https://www.jamestearly.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-09-15 https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2026/9/15/the-lean-brand-jumpstart monthly 0.5 2026-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/907d9b7d-68b7-4e82-bd8a-b68fb8ae11b2/Brand_Jumpstart.png Insights - The lean-brand jumpstart. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2026/3/14/the-first-rule-of-dataviz monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/d6e9d832-35f3-41da-9c4e-25a97c01feb2/Blog_Data.png Insights - The first rule of dataviz. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2025/12/4/whats-next-for-design monthly 0.5 2026-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/ad51006e-b639-4b64-b5de-8b9d66f8acbc/Next-Post.png Insights - What’s next for design? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2025/10/27/are-you-really-in-a-league-of-your-own monthly 0.5 2026-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/c1dbd47c-cf8d-45dc-b173-41f279b16f3f/Landscape-Post.jpg Insights - Are you really in a league of your own? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2025/9/30/ok-isnt-good-enough monthly 0.5 2026-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/04a39b4c-469d-4bf7-8f3e-90d00c8f3bcc/OK-Post.png Insights - OK isn’t good enough. - Make it stand out The ‘OK’ mark was developed in the 1920s to promote Chevrolet’s used car quality check program. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2025/9/2/how-to-use-ai-without-losing-your-soul monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/a46a6a7f-152a-4f48-9881-19b6d6c9e991/AI_Post.jpg Insights - How to use AI without losing your soul. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2025/4/2/is-your-problem-the-real-issue monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/596f68e7-0b72-408d-a751-23fd9d84cfb3/Problems_Post.png Insights - Is your problem the real issue? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2024/3/4/mind-the-strategy-execution-gap monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/de46ca0a-95cc-4f08-8968-d30e688b447e/StrategyExecution-Post.png Insights - Mind the strategy execution gap. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2023/12/31/what-will-your-impact-be-in-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/8fb43c56-008b-4033-88e1-2bbcac6d1ce4/2024-Impact_Post.jpeg Insights - What will your impact be in 2024? - Make it stand out The Müller-Lyer illusion. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2023/9/10/live-the-questions monthly 0.5 2023-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/b374bbbc-0363-4a23-bcb4-eff3d02a1f5f/LivetheQuestions_Post.jpg Insights - Live the questions. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2023/4/11/the-audience-united-is-still-divided monthly 0.5 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1f7b6892-7804-494a-ae09-62a28ab79e15/AudienceSegments_Post.jpg Insights - The audience united is still divided. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2023/1/6/please-have-a-point-of-view monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/e18422bb-9420-4975-8d9a-35272444ed47/POV_Post.png Insights - Please have a point of view. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2021/1/11/bottom-up-branding monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1610457290463-UBE9K24RC58X562AXCHV/Bottoms-up_Post.png Insights - Bottom-up Branding https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/12/11/being-a-client-shouldnt-be-hard-work monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1607695258883-DWVYQR9ER69ISA29ETXX/Client_Post.jpg Insights - Being a client shouldn’t be hard work. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/11/2/whats-your-collaboration-secret monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1604415161446-U1E5FQ4MDCOVJ2PO0ONA/Collaboration_Post.jpg Insights - What’s your collaboration secret? https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/9/4/design-is-a-discipline monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1599249378856-7Q1APF9SHI6LYUY023R2/DesignDiscipline-Poster.jpg Insights - Design is a discipline. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/7/22/your-name-is-your-key-message monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1595446699808-9N9KXV91SNDXIZALE07E/blog_name-key-message.jpg Insights - Your name is your key message. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/7/13/brand-before-digital monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1594694731690-MZZ7V1AB8489255Y9J1D/blog_brand-before-digital.jpg Insights - Brand before digital. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/6/15/your-brand-is-the-problem monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1592307246190-YRWXWJBYE91VTS71XWMO/blog_feature-problem_1200.jpg Insights - Your brand is your problem. https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/1/25/photography-was-my-teacher monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1580241884408-ZNB0A1BQ37LPNW3V91KW/photo_poster.jpg Insights - Photography Was My Teacher https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/3/2/we-all-do-branding monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1583174030927-3Q9361J9SQE4ZVGUHZDI/blog_feature-branding.jpg Insights - We all do brand(ing). https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2020/1/7/brand-awareness-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1578515432052-L3GG4URKDF3I97PMVV8Z/blog_feature-2020.jpg Insights - Brand Awareness 2020 https://www.jamestearly.com/blog/2018/12/5/how-visible-is-your-brand monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1544031521560-44UEWYXZQ2Y2JY3HYP67/visiblebrandglasses_feature.jpg Insights - How visible is your brand? 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Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1520634583674-P1RTJ8ML6G8SGAFS1V3Q/Brookings_poster.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1524003089755-H19G8EXQEEUMX4D9B2P2/about_ax01.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1538481182269-WCRP9Q5QIH05SK5610JA/Fugazi.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1565993843587-W1ETQDN1CP1I5VIE4R0M/phr_poster.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1566235650667-DQ84ZXRUQLC0LQY9P0Q7/mh4us_poster02.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1569334942439-U8MFZRSRIAQ709HD40LG/LF_Poster3.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1565986792884-MJFDJYTY2B7FMQ7LLZHD/springboard_forms05.jpg James T. Early - Raising the bar Online donations provide critical funding for nonprofits of all sizes. Yet many lack the resources needed to adequately invest in the design and user experience of their online donation experience. Springboard, a digital-first engagement platform for nonprofits, took this challenge to heart and commissioned a collection of donation templates that provide an up-to-date baseline for their clients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1613073687560-GX58OH0N2SB8UQK1D7KT/wayside-poster-photo3.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/04f6c17e-b410-4f78-8eb6-5a24f83171e5/Aligned.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/770d2d43-8f3d-429e-ab75-39cfe4cf6a68/liuna_poster.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/2bd1b77d-60ba-45b6-941b-d445a977592d/GF_Poster.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/48d17c2d-f7f5-4395-989a-3904096d42f3/UARM_poster2.jpg James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/b8ce3091-7223-429a-83f9-3e5aa7d6cda4/semipublic_poster.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1794001241475-S08N8R18YQ54928HW7RS/MoW01.jpg James T. Early Meals on Wheels of Greater Washington is part of a network of over 5,000 independent providers across the United States committed to fighting hunger and isolation for senior adults. An updated visual identity was needed to reflect their expanding reach within the DC Metropolitan area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/3e912fb3-a824-45f4-9ca8-cb378b5f49ba/AIM-diagram.png James T. Early - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1f4dcefc-2719-4037-817b-8e460496e298/Anchors.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/6b720da1-9a66-4345-8350-905be4917fd1/Initiatives.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/aeb64415-1160-43b5-badd-973cfac9cfc2/Moments.png James T. Early https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/d7ca49a9-6cea-42de-835b-5110f7bcce0b/Early_Bio-PhotoBW.jpg James T. Early - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jamestearly.com/tonal-park daily 0.75 2019-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1525114235351-UDTJSRNJIW66ZFIRL9X3/TonalPark_poster-gradient02.png Tonal Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1519226190408-EW2WIAHDZCGHCY06K0F0/tonal-03.png Tonal Park - Brand Strategy With a distinguished track record that spans generations and genres–Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jamey Johnson, Beauty Pill and Priests to name a few–an organizational restructuring signaled the need to take stock of the studio’s brand position. An all-hands brand workshop provided space for the team to collaborate on their defining characteristics, shared mission and vision for the future. The agreed upon brand strategy provided a firm foundation for the naming process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1556218068111-WYUC2VGWG6RFVJNU73SR/TonalPark_Name-Full.png Tonal Park - Naming A range of possible names were generated through a collaborative naming workshop. Charting prospective names against the four quadrants of location, service, aspiration and abstraction helped to narrow the focus. The subsequent naming recommendations document combined front-runner names with possible alternates and available URLs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1556216730043-79OGIG3ABA4U46A7QL9Z/TonalPark_Brand-Full.jpg Tonal Park - Brand Strategy With a distinguished track record that spans generations and genres, an organizational restructuring signaled the need for this studio to take stock of their brand position. An all-hands brand workshop provided space for the team to determine their defining characteristics, shared mission and vision for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1556217891181-V9LC33R8XSTWNYVT3830/TonalPark_Brand-Colors.gif Tonal Park - Visual Identity The new mark positions the studio as a safe space to capture artists at their best while the friendly typeface reinforces the relaxed environment created by this team of seasoned professionals. https://www.jamestearly.com/civic-action-lab daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/a9362abb-3974-4b91-9262-024cbb433a78/CAL_Poster2.png Civic Action Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1790704478973-HSCZEYZB6QOCWKXESCCV/image-asset.png Civic Action Lab Civic Action Lab brings together community organizing, bridging, and participatory democracy to directly engage local communities. To support the coalition's growth beyond its initial pilot phase and accompany its newly adopted name, an updated brand identity was created to highlight its unified strategy for fostering a thriving democracy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1792619442347-H5DCV9WLBPFWVGLLFYUH/image-asset.png Civic Action Lab The Civic Action Lab directly engages local communities by unifying three key disciplines: community organizing, bridging, and participatory democracy. A new brand identity was established to accelerate its ongoing expansion. The identity highlights the coalition’s integrated approach to fostering civic action, utilizing a neutral visual style free from political or partisan associations to showcase how a broad-based partnership can successfully drive lasting impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1792619474652-1JKGMSFD8DZNXIOZY7HX/CaseStudy_CAL02.png Civic Action Lab - Reflective Mark Designed with an optical illusion, the mark reinforces the strength of the organization’s methodology. Viewed from one angle, it looks like a cluster of building blocks representing the three core disciplines of Civic Action Lab. From another vantage point, it transforms into a star, illustrating the collective power of these disciplines operating in unison. Additionally, the mark morphs into three flat framing components and ultimately a single cropping element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1792619506824-F6WR3S3RV6G03IWW3LKI/CaseStudy_CAL04.png Civic Action Lab - Design System The new mark provided the foundation for a cohesive visual language that presents Civic Action Lab as simultaneously refined and accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e14e5e197aeac297231fc2/1792619529799-J0QM61HMD6C25ITZ72T0/CaseStudy_CAL01.png Civic Action Lab - Style Guide Comprehensive brand guidelines established standards for typography, color usage, iconography, and editorial formats. 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