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How To Write A Design Brief (Getting A Quote)

When a client requests a quote, whether it’s a website design or a complete brand identity, a brief is needed before I can give an accurate estimate. Some designers and agencies offer set pricing on their websites before a brief is given. The reason I don’t do this is that each project needs to be […]
Ebaccs: Include Design

The government is planning to replace GCSE qualification with Ebacc, which will cover English, maths, science, languages and humanities, excluding design, art and creativity. The UK’s creative arts are respected and admired throughout the world. Vital, not only to our culture, but also to the post industrial economy. This will limit our children’s opportunities and […]
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design

The archive is a boxed compendium of 500 cards featuring some of the greatest pieces of graphic design from around the world. Covering a broad scope of design including logos and brand identity design, books, magazines, newspapers, posters, advertisements, typefaces, album covers and motion graphics from over 300 graphic designers. As well as the expected […]
The Expense of Cheap Design

If it’s really cheap, you’re probably paying too much. What I mean here is that a very low fee say under £300 in the UK, for a logo design means that the designer is almost certainly not doing much work for that money. A client came to me recently with a well established equine business. […]
How to Choose a Rubbish Domain Name

Quite often, businesses come to me that have a domain name that doesn’t represent their brand at all. I won’t give direct examples, but names along the lines of: liverpoolandmerseysidechildrensclothing.co.uk or southeastwallpapermanufacturer.co.uk (I did make sure that these ones don’t exist before laying into them!) The reason for this is usually an SEO company has […]
Horrible Design – A Halloween Special

Monsters, Inc Logo – Pixar What a brilliant logo the Monsters, Inc one is. Simple and clever, it’s just another example of the level of detail and consideration that goes into Pixar’s work. Great to hear that Pixar are making a prequel that will be out next year! American Werewolf in London – Olly Moss […]
15 Great Examples of Data Visualisation

Over the last few years data has been turboboosted with the evolution of the infographic. Although data visualisation is nothing new, this aspect of graphic design has leapt forward of late with ever more elegant and masterful solutions being devised. Here are some examples of great infographics. The Power of Pinterest An insight into […]