Category: Graphic Design
Design Desk | Copyright Conflict
How to protect yourself from copyright infringement and violations My uncle is a self-taught photographer. He built his own portrait studio from the ground up to become one of the most respected and prolific studios …
Design Desk | Outsmart Your Spellcheck
Learning not to rely on autocorrect can help you fix mistakes before they happen My mother isn’t the most tech-savvy when it comes to her cell phone. For a while, she got into using the …
Marketing 101 | The Importance of Storytelling in Print
Grow your brand by telling a story instead of just self-promotion. When you think of examples of great commercials or advertisements, a lot of the best examples are clips or images that tell a story. …
Design Desk | Print Design FAQ’s
The Top Five Mistakes People Make in Print Design Every now and then I like to do a bit of a Print FAQ refresh, because we get new customers all the time who aren’t familiar …
Design Desk | Type Culture
I am so behind on all the things I would normally be gushing about by now – I barely watched any of the Super Bowl ads and I completely forgot to record the Olympic Opening …
From the Design Desk: Applying User Experience to Print Design
I didn’t understand for a long time what people were talking about when they discussed UI/UX design. I didn’t even know what the acronyms stood for (User Interface/User Experience) for longer than I care to admit, …
From the Design Desk: Finding the Right Fonts
It’s no secret how much I love fonts, especially well-designed script and hand-drawn fonts. I will find excuses to use them in our own internal branding as often as I am able. When it comes …
From the Design Desk: Designing for Experience
My friends and I play a lot of board games, ranging from super simple card games to the complicated games that can take several hours to play. Tabletop gaming is enjoying a sort of renaissance, …
From the Design Desk: Trifold and True Brochure Design – Best Practices
A solid brochure is a basic essential for any marketing toolkit. With more versatility than a business card or rack card, a standard trifold brochure is a great tool for presenting information in an easy …
From the Design Desk: The Designer’s Arsenal – Finding the Right Tool for the Job
Kleenex, Band-Aids, Q-Tips, and Post-Its. What do all these products have in common? Well, technically, it’s not the what the products have in common – it’s the brand. All of these are brand names that …