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Graphic Design Cookbook
2007-06-29 11:09:00 A little while ago I came across a small paper back book in our local bookshop called The Graph ic Design Cookbook , with a slogan - mix and max recipes for faster, better layouts, sounded interesting so I bought it. Essentially what the book does is picks and element of a design layout for example page ... More About: Graphic Design
Toy Paper Designs I Stumbled On
2007-06-27 11:00:00 I love modern character design, and I stumbled upon a site called www.toypaper.co.uk/ which combines character design with origami. There are little characters, monsters and other items which you can print out and make up into 3D pieces. Some are even left blank so you can customise them yourself. What a fun idea, great ... More About: Paper , Designs , Bled
Website Looks Great But Does it Work?
2007-06-25 11:47:00 I came across the www.duboismeetsfugger.com which is a flash based site, that takes a few minutes to load but to me it looks great. It is features kind of qwirky simple cartoons, with a little character thats goes with you through the website. The navigation is totally different too - you click on a ... More About: Web Design , Website , Work , Great , Look
Design Obsessed at the Opticians
2007-06-21 11:42:00 A while ago I read a post at Noisey Decent Graphics called The Design Disease and I am sorry to say I have caught it. The article basically discusses how if you are a designer you notice things that non designers just wouldn’t. I realised I had a serious dose of design disease when I ... More About: Opti , The O
Forgotten Tools of Graphic Design
2007-06-19 11:22:00 If you are as old as I am you may remember some of the ridiculous graphic design tools we used to use. I can remember some of the list of things I was given to buy for my design college course, magic markers, rotring pens, type gauge. I never did quite work out how ... More About: Design , Tools , Graphic Design , Graphic , Gott
Logo Parody
2007-06-18 11:03:00 I recently signed up for google alerts on “logo design” and nearly everyone of them has been about the Olympic logo. I then received an email from a friend of some spoofs of the Olympic logo which I found quite amusing. Take a look. There are definitely some designers out there with too much time on ... More About: Parody , Logo
Poster Design Competition with Big Prizes
2007-06-17 11:00:00 I thought some of you may be interested to hear of a poster design competition with several prizes including a first prize of USD $10,000. The Taiwan International Poster Design Award 2007 The China Productivity Center has announced “Humanitarian Concern” as the special theme for the third Taiwan International Poster Design Award 2007. The deadline for entries ... More About: Competition , Competitions , Prizes
Graphic and Web Design Help Online
2007-06-15 11:06:00 One of the things I love about the internet is being able to share knowledge. If you are stuck on a design project whether it’s a technical or creative issue there are plenty of good online design forums to go for help. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/ Site Point is one of my favourite forums for technical advice. It includes sections ... More About: Web Design , Design , Online , Graphic , Line
Staring at Vineyards Helps Creativity?
2007-06-14 12:38:00 …At least that’s what I am hoping, as this afternoon I am off on holiday to a gite in France for a couple of weeks, the same place we went last year with views over the hills and vineyards. My brother (25) is house sitting, so I can only hope our house is in one ... More About: Vineyards , Creativity , Staring
Freelancing and Time Management
2007-06-13 09:33:00 Lauren at http://www.laurenmarie.net/ suggested I write a post about freelancing and time management. I am not quite sure I have mastered the art of juggling time yet but here are my answers to Lauren’s questions. How do you manage your time when you work out of your home? Usually I am pretty self motivated, If I have ... More About: Management , Freelancing , Time , Time Management , Mana
Student Design Exhibitions
2007-06-12 08:27:00 On Sunday my boyfriend and I went back to my old College, actually it was his old college too, but not for design, and we didn’t know each other then. When we were there it was known as Nene College, but now it’s the University of Northampton, which sounds much better . The college ... More About: Design , Student , Exhibitions , Exhibit
New Theme Sorry For Any Problems
2007-06-11 20:32:00 As you may have noticed I have a new theme in place. Sorry if this has caused you any problems on the site today. Being the CSS dummy that I am, I got as far with the theme as I could on a test site, but then had to bring in someone to sort out ... More About: Problems , Theme
Poster Designs I StumbledUpon
2007-06-11 17:03:00 I have my Stumbleupon characteristics set to design and every now and again when I am bored or looking for some interesting design I may never have come across other wise I press the Stumbledupon button and see where it takes me. It was in this way I stumbled on the posters of John ... More About: Poster , Designs , Bled
Character Design Based on Your Ideas
2007-06-09 10:32:00 A couple of days ago I posted some of my Weather Pops characters designs and attempts to get published. Thank you to Lauren Siong Susanna Randa Paul Tess Jennifer David Tracey for your words of encouragement and suggestions, many of which I will be taking on board. I really liked Randa’s idea for a ... More About: Ideas , Design , Character , Base , Char
Coley Porter Bell Student Design Competition - Call for Entries
2007-06-09 09:02:00 Coley Porter Bell have just announced the launch of their SHINE 2007 design award open to all 2nd year graphic design students graduating in 2008. There is a prize of £3000 plus a 3 month paid work placement at Coley Porter Bell. Deadline for entries is 22nd June 2007. The full details can be ... More About: Design , Competition , Student , Call
Online Art and Design Newspaper
2007-06-08 09:41:00 I received a google alert about an online design and art newspaper called Art Daily, which sounded interesting so I thought I would take a look. Art Daily claims to be the first Art News Paper on the Net. The home page features the latest Art and Design News along with various art videos, currently ... More About: Art and Design , Online , Line , Design News
Adium Multi Messenger for Mac - Yahoo, MSN, IChat
2007-06-07 12:56:00 Most of my friends use MSN messenger, so that is what I had been using too up until about 6 months ago, when one of my clients said it would be nice to be able to contact me on iChat. I must admit I had never really used iChat as no-one I knew used it. ... More About: Yahoo , Blogging , Multi , Messenger , Messe
My Character Designs and Attempts to Get Published
2007-06-06 13:36:00 Where I was working about 5 years ago it was a very quiet, so I was doing a bit of sketching in my ideas book and had an idea to create some kids characters, which I initially called The Weather Girls. I have no idea where the idea came from but I was playing around ... More About: Published , Character , Designs , Char , Hara
Design and Advertising Influences Every Part of Our Lives
2007-06-05 14:47:00 Have you ever thought about the fact that design and advertising influences nearly every part of our lives and is part of a lot of decisions we make? You get up, woken by the alarm… By the Alarm clock you have chosen - why did you choose it, perhaps you liked the design, perhaps it was cheap. ... More About: Design , Advertising , Part , Lives , Influence
A Unique Perspective on Pavement Art
2007-06-05 13:30:00 In case you have never seen the work of Julian Beever you have to take a look. A friend of mine read about him in a newspaper and pointed me to his images. When you imagine a pavement artist you imagine flat chalk pictures, but this guy is totally different, his work actually looks ... More About: Unique , Ique , Pavement , Perspective , Nique
Tips for a Design Interview
2007-06-04 10:11:00 In an interview situation I have always felt quite fortunate to be a graphic designer, unlike many other jobs you have your prop, your talking point - your portfolio. This being said I think your portfolio must be ready for the interview and you must be ready to sell your work to a potential ... More About: Design , Tips , Interview
Ease Traffic - Work from Home
2007-06-01 09:23:00 I am not very politically minded, but one thing that annoys me is the traffic congestion on the roads, and no-one has come up with the simple answer - WORK FROM HOME. Luckily I work from home and rarely have to battle the rush hour traffic, but I am amazed when I do. ... More About: Traffic , Home , Work , Ease
Face Behind my Blog
2007-05-31 10:30:00 Some of you may know I was a bit reluctant to take part in this meme, but I have now been tagged twice, thanks (I think?) David and Randa so here goes. To be honest I couldn’t find many photos of me, probably because I always have a firm hold on the camera and so ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Face , Behind
Do you Remember your First Time (Freelancing that is)?
2007-05-30 09:31:00 I think one of the most frightening and exciting times of my career was when I decided to go freelance, it was one of the thing had wanted to do for several years but never quite had the guts to. About five years ago I used to work for a company in Cambridgeshire, I got on ... More About: Freelancing , Time , That , First Time , Elan
Do Designers Think Alike Logo Sketches
2007-05-29 09:40:00 I had read a lot of articles showing one logo that looked like another and so a few weeks ago thought it might be fun to try an experiment to see of Designers Think Alike. I am not saying they do, but I do think design trends, fashion and even sometimes the letters in a ... More About: Sketches , Logo , Sketch , Like
Graffiti without the Guilt
2007-05-28 17:07:00 Some graffiti is truly art, other is just plain destruction, but have you ever fancied showing off your artistic skills or lack of them, maybe on a London Bus or City Wall? I came across a site called www.zewall.com yesterday where you can do just that. You choose where you want to paint - ... More About: Graffiti , Guilt , The G
Freelance Rates Calculator PDF
2007-05-26 20:03:00 If you are thinking of freelancing it is always difficult to know what to charge. Of course a lot is dependant on where you live, the type of work you do and your experience, but to give you a guide of what you would need to charge to cover your living expenses etc Lauren Krause ... More About: Calculator , Freelancing , Freelance , Lance , Rates
Graphic Design Bloopers Competition Results
2007-05-25 08:52:00 Thank you to everyone who took part in the Graphic Design Bloopers Competition . The entries were as follows. Steve at www.cymru66.com Nearly 2000 Shamrock Marathon finishers (me included) are now the proud owners of a one of a kind race medal. The not so deliberate mistake is the missing “I” in Virginia. Yes, that’s right, the ... More About: Graphic Design , Results , Competitions
CSSEdit an Easier Way to Edit CSS Based Web Designs on the Mac
2007-05-24 10:58:00 I had been reading a lot about CSSEdit lately and decided to give it a try. CSSEdit enables you to edit both live and local websites which have external CSS style sheets. I have been using it to try to edit a template for this blog. On of the first things that struck me about ... More About: Web Design , Base , Designs
A Quick Update
More articles from this author:2007-05-23 13:02:00 Its all gone completely mad over here but I guess that’s just what it means to be a freelancer. I have been designing brochures and folder options in record time, and then an urgent logo design followed too. I have stacks more work to follow too, I thought I’d just take a quick breather to ... More About: Update , Quick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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