A couple of days ago I saw someone had posted a story to: “People used to stand for something” by Jordan Allen on my tweetdeck which soon got me wondering: “What do I, as a designer, stand for?”. My natural reflex started tossing adjectives in my mind such as ethical, moral, sustainable, green, socially [...]
As a corporate branding designer I’ve noticed that I run up into a lot of competition for major key words such as: logo design, company logo design, & professional logo design. Since these keywords are dominated by a select group of design studios and corporate branding experts I assumed that their work would be exceptionally [...]
The iPhone’s smooth, slick, and minimalistic design is completely devoid of being associated with either gender. Despite it’s rounded edges it doesn’t cater towards the female market nor does large viewing screen it’s abundance of technology/applications cater towards the technical male crowd.
Why would a designer or an artist take on a project where they have no idea of what they’re doing? It would be common sense not to, but below are a list of reasons that seem to trump common sense:
The job’s payout is too good to resist
You’re fresh out of college / freelancing and are [...]
Let’s start with the things that DON’T and NEVER will make a good designer in any field:
(It’s great and productive to have -some- of these things, but God help you if you think it entitles you to some sort of designer title).
Black Rimmed Glasses. – I know for a fact they don’t give you a [...]
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