Serving as the editorial arm of DCS, Creative Crux features articles about creative companies and people, books reviews, and other diamonds from the creative rough.
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Written by Samantha Enslen
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 22:30 |
Image courtesy of Society Bodycare
Stephen Rumbaugh and other DCS members battle a tough economy by turning crafts into cash
Stephen Rumbaugh is a man of many talents. He’s an entrepreneur, a craftsman, a designer, and a graduate student. In the past, he’s worked for ad agencies, run a design firm in Yellow Springs, and taught Photoshop and Illustrator at Dayton’s School of Advertising Art.
His latest passion is something different: creating and selling handmade soaps under his own label, Society Bodycare. I talked with Stephen about why he started this new venture and how it represents a natural outlet for his creative energy.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:09 |
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Written by Marisa Head
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Saturday, 12 September 2009 02:44 |
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What happens when two self-described 'art school guys,' both charged with creativity and well-versed in programming languages, decide to collaborate?
Ryan McCoy and Ian Lawson decided to find out, and the result was Atomic Interactive, a web design company that is quickly staking its ground in Dayton and beyond.
Since January 2007, the team at Atomic has designed web solutions for clients ranging from the Dayton Opera and Dayton History to high-tech research and development companies serving very specific markets.
Their creations are stunning both visually and technically, with interactive touches that demonstrate the thought and expertise that go into each project and take the sites above and beyond the norm. No detail goes unnoticed, giving users a smooth and aesthetically appealing experience no matter what they are using the website for.
And with plans for expansion, both in workforce and in services, the Atomic bomb is about to go off.
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 November 2009 02:20 |
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Written by Samantha Enslen
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Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:01 |
Rick Pearson is a freelance director of photography and the owner of Pearson Media. Rick shoots video and still photography for local producers like ManaVision and UD Media Production Group, and for national customers like Tradewinds Tea and Appleton Electric. He’s also done work for the Italian firm Beretta, shooting product-release videos featuring the company’s legendary shotguns, rifles, and pistols.
I sat down with Rick to get his take on photography and video in today’s digitized, Photoshopped, camera-phone world. Rick feels that high-tech tools can only get you so far—that great imagery flows from an artist’s one-of-a-kind vision. But what about all those citizen journalists? Here’s what he has to say.
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 August 2009 00:20 |
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Written by Libby Ballengee
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 00:00 |
 As creatives, we tend to think of everything in terms of design… our work, our homes, our personal style, our observations of architecture, media, and advertising. For everyone else, design isn’t necessarily such a noticeable aspect of day-to-day life. One way that design becomes largely accessible is through the medium of fashion, most frequently through t-shirts. That is what inspired the creators of Fibre Clothing, an apparel line that features “proactive, wearable design.”
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Last Updated on Saturday, 02 May 2009 16:33 |
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Written by Patrice Hall
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 00:00 |
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Shannon, Mitch, and Jessica at FourAmbition have been supportive of DCS from early on. I asked them to tell me more about what goes into their cool design and screen printing venture:
 PH: The three of you have been designing t-shirts together since 2007. How did you all get together?
FourAmbition: Shannon started it in Spring of 2007 but it really didn't become anything til we all came together in October. We've all been friends for a long time and we all were pretty motivated about the idea and it grew from there. PH: What inspires your work?
FourAmbition: Art, nature, tattoos, people, everything in life can be inspiring when looked at in the right light.
PH: What have you learned so far about owning your own business?
FourAmbition: We've learned that the business side is difficult but the freedom of being your own boss makes up for it all. It's all a learning experience.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 02 May 2009 16:33 |
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