Monthly Archives: April 2008

Best Graphic Design Career and Business Books - Ultimate List of Books for Freelancers & New Designers

April 27, 2008 – 7:42 pm

Best Graphic Design Career and Business Books - Ultimate List of Books for Freelancers & New Designers
I decided to compile a list of the best graphic design career and business books collected from reading people's favorites listed on forum posts and blogs. I came up with the following graphic design career and [...]

By admin Posted in Design Careers, Lists 8 Comments

Podcast for Freelance Graphic Designers

April 26, 2008 – 11:57 pm

Lindsay Marsh, owner of Marsh Graphic Design has created several audio and video podcasts she calls the Freelancer. They cover various topics related to the freelance graphic designer. She plans on doing these pretty regularly and from what we see there is a lot of potential here. I suggest you check them out.
The [...]

By admin Posted in Design Careers, Hot in Design Daily 1 Comment

How to Choose the Right Fonts for Your Graphic Design Projects

April 22, 2008 – 10:18 pm

Photograph by Stephen Coles

How to Choose the Right Fonts for Your Graphic Design Projects

By Lois Knight
Feminine, masculine, serif, san serif, Script, Block, or one of the many custom type sets out there! It is enough to drive the sanest of graphic designers bonkers! Where do you look and how do you choose from [...]

By admin Posted in Fonts, Graphic Design 9 Comments

Designing A Catalog From Conception To Completion - A Catalog Design Tutorial

April 16, 2008 – 10:48 am

Designing A Catalog From Conception To Completion
By Elle Phillips, Elle Phillips Design
We are very excited to have Elle Phillips guest write for us this week. Please visit her fabulous portfolio to see more of her wonderful work. You will find that this catalog design article is very well written, informative, and extremely helpful. [...]

By admin Posted in Catalog Design Tutorials, Design Project Management, Graphic Design, Prepress 9 Comments

Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer - Angela Ferraro-Fanning

April 14, 2008 – 9:29 am

We are very excited to have Angela Ferraro-Fanning guest write for us this week. Please visit her fabulous portfolio to see more of her amazing work. Many of you will find that she is a graphic designer that is very talented and experienced. She wrote this article to guide you through her own [...]

By admin Posted in Graphic Design, Logo Design Tutorials 28 Comments

What Are The Different Types Of Printing - A Basic Guide to Printing for Graphic Designers

April 11, 2008 – 2:14 pm

What Are The Different Types Of Printing?
Not all printing companies are created equal. There are those that are able to give you full color printing for your marketing collaterals. Still there are printing houses that offer excellent offset printing to provide you a cost effective print job, hence, bigger savings.
Whatever kind of printer [...]

By admin Posted in Commercial Printing Process, Prepress 9 Comments

Demystifying Form and Function in Graphic Design Projects

April 8, 2008 – 1:11 pm

By Lois Knight
This is at the very heart of every good design, but what is it, and why do we need to remember it? As the rule suggests, this rule comes in 2 parts. What makes up the concept and who is going to see it? I can see that was clear as [...]

By admin Posted in Design Careers, Graphic Design, Graphic Design 101 4 Comments

How to Create an Effective Print Advertisement - Tips for Graphic Designers

April 4, 2008 – 4:34 pm

How to Create an Effective Print Ad – The Unconventional Wisdom of an Ad Maverick
Before writing this article, I perused the web looking to see what “experts” had to say about the subject of print ad design. The general consensus is to play it safe. Pshaw, I say! True [...]

By admin Posted in Graphic Design, Print Ads Design 3 Comments

You May be a Design Redneck … Some Design Humor

April 2, 2008 – 5:20 pm

You May be a Design Redneck...

By Lois Knight

I am an avid Jeff Foxworthy fan and have been since early in his career when he defined just what a redneck was. I am happy to report; I am a true redneck in good standing. But as a graphic designer I have noticed a few [...]

By admin Posted in Funny and Humor 5 Comments