Featured articles
With more than 300 articles on my website, here’s a quick alternative to looking through the category sections.
Dealing with designers
- Spec work in the internet age
- 20 questions that clients ask before choosing a designer
- Design pricing and when to talk money
- How do you write a graphic design brief?
- Common client misconceptions in graphic design
- First steps to graphic design pricing
- Spec work can damage your business
- How exactly should I hire a designer?
- Logo design contests are bad for business
Graphic design
- Top 50 graphic design blogs
- The 5 hats of graphic designers
- What is graphic design?
- How important are laws of design?
- Your favourite graphic design books
- USA vs the Rest of the World, a graphic design comparison
Logos
- My logo design process
- What’s your logo worth?
- What makes a great logo?
- Do you follow logo design trends?
- The world’s best logo designers?
- Logo of the month #4
Typography
- Typography resources
- 13 typefaces every graphic designer needs
- Typography tips and advice for graphic design students
Web development
- What does your website say about you?
- 5 easy steps to building trust online
- 5 important design aspects of any website or blog
- The 30 month evolution of my online graphic design portfolio
- Google Analytics: referring sites
- The importance of a quality web host
Blogging
- The psychology of blog publishing
- Should links open in a new window?
- 13 of the best WordPress plugins
- 6 tips to improve your blog articles
- What is RSS?
- One very simple step to build your social networks
- Here’s what happens when you get on the front page of Digg
- Celebrate your blog milestones
- The Face Behind The Blog Collection
Advertising
- Advertising to children: right or wrong?
- The power of subliminal advertising
- The twisted reality of fashion advertising
- Google AdSense makes you look unprofessional?
Business cards
- My personal business card
- Are these good or bad business cards?
- The business card of an American Psycho
- Cool business card designs
- What makes a good business card?
Branding
- How SONY killed their brand? A case study
- Use your avatar to build brand recognition
- What are the top aspects of successful branding?
Poster design
Printing
- 12 money-saving questions to ask before printing your promotional material
- Design guide for print
- How paper can critically affect the colour of your printed product
Art
- The fragile magic of paper
- Focus on art: Octavio Ocampo
- The alphabet, but not as we know it
- Light drawing and light writing
- The graffiti project on Kelburn Castle
- Anamorphosis and the art of chalk pavement drawing
- Flags of contemplation
Music
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