Medium Rare

05/05/2014

Thank you Allyson for the kick-ass anniversary artwork, and thank you everyone for your support over Medium Rare's first decade!

03/06/2012

Are you here on the Facebook to distract yourself from actual work? Perfect… check out these three quizzes and help fine-tune your graphic design eye! http://type.method.ac / http://shape.method.ac / http://color.method.ac

06/01/2011

Looking for something fun to do Tuesday night? Hit Martyrs’ for Pecha Kucha night! Sure, there’s interesting presenters, each showing 20 slides of their work, for a mere 20 seconds each… and yes it’s conveniently located in a bar… Yet we know the real reason you’re going: to see the fine poster Medium Rare put together for ‘em! http://pecha-kucha.org/daily/2011/05/27/poster-for-pkn-chicago-vol-18

03/11/2010

We are proud to announce the launch of Phase I of the North Shore University HealthSystem website: www.northshore.org. Been working on this for many months, so good to see it live. Only 9,000 pages or so :) Phase II coming soon...

11/20/2009

To clear up the rumors: yes, Oprah's announcement that she is cancelling her show is mainly due to our appearance on yesterday's episode. We can only assume that, having reached the pinnacle of broadcast excellence, she found herself with nothing left to achieve, and thus is hanging up the microphone. "Sorry" to all the O-philes...

11/19/2009

Medium Rare on Oprah. 'Nuff said. http://bit.ly/espnoprah

11/18/2009

As a business with roots in the architectural world, we are always fascinated by great achievements in the built environment. As this video shows, fine design and quality construction ... plus a little attitude ... can go a long way.

Cullman Liquidation is the 5th local commercial of our I Love Local Commercials Series sponsored by MicroBilt ( http://ilovelocalcommercials.com ) -- Nominate your favorite local business for a FREE local ...

11/12/2009

One space or two after a period? In the computer age, one space is correct. In days of yore, printing presses and typewriters used letters that were all the same width. Two spaces helped to define a new sentence. Today, the two-space rule is dead. Computers compensate for the varying widths -- an "m" is no longer as wide as an "i". Proportional fonts render two spaces unnecessary. (

11/05/2009

Handy design tip: Either try to align things perfectly or make them far enough off so it doesn’t look like you just made a mistake. Measuring is suggested. Although if you think you’re good enough to just eyeball things, check this out: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball

10/30/2009

To all our early fans who made it possible for us to register our own snazzy facebook domain (facebook.com/medrare), I'd like to thank you with this motivational gem: http://zombo.com. Turn up your speakers and be inspired.

10/28/2009

welcomes everyone to our schmancy new Facebook home on the interweb. Sorry for all the invites, turns out you need 25 "fans" before Facebook considers you a legit business.