Merc Strategy Group, LLC » Design http://www.mercstrategy.com Where Technology Meets Strategy Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Content or Design? http://www.mercstrategy.com/2011/02/content-or-design/ http://www.mercstrategy.com/2011/02/content-or-design/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:03:15 +0000 Curt Mercadante http://www.mercstrategy.com/?p=1778 A healthy discussion is happening over at Quora in response to a question I posed last week: “Which is more important: content or design?”

Check out the responses here.

For what it’s worth, here’s my response:

I posed the question, but my answer is this: good content is good design. Some of the best websites are those with the simplest designs — but the best content. When I was in the PR industry, I always used to say that it didn’t matter if a press release was printed on letterhead or handwritten on a cocktail napkin: it was the content that mattered most.

]]> http://www.mercstrategy.com/2011/02/content-or-design/feed/ 0 The Innovative Design of “Brand Chicago” http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/05/the-innovative-design-of-brand-chicago/ http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/05/the-innovative-design-of-brand-chicago/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 01:11:39 +0000 Curt Mercadante http://mercstrategy.com/merc/?p=23 Design is the factor that often separates good brands from great brands.  And it was what makes Chicago’s brand a cut above the rest (I’m biased, can you tell?)

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago and, during a morning walk in the Loop, I decided to make use of my iPhone to snap some photos of some of the great design elements of this city. 

For generations, Chicago has been home to some of the most innovative design of the period — and that continues today.  Please enjoy these photos.

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