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Designed to Amuse
2007-08-22 10:00:00 On a light hearted note I thought I would share a few of the design related things that I have found amusing lately. I am not usually one for being amused by joke emails, in fact I am a bit of a stick in the mud, but I received an email from my boyfriend that ...
Do You Know When to Abandon a Design?
2007-08-21 13:43:00 If any of you are like me you will have experienced this before, you sketch out ideas for a design project, you perhaps narrow it down to three of 4 potential designs at this stage and start working on the Mac. This is where the problems start. So you’ve picked your favourite sketch to start ... More About: Design , Abandon
How Do You Sell Your Ideas to a Difficult Client?
2007-08-20 10:23:00 A Guest Post by Jeff Williams It can be the worst feeling. You pour your creative soul into a presentation. You know the design is great. You meet with the client, and they immediately start picking at the design: “The logo needs to be bigger” “I don’t like green” “This isn’t what I want at all” These ... More About: Ideas , Sell , Client , Diff
Graphic Design Competitions
2007-08-19 21:01:00 Website for Graph ic Design Competitions I found a site that may be of interest to some of you, it list graphic designs competitions, take a look at www.graphiccompetitions.com/ Another competition to win a scolarship has also been brought to my attention: U Sphere?s $5000 Digital Design Scholarship Competition All you have to do is submit your best digital design ... More About: Graphic Design
Freelancer Focus 17th August 2007
2007-08-17 10:03:00 Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Graham Buckley (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. Any designer or illustrator can also take part in Design ... More About: Freelancing , August , August 2007 , Freelancer
Design For Print Check List
2007-08-16 10:55:00 Lauren over at Creative Curio suggested a print checklist would be a good idea for a post, so here are my suggestions on setting up a graphic design job for print. When you are designing a job that needs to be printed there are certain things that need to be remembered and checked. FOR A FOUR COLOUR ... More About: Design , List , Check , Print
Elgg, Your Own Open Source Social Network
2007-08-15 10:14:00 Ever wanted to create your own social networking (a la MySpace) site to bring fellow creatives or designers together? Elgg is an Open Source (free) program to do just that, I have been reading a little about it in .Net Magazine and hope to have a dabble with it when I can. Elgg can be downloaded ... More About: Social , Blogging , Network
Show off Your Design Case Studies
2007-08-14 10:09:00 I am a big fan of seeing how a designer goes through the design process, from planning and thinking to sketching, design concepts to finished design. I know from the feed back that some of you have given that you enjoy this type of post too. I would like to start showing some of your ... More About: Design , Studies , Show , Case , Dies
Please Give Me Design TV!
2007-08-13 10:33:00 We can have TV about a group of wannabees sitting around a house doing nothing for weeks, TV where ugly men try and date a good looking woman so come on surely we could have some Design TV? The last adult targeted design programme I can remember on TV was Better by Design a program ... More About: Give , Ease
Freelancer Focus 10th August 2007
2007-08-10 12:19:00 Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Will Howe (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. 1. Your Name? Will Howe 2. Where are you based? Newcastle, UK 3. What ... More About: Freelancing , August , August 2007 , Elan
Dynamic Drive CSS Library
2007-08-09 14:07:00 Dynamic Drive CSS library is an interesting site I came across a little while ago. The CSS library gives you different types of layouts, menus, links and buttons as pictorial examples and then shows you the CSS and XHTML of how to make them. Ideal if you want a short cut to make your menu ... More About: Web Design , Library , Dynamic , Libra
Can Design be Taught or Do you Need Talent?
2007-08-08 13:07:00 How much can be taught and how much is raw talent? Does a graphic designer need to be able to draw? A graphic designer in my opinion needs to be a reasonable good artist and therefore must have raw talent. I have often wondered if there are good designers out there who can’t draw? When I was ... More About: Design , Talent , Tale , Lent
The Potential of Webcams for Graphic Design
2007-08-07 11:31:00 I have recently taken a few online french lessons with Telefrench where a French tutor (in Paris) teaches you one on one by webcam or headset. I was a little dubious at first, but with a couple of free trial lessons I figured I had nothing to lose. It turns out it was great and ... More About: Design , Graphic Design , Webcams , Graphic , Graph
Channel 4 Ident Animation Competition
2007-08-06 21:32:00 Channel 4 are holding a competition to design a Channel 4 animated ident. “What is required? A written treatment, storyboard and/or rough animatic for a 15-second sting - plus your current showreel. The prize is to have your idea realised and worked up with a 4Creative art director, then go on to make the ident at the ... More About: Animation , Competition , Channel , Channel 4 , Petit
Distracted by the Brand Licensing Show 2007
2007-08-06 09:51:00 First I must apologise I have been a little distracted for the last week or so. Instead of ideas for blog posts my head has been filled with the Brand Licensing Show 2007 October in Olympia, London. I am not sure whether I am being sensible or more likely crazy but I have booked some ... More About: Trac
What Do You Want on Graphic Design Blog?
2007-08-04 08:24:00 Graphic Design Blog has been going for nearly 6 months now and I wanted to say a big thank you to every one who reads and contributes to the conversation. What would you like to see on Graphic Design Blog in the next few months, are there any topics you would like to be covered? ... More About: Graphic , Graph
Freelancer Focus 3rd August 2007
2007-08-03 10:17:00 Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Pawel Grabowski (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. 1. Your name? Pawel Grabowski 2. Where are you are based (Country/Area)? Ireland 3. What ... More About: Freelancing , August , August 2007 , Lance
What Makes a Good Art Director?
2007-08-02 09:22:00 A Guest Post by Jeff Williams As a senior designer, I’m occasionally asked to take the role of art director on small projects. This new role has gotten me thinking about what makes a good art director. I’ve worked with art directors who inspire their designers to produce great work and I’ve worked with art directors ... More About: Good , Art Director , Director , Dire , Rect
What Makes a Good Art Director?
2007-08-02 09:22:00 A Guest Post by Jeff Williams As a senior designer, I’m occasionally asked to take the role of art director on small projects. This new role has gotten me thinking about what makes a good art director. I’ve worked with art directors who inspire their designers to produce great work and I’ve worked with art directors ... More About: Good , Art Director , Director , Dire , Rect
Quick Tips for Design Mock-ups and Presentation
2007-08-01 09:31:00 When I first started in design if someone said they needed a design mocking up I used to break out in a cold sweat. I always seem to end with a brochure page upside down and enough spraymount in my hair that I could be in a commercial for ultra hold hair gel. Over the ... More About: Design , Tutorials , Tips , Quick , Presentation
Quick Tips for Design Mockups and Presentation
2007-08-01 09:31:00 When I first started in design if someone said they needed a design mocking up I used to break out in a cold sweat. I always seem to end with a brochure page upside down and enough spraymount in my hair that I could be in a commercial for ultra hold hair gel. Over the ... More About: Design , Tutorials , Tips , Quick , Presentation
Two Graphic Design Competitions
2007-07-31 17:30:00 A couple of Graph ic Design Competitions are currently running that I thought may be of interest to some of you: Helvetica Now Poster Competition Helvetica Now Poster Contest invites entries for their poster design competition. Works which are published or unpublished may be submitted on the theme of “the role of type in modern day life, and ... More About: Graphic Design
Two Graphic Design Competitions
2007-07-31 17:30:00 A couple of Graph ic Design Competitions are currently running that I thought may be of interest to some of you: Helvetica Now Poster Competition Helvetica Now Poster Contest invites entries for their poster design competition. Works which are published or unpublished may be submitted on the theme of “the role of type in modern day life, and ... More About: Graphic Design
Blog Design with a Difference
2007-07-31 09:49:00 So you want a blog? Most of us either search for a template to adapt to our liking or the technically minded start from scratch and create their layout. So usually you’d start with a header, content area and one or two side bars, sounds pretty logical doesn’t it. Take a look at the website and ... More About: Design , Blogging , Blog , Difference , Ferenc
Blog Design with a Difference
2007-07-31 09:49:00 So you want a blog? Most of us either search for a template to adapt to our liking or the technically minded start from scratch and create their layout. So usually you’d start with a header, content area and one or two side bars, sounds pretty logical doesn’t it. Take a look at the website and ... More About: Design , Blogging , Blog , Difference , Ferenc
Guitars Customised with your Designs Online
2007-07-30 09:58:00 Most people know that these days its fairly straight forward to get a t-shirt, mug or mousemat printed online, but now you can also customise a guitar. Being a bit of a guitar fan myself when I heard that Peavey Guitars were doing a similar thing that Cafepress did with t-shirts, but with guitars I ... More About: Online , Custom , Designs , With You
Guitars Customised with your Designs Online
2007-07-30 09:58:00 Most people know that these days its fairly straight forward to get a t-shirt, mug or mousemat printed online, but now you can also customise a guitar. Being a bit of a guitar fan myself when I heard that Peavey Guitars were doing a similar thing that Cafepress did with t-shirts, but with guitars I ... More About: Online , Custom , Designs , With You
Freelancer Focus 27th July 2007
2007-07-27 08:32:00 Freelancer Focus is (hopefully) a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Bryan Zimmerman (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. 1. Your name? Bryan Zimmerman 2. What type of work do ... More About: Freelancing , July 2007 , July , Lance
Freelancer Focus 27th July 2007
2007-07-27 08:32:00 Freelancer Focus is (hopefully) a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Bryan Zimmerman (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. 1. Your name? Bryan Zimmerman 2. What type of work do ... More About: Freelancing , July 2007 , July , Lance
If Graphic Design was Like the Movies?
More articles from this author:2007-07-26 10:49:00 If graphic design was like the movies every brochure would need an extra couple of pages at the back. Just think, at the end of every movie everyone from the top movie stars down to the person who made the coffee gets a credit. If in the graphic design world we took a leaf ... More About: Movies , Design , Graphic Design , Graphic , Graph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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