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Exhibition Success - 10 Top Tips 2008-06-06 08:53:49 Simple Banners
I designed an attractive exhibition banner today (below) for Naturessence.
I note that events and exhibitions are very popular with small business owners. Some business owners however (due to the high cost of most stalls in large exhibitions) have found them a bit hit and miss in terms of profitability.
Therefore here are my [...] Read more:Exhibition
, Success
New Illustration Style - Freedom! 2008-06-02 07:42:26 Over a week ago (I was away in Spain last week) I completed the design of this character for free as part of my ‘freebies’ promotions recently promoted on the main Truly Ace web site. I’m extremely taken with her.
Designing things that when completed actually excite me often tends to come hand in hand with [...] Read more:Illustration
, Style
, Freedom
In 11 Weeks Cariad Was Born 2008-05-21 13:28:18 Well, here’s another design for Cariad Hypnotherapy. Over the last 11 weeks since project work commenced we have completed their logo design, stationery, corporate greeting cards, and now we have reached completion of the website design also. Read more:Weeks
Designers Who Blog Write-Up 2008-05-21 12:52:33 I applied to the very popular ‘Designers
-Who-Blog’ website some time ago, which showcases, well - ‘designers who blog’ (does what it says on the tin), and hadn’t heard anything and so thought maybe I’d been forgotten.
Then last week whilst checking my inbound links I found the piece written about me by Cat (click), it’s really [...] Read more:Write
When Is It Time For A Rebrand? 2008-05-20 10:19:44 You know it’s time for a rebrand when;
1. You look at your brand image and it seems ‘retro’, and not in a good way.
2. Your logo design no longer represents your business well. Companies do tend to ‘evolve’ over time. Have your products/services and/or your brand ethos changed so much the logo isn’t pulling [...]
Cute Badges For You 2008-05-15 17:16:49 Cast your eyes to the right in the ‘Pages’ section in the right hand navigation, I have created some cute badges for you to use…. Read more:Badges
Sybarite - A Whole New World 2008-05-07 07:00:28 Image Courtesy of Visibly-Vintage
Sybarite dolls… a whole other world; where fashion meets art, style & photography.
Sybarite: A general term for describing one fond of pleasure and luxury. Read more:Whole
, World
Simply Surrey Launches & Innovates 2008-05-06 08:04:08 Simply Surrey have recently launched their innovative property acquisition service and advanced website following their brand design project progressed with us over the last couple of months.
If you visit their sample client area (link to this in the left hand navigation panel) you will see that what they are offering clients is more than your [...]
Using Stock Art 2008-05-04 17:02:02 The use of stock art is prolific in the graphic design world, you only have to visit websites such as www.istockphoto.com to know that there is a huge demand for stock art, and it’s not just the punters asking for it.
By punters I mean customers and business owners, excuse the crass wording, but it just [...] Read more:Stock
Corporate Greeting Card Design 2008-05-04 15:24:53 I’ve just completed a corporate greetings card design for Cariad Hypnotherapy, I spoke about them last month …. Cariad Logo Design Project
The design is shown below… Read more:Greeting
Cheap Logo Design 2008-06-12 16:41:41 Cheap Logo Design - a business owners dream and a very achievable one. Below is a list of some ‘cheap logo design’ websites I found, and my accompanying comments of course
Lets start with an in-depth look at;
£25 Logo
On the surface of it a professional looking website, not quite sure what the swirls are [...] Read more:Cheap
10 Basic Logo Design Errors 2008-06-23 12:02:18 A few basics to avoid when designing a company logo include;
1. Gradients within in the logo design typeface.
2. Excessive use of drop-shadows within the logo design. Care must taken especially when used in combination with gradients.
3. Rainbow gradients within the font or graphics of the logo design.
4. Marrying together bold primary colours such as bright [...] Read more:Basic
, Errors
Chicken Or The Egg; Logo Or The Brand? 2008-07-01 15:11:20 Which comes first? The logo or the brand?
Best practice tells us that the brand should come first. A new company from the outset must first decide on it’s ethos, it’s intended behaviour, it’s target market, how it’s going to reach that market and with what marketing messages (ie it’s brand) before even thinking about designing [...] Read more:Brand
, Chicken
New Government Logo Ridiculed 2008-07-16 15:11:26 The OGC (Office of Government
Commerce) rebranded and launched their new £14,000 identity to staff by plastering it all over office mousemats, pens and more, only to face ridicule when within seconds staff spotted a rather innuendos ’slant’ to the design when viewed on it’s side.
Eco Friendly Printing Service Launchs 2008-07-15 07:36:11 Concerned about what your customers think of you? You should be - and Stationery Direct printing service can help improve that all important company image. Read more:Friendly
, Printing
, Service
10 Golden Tips For Packaging Design 2008-07-14 15:20:43 I opened my fridge the other day and saw these beauties above inside - I actually gasped in joy at their design when I set eyes on them.
These cans where purchased by my husband and when quizzed on his purchase motives he replied; Read more:Golden
, Packaging
PR Success For Beauty Brand 2008-07-10 13:58:45 Well, well, look at Naturessence - only a year has passed since I created their brand design, products labels and such, and now they are sitting in an internationally distributed magazine, side by side with non other than brands like Body Shop and Origins.
Sublime magazine took a fancy to Naturessence for their piece on Vintage [...] Read more:Beauty
, Success
, Brand
Four Years Of Business Success 2008-07-09 10:27:23 Big thanks to The Urban Kitchen today who sent me these very delightful gifts to thank me for my assistance over the years since they started their business.
The Urban Kitchen approached Truly Ace in 2004 to design a brand image for their gourmet catering business.
The Urban Kitchen not only offer corporate catering, and [...] Read more:Business
, Success
, Years
, Four Years
, Business Success
20 Signs Of A Professional Graphic Designer 2008-07-31 17:44:59 You know you’ve become a professional designer who loves their work when;
1. You have developed a shiny patch on your mouse hand where you hand rubs over the desk about a zillion times a day.
2. The corresponding patch below your mouse is worn away on the desk. Read more:Graphic
, Designer
Logo Design Everywhere 2008-07-28 15:40:48 Are you ready to put your logo design and website url everywhere? Do you put it everywhere? Read more:Logo Design
Vintage Retail Inspiration 2008-07-22 15:34:01 Eighty One Graphic Design recently blogged about being inspired by a foray into the retail world (shopping), and I commented that indeed I too am extremely inspired by what I see when out and about and often take photos with my new super fab mobile phone camera.
So talking of retail inspiration, I was wowed when [...] Read more:Vintage
, Retail
, Inspiration
Credit Crunch Pinching Yet? 2008-07-22 06:47:41 As the credit crunch forces businesses to tighten their belts across the country, ask yourself before you tighten your own belt if what your business needs right now is less marketing and less promotion?
During a downturn it’s common for marketing budgets to be cut, however there are other ways of reducing your spending during a [...] Read more:Crunch
, Credit Crunch
Urban Colour Pallettes 2008-08-11 14:07:45 Inspiration is all around us.
David Airey said on his logo design blog two months ago that nature provides some of the most striking and beautiful colour palletes imaginable. I thought this was an exceptionally clever observation.
Yesterday these words came to mind as I sat outside of a cafe in bustling Birmingham City centre, enjoying a [...] Read more:Urban
, Colour
Active Dentistry Design Project 2008-09-08 08:38:14 Recently Active
Dental very kindly posted some of their literature to me. We’ve been designing for them extensively over the last few months and I’m very pleased with the results. Read more:Dentistry
, Project
Guest Blogging For ‘Brands Of The World’ 2008-09-07 15:25:55 Do you like my graphic design blogs?
Well now you can read more of them on the highly popular ‘Brands
Of The World
’ website! That’s right, I’m regularly guest blogging at Brands Of The World
My blogs here are ’small business owner’ centric and aimed at my clients and potential clients - to help them [...] Read more:Guest
, Blogging
10 Of My Fav Visual Movies 2008-09-04 15:05:17 If you are a visual/creative person you will love these movies. I’m a big fan of technicolour movies, musicals and many other films that I think are ‘visually interesting’.
I’ve mentioned shopping before as a visual treat, and film is another great place to go for creative inspiration. How many of these movies have you seen?
1. [...] Read more:Visual
10 Tips To Shake Off A Creative Block 2008-09-03 17:00:18 Everyone, at least every now and then gets stuck for ideas…designers get stuck for creative ideas, and the same can be said for many professionals where creativity and ideas are needed on a regular basis.
Constantly churning out fresh new ideas and concepts can drain the old creative juices, but there are things you can do [...] Read more:Shake
Decorating & Branding 2008-08-26 17:40:30 I’ve been doing a lot of home decorating this month - well when I say that, I mean paying other people to decorate for me ….however there has been lots of time invested in planning, colour schemes, furniture shuffling and what not.
Hence the lack of much blogging this month - I’ve been seriously time [...] Read more:Decorating
, Branding
Designs For Niche Marketing 2008-08-26 16:23:43 A niche market is a specific portion of the market that you can focus your marketing efforts on. Often by targeting a niche like this the business that does so is addressing a need that hasn’t been fully serviced by existing providers.
A niche can be indentified by seeking out a smaller customer base that are [...] Read more:Designs
, Marketing
, Niche Marketing
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