL, Fader, Right On! Smooth, DUB and DNR) as well as on shows such as ABC’s “Desperate Housewives”, “All My Children”, “My Wife and Kids”, and “So You Think You Can Dance”, CBS’s “Guiding Light”, “The Young and the Restless”, and “As The World Turns”, and HBO’s “Entourage” and “The Wire”. MTV and BET have also heavily featured the brand.
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