Category: Graphic Design
From the Design Desk: Bleed it Out
“Does the file have bleeds?” AlphaGraphics presents…The Bleeds – The Movie! If this question makes about as much sense to you as picas to pixels, you aren’t alone. Before you reach for the band-aids, take …
From the Design Desk:The Perfect Palette
Last week I was driving home a few days after the massive snowstorm that blanketed the enitre midwest in a foot of snow. It was early evening and the sun had just begun to set, …
From the Design Desk: A Tale of Type
My graphic design professor in college was an avid collector of letterpress type. We had an old hand-cranked press in the art building, and got to experience first-hand how to arrange and place type. There’s …
The Designer’s Deserted Island Plan
I’m usually the first person to admit that I’m in way over my head on a project. I had all sorts of grand ideas over the holidays for homemade gifts. Two and a half hand-sewn, …
Keep It Simple, But Never Stupid
By Stephanie Ringold,Graphic Designer,AGCarmel Think of the absolute best logo you’ve ever seen. What does it look like? A good logo is built on carefully planned use of both positive and negative space – like …
From the Design Desk: My Obsession with Fonts
by Stephanie Ringold, Graphic Designer, AGCarmel About a year ago, there were over 900 fonts on my home computer. Today I’ve whittled that number down to 350 or so, but that still doesn’t stop …