Graphic Design

“Do it yourself” logos

I was peacefully surfing the internet, in a moment of cyber relaxation. Suddenly I realize my Firefox has an open tab with some site waiting to be looked at and, wondering whether lack of coffee was getting to my head or my touchpad decided I clicked on some Google link, I clicked on the tab.

There it was: an automated logo creation site! It’s called “Make My Own Logo.”

Spec Work: the Fine Line

The other day I was sitting in a restaurant with my colleagues, happy to put my teeth onto some Italian gnocchi with tomato and basilico (basil.) We just had a meeting, but there were questions I couldn’t ask in that meeting as they were not pertinent.

I thought—let’s see what these other designers think about spec work, so there was my question, “What do you do with a client who asks you to make changes to a design concept? How many times do you allow them to do it, and do you even have something in the contract about this?”

NO!SPEC Launches

The NO!SPEC crusade has recently launched its web site in an effort to educate both creatives and those who buy their services about the dangers and damaging effects caused by speculative work and contests. The initiative was developed by a group of visual communication designers across the globe who share a common passion for their industry, ethical business practices and wanted to take a firm stand on the issue of speculative (“spec”) work requests. The site can be found at www.no-spec.com.

How to Write a Great Case Study

So, what is a Case Study?

A case study demonstrates how a specific situation was initially identified, which solution was selected to resolve the issue, and a summary of the final results.

In the IT world, case studies tend to be short; somewhere between 300-500 words.

In general, aim for three pages, and include one graphic per page at most. Anything more and it looks like ‘hard sell’; case studies typically adopt a ‘soft-sell’ approach.

Creativity Wanted

For an Italy based initiative with international scope, aimed at giving exposure to new designers

An Interesting Podcast on Spec Work

Brought to you by Be a Design Group and AIGA Nebraska President Drew Davies

Why Your Clients Ask You to Work on Spec

Maybe you'll find the answer in this question: Why do you buy the train ticket?

Tip O’ the Day: Collect Design Samples

Find inspiration or just keep a record what you don't like

Working With A Designer

You have this brilliant promotional idea and you want to materialize it in a printed booklet. Or you need a logo, a flyer, a borchure and you need a designer to design it for you, but you don’t know where to begin. You are not totally sure that you understand what the designer is saying, ...

Colour Perception

Choosing colours is influenced by many things. Certain colours elicit certain emotional responses, or they represent different things in different locations around the world. Colours also communicate visual depths, certai ncolour combinations will make objects appear near or far. Colours however are not absolute to the human eye. For example yellow doesn’t always look yellow. ...