Site menu:

Latest news:

21 March 2008:

Don is TWO of four Runners-Up in the global design contest for the Earth Wind & Fire World Tour 2008 Logo.

More... »

2 October 2007:

Don is one of 10 finalists in the design contest for the 40th Anniversary of the venerable band CHICAGO.

More... »

Labor Day 2006:

Stainless USAF Soaring Falcon statue designed
by Don is dedicated at Sampson State Park, NY.

More... »

On Design:

Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Paul Rand

Design is intelligence made visible.

Don Newgren

Client wants: 1. Good,
2. Fast, 3. Cheap.
Designer replies:
Pick two.

Hugh Dubberly

Designers are not highly-paid cake decorators.

Spencer Murrell

Also see:

Version:

Don Garlock v2.0

"Recognizing the need is the primary condition
  for design."
              — Charles Eames

Welcome, Friends of Design

Those who suffer from the notion that the right software or hardware will make someone a designer have come to the wrong place. Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) once remarked, "Talent, without training, is useless, thank God."

Don's philosophy of design is a culmination of his God-given ability, finely honed to skills with more than three decades experience in the trenches, communication theory and practice coupled with good English (a gift from his parents), and a vast list of satisfied clients who have used Don's prolific creative output to build their businesses. That comes neither out of a box, nor without a price.

Good design doesn't cost — it pays.

Don's award-winning work has been honored by the Washington DC Achievement in Radio (AIR) Awards and the Maryland/Delaware/DC (MDCC) Press Association Awards, and has appeared in nearly every major-market newspaper in America, as well as numerous national weekly newsmagazines, local/regional radio and on regional and global satellite/cable TV.

Don Garlock has been designing professionally since 1975 and invites you to browse these pages for a small sampling of his work. Don is also one of those rare animals who can deliver a complete package: from concept to completion.

Performance You Can Count On

Don understands deadlines. And production. And budgets. He has learned to deliver superior creative work product and see it through to fruition or implementation with remarkable responsiveness and turnaround. Don welcomes your inquiry on your next project.