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Books, photos, design: Lots of things, all connected. Check out any of the above links to find out more about the different kinds of work I do. This page features highlighted news and bits of info that may be of interest. Thanks for visiting my site.

Online logo courses. I will be teaching three more online logo classes through HOW University. The classes start on April 1, July 1 and August 26—take your pick! Course info here. Save $40 when you sign up by using "JKRAUSE" as your promo code.

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I’ll be speaking at a couple of conferences in June. Care to join me?


The truly amazing HOW Conference: Thousands of designers and hundreds of speakers, vendors and industry bigshots. I'll be speaking in two sessions: Nailing Logos: from Brainstorm to Finish (6/24@10:45am) and 30 in 60 (6/23@2:30pm—and I'll be co-presenting this one with Dyana Valentine). If you decide to go, be sure to enter "JIM" as your discount code and save $100 on conference registration.


Also, I'll be leading a session at the Creative Freelancer Conference. The session is called How to Stuff 10 Pounds of You-Know-What Into a 5-Day Week (Week After Week),If you come to this conference you can save $50 by using "JIM" as your discount code.