Patrick Durgin-Bruce

Design to empower those tackling the world’s most pressing issues. Serial optimist. Founder @ultravirgo @mymo_is & @_for_mag. Board @Spark_NYC.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Hope-based narratives rule the day in social good branding lately. Which is great. But what the world needs now is not more optimism from our brands.
https://t.co/BV8M4eTGcF

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

@elonmusk No. You, sir – the civilian without the legally-required security clearances, who is hacking all of our government databases, including the Treasury itself – are the criminal.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Matt Gaetz was the Hairy Arm of the Trump appointee slate.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

The story comes from the days of manually pasting up layouts, which were then photographed for reproduction. A designer had one such boss, who felt the need to put his imprint on everything, always giving changes to layouts.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

The lesson being: if you have something that you want to get approved by a very critical audience, put in one obvious thing that they can call out for you to change. They feel like they had their input. And the rest of the project sails right through, just as you wanted it.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Do you know the Hairy Arm Technique?

In the design biz, it’s an old tactic for dealing with an overly critical boss or client.

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[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Today, we vote for a brighter future.

Polling locations across the country are open. Find yours at https://t.co/VbrfuqVy9P.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Making this announcement, tonight, with a picture of her protecting her pet (a cat, no less), is absolute *master-level* trolling.

[Procreate @Procreate]

We’re never going there. Creativity is made, not generated.
You can read more at https://t.co/9Fgh460KVu ✨

#procreate #noaiart

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Hey, Brooklyn! Clearing out the @ultravirgo library a bit. Put a stack of @CommArts back issues out on the stoop. Free to take. Corner of Smith at Atlantic. Get em while they’re hot!

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Have Dems considered just flipping the ticket - Harris for prez and keep Biden on as VP through the inauguration/year one? Not that there aren’t other great candidates for both, but it seems the most prudent for continuity and presenting a united front at this late stage.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Ooh, look. The AI bots are one-upping Hallmark and generating their own back-patting holidays now. AGI, here we come!

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Taken mere moments apart (by the incredible Doug Mills), the fact that the media uses the left image far more than the right has profound effects on public perception of the event, and therefore the election & the future of humanity. Both stunning moments. https://t.co/xIXTiiPd6C

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

Did Trump really just say he should be President because: “I’m so smart, because I can hit a golf ball far?” Like Biden is bombing this, but that somehow was the lowest point of this trainwreck.

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Figma option for viewers of a file to “make it pop”

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

“By My Count Trump is Batting .900 on the Ten Commandments”

<chef’s kiss>

https://t.co/vRCXPNFQKI

[Michael J. Miraflor @michaelmiraflor]

I’m calling this trend “Chaos Packaging” until someone comes up with something better.

[Patrick Durgin-Bruce @pdurginbruce]

After gutting staff, X/Elon resort to exploiting free labor to conceive and build new features for the platform.

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