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The importance of writing a good design brief
The very 1st step when we start the logo design process and any graphic design process really, is the design brief. The brief is our window into your thoughts, your tastes and ideas about what you want to see, what to hope to see in your design. It is so important to get this right, as the draft designs will reflect what you put into the brief. You wouldn’t believe the amount of times we hear things like “but you didn’t include….in the designs!”, and we reply, “but you didn’t put….into your brief, and we are not mind readers.” Here are some tips on writing the perfect brief, one that a graphic designer should be able to use to achieve …Read More »
Is graphic design dead?
I keep hearing terrible rumors that graphic design is dead. That people with no training in graphic design are picking up their smart phones and tablets, and graphic designing. Well, in part, this is true, phones and tablets are getting smarter by the day, and are helped along by some really great design apps. Canva is one of these apps, its actually really good, and if you have a little bit of creativity inside you, this will help bring it out. But what does this mean for graphic designers? I mean the professional ones, like myself, that earn a living from this art. Well, to be honest, I’m not scared. I think its great that people can pick up apps like …Read More »
2016 logo trends
As a logo designer, sometimes you have to work to trends, to be a trend setter is difficult. But this year we have ignored them, and gone our own way. So I decided to write this post based on some research I did of this years trends, and some of the logo’s we designed that seam to follow them. Simple Circle. As I was researching this post, I found this trend was a big one, using simple circles in the logo design. Some of the worlds top brands have adopted this trend in 2016, Asana, Opentable, and USA Today being some of them. Here is one of the logo’s we designed this year that follows suit: Half and half. I really like …Read More »