When designing business cards, often people get carried away with how they impact themselves, rather than thinking about how they will impact prospects.
You, the designer, get all carried away with the aesthetics, and spend hours looking for inspiration and deciding on the material, etc.
It’s all wrong.
Business cards are not about making people say, ‘cool’.
Nor are they about simply showing your skills as a designer.
Business cards are supposed to get you more business. They are meant to turn prospects into clients. Their cost should be well covered by the business they bring you.
Most business cards don’t do this. Click to Read More »»
The world is certainly not without humour.
Thankfully.
Whether it appears to be accidental or deliberate, there are some things in life which either make you roll your eyes at their stupidity, or laugh at how hilarious it may be.
Below are some funny (and odd) examples of design related things gone wrong, and turned on their head. Click to Read More »»
It’s the weekend. Time to leave off ‘work’ and brush up on your skills!
Here are some of the best Photoshop tutorials I’ve come across lately. Not all of them produce a great end product, or something which you could actually use. However, replicating them will help you to develop your skills, and execute what you need to do, better. Click to Read More »»
Design is very subjective, isn’t it? I mean, you only have to work with a few clients before you realise that what you thought was glaringly beautiful, isn’t to the satisfaction of the customer.
Of course, your initial nigh perfect design, tends to spiral downwards from there, in accordance with client instructions.
Personally, I have a preference for quality minimalism, skilful colour palettes, or designs using natural textures. Among the latter, are those designs, which use wooden textures to invoke different emotions to the visitor.
It’s not easy to pull off the ‘wooden’ look. In fact, it can look tacky very quickly, particularly if a tiled image is in use. However, some designers have manged to create some high-impact websites, using wooden textures.
Here are some of the best I know of. Please feel free to point to one’s I’ve missed, by leaving a comment.
1. The Things We Make – Nice work. It possibly helped land him a job at Carsonified recently.
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Not to be confused with Usability, Accessibility is all about giving equal access to everyone.
It has become a bit of a buzz-word over the last few years, in all areas of society. In the U.K. for example, there is now legislation in place, which demands certain design specifications for all new buildings, i.e.
- Doorways must have a clear opening width 800mm
- Corridors must have a clear width 1.2m
- Door handles must be 1m from the ground
- Light switches are to be placed at 1.3m from the ground
- Power sockets must be between a height of 350-500mm
All this for a minority of the population. Isn’t is all just a little over-the-top? Click to Read More »»
