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When is it the right time to re-design your website? 2008-08-03 08:01:31 After reading David Aireys blog post ‘Why are design
ers never 100% satisfied?’ we got thinking about our own online presence and whether it was still saying and doing what we wanted it to. The current version of the Eightyone Design website
is now about 18 months old and I wonder whether it is time for a [...]
Gender in Logo Design 2008-07-28 06:21:57 There are two of us here at Eightyone Design Steve (male) and Me (Lucinda - female). We can never stay out of each others projects (even when told to!) and often collaborate on work, particularly logo design as this is something that we are both equally passionate about.
My interest in gender and logo design started [...] Read more:Logo Design
WBR World Beach Rugby Summer 08 T-shirt Design and Development 2008-07-21 07:06:52 Beach Rugby
is the game of tag rugby played on the beach. The WBR World
Beach Rugby clothing brand was created by Lovell Rugby (The UK’s leading Online Rugby Store) in order to fill the quiet gap in trade between the end of season and pre-season training. Back in 2006, we designed the logo and [...] Read more:Beach
, Summer
, Development
Offline Creative Design Inspiration 2008-07-07 06:43:17 I have read a lot of useful blogs about where to find design inspiration online which is great when you need a little creative nudge. However, sometimes I feel that I need to get out of the office, escape the glow of my computer screen and free my mind a little. I’m sure you will [...] Read more:Offline
, Inspiration
When should a Graphic Designer stop designing? 2008-06-30 04:58:36 As a graphic designer, it’s very difficult to know when to stop designing. I know whenever we have a free minute to ourselves after a long day at work we immediately move on to our personal design projects. Or if there are no personal projects on the go we read design magazines and books or explore the [...] Read more:Graphic
, Designer
, Graphic Designer
Pattern design inspiration from Spain 2008-06-23 14:39:45 We’ve just returned home after a very sunny and relaxing holiday in Spain
(lucky us!) and I was inspired by the amount of gorgeous patterned tiles I saw whilst I was out there. So I’ve posted a few pics below.
I love the use of strong shapes and bold colour, I may choose one of the [...] Read more:design
, Pattern
Design development for Wakeham Asbestos 2008-06-18 16:36:44 Back in February we were approached by Wakeham, a new company in the asbestos industry who offers training and consultancy. The company required a full set of branding as well as brochure and website.
As with every design project, we start at the beginning - the logo. They felt that their industry was particularly male dominated [...] Read more:Asbestos
Why? Because I said so! 2008-06-09 06:00:18 You can either love them or hate them, but you have to agree that without them you’d have no business and no money to purchase all those sparkly and wondrous things us designers like to purchase. Personally I love them I find juggling their juxtaposed objectives and messages intriguing yet challenging, and it makes my [...]
How easy is it for a graphic designer to brand themselves? 2008-06-02 14:06:01 I don’t know about you, but it took us what seemed like decades to decide upon our name, logo and branding. We went through rigorous brain storming and research trying to iron out what we liked, what our market would like and what would stand out against the crowd.
Our main problem was that we wanted [...] Read more:themselves
Graphic design resources 2008-05-26 12:03:14 Whether it’s for design
inspiration or stock photography, there are a great deal of online resources out there for graphic designers. Here I list a few of the best online graphic design resources we have found:
Faveup.com - graphic design inspiration gallery
A great website for design inspiration. Categories are broken down into Logos, Business Cards, Flash [...] Read more:Graphic
How many Website Design companies??! 2008-08-16 12:50:23 Now I am not normally one to pass judgement on other people and other companies, but today I received a flyer through my letterbox from a startup website design company based in my area. Whenever I see a new company in our industry the first thing I do is log on to their website and [...] Read more:Website Design
Rip Curl Boardmasters Festival - Poster Designs 2008-08-12 15:17:43 We spent a very wet weekend at the annual Ripcurl Boardmasters Festival
held in Newquay, Cornwall. The Boardmasters event celebrates surf, skate and music with the Vans Skate competition, the Ripcurl Surf competition and the Unleashed Music Festival.
We were wondering through Newquay and found a Ripcurl shop sporting all the usual surf gear as well [...] Read more:Poster
, Designs
8 Items a Graphic Designer Would Take Back to School 2008-09-07 13:42:02 Well it’s that time of year here again in the UK, where you feel that chill in the air, the summer is practically over and children are getting ready to go back to school (if they haven’t already!).
I can’t say that I remember being particularly thrilled about putting on my uniform and heading off to [...] Read more:Items
, Graphic
, Designer
, School
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10 Inspiring Website Footer Designs 2008-09-01 14:48:53 So you are working on your latest online masterpiece and as you’re adding the final touches you lean back and notice the typography is looking smooth and the few simple images you have used are fitting in well. Everything above the waist is near to perfection, however you’ve forgotten one thing …. your footer.
I’ve recently [...] Read more:Designs
VW Camper Van Logo Designs 2008-08-23 14:29:16 Back in June, we posted an article entitled ‘When should a Graphic Designer stop designing?‘ in which we explored when a graphic designer should just say ‘NO!’ and stop adding designs to everything in sight.
In the article we pondered whether to add vehicle graphics to our beloved VW Camper
Van (something we are still undecided [...] Read more:Designs
Why does everyone think they are a graphic designer? 2008-09-22 05:00:09 I am probably right in saying that not many people would tell a mechanic how to fix your car, or lecture an electrician how to re-wire your house, so why does everyonethink
they can tell a graphic designer how to design? Friends and family all constantly give me creative advice and critique my work, [...]
20 Stunning Music CD Cover Designs 2008-09-16 03:39:56 My iPod is pretty much permanently attached to my hip. It is definitely my best friend and I never go anywhere without it. Music
enhances my day, improves my mood and certainly helps get those creative juices flowing.
I was flicking through my album art and was surprised to find what an awesome selection I had so thought [...] Read more:Stunning
, Cover
, Designs
What should a graphic designer wear? 2008-10-15 03:15:07 As freelance graphic designers we enjoy a lot of freedom; the freedom to work from home - in a comfortable environment, the freedom to work the hours that are suitable for us and the freedom to decline projects that we think just aren’t right for us.
One freedom I particularly enjoy, which I’ve never really noticed [...]
1 Outstanding Reason I love top 10 lists! 2008-10-09 03:08:25 We often submit articles to the usual design blog submission sites such as Design Bump and Design Float and receive a lot of traffic from these (thank you to the good people from these sites!). However, I have been reading a lot of blog articles lately about how to boost traffic to your blog. Many of them [...] Read more:Reason
5 reasons you should detach yourself from your digital world 2008-09-30 13:45:02 I have recently given in to temptation and bought the new iPhone 3G which I have been admiring from a distance for quite a while. The main reason for wanting the phone was the ability to sync my mac calendars and email allowing me to continually be connected to the digital world (although the virtual pint is reason enough!).
I didn’t [...]
Designing the Winter 08/09 WBR World Beach Rugby Clothing Range 2008-11-06 12:10:51 As we have previously mentioned (WBR WorldBeachRugby
Summer 08 T-shirt Design and Development) we have been involved for the last 2 years in designing clothing for a rugby brand called World Beach Rugby (or WBR). In the post above we discuss how we developed the Summer 08 clothing range. After completion of the [...] Read more:Designing
, Clothing
, Range
Do you produce better graphic design work under pressure? - Part 1 2008-10-30 14:08:59 As you may or may not know, Eightyone Design is made up of two design
ers, myself (Lucinda - or Lu) and my partner Steve. A recent project (which had an extremely tight deadline) caused us to have a (heated) discussion as to whether we producebetter
design work under pressure or to a distant deadline. [...]
My Top 10 Computer Arts Magazine Covers 2008-10-20 10:24:03 There is one thing that is guaranteed to make me smile and that’s hearing a thud as my favourite design magazine Computer
Arts hits the door mat. Every month I am amazed at the beautiful cover art that stares back at me from the floor. I neatly file away all my magazines after a thorough read [...] Read more:Magazine
, Covers
Do you produce better graphic design work under pressure? Part 2 2008-11-24 05:40:17 A few weeks ago we published a post declaring that some design
ers (namely Lu) producebetter
work under pressure (see the post Do you produce better graphic design work under pressure Part 1). The post explained how Lu finds she can produce better design work to a deadline because she is more focussed. She is [...]
20 More Inspiring Website Footer Designs 2008-11-13 14:31:51 Following on from our previous blog post ‘10 inspiring website footer designs’ I seemed to see more outstanding footer designs everywhere. I have managed to find another 20 to share with you!
Alyson Stoner
Jrojr Website Footer
Blup
Delicious Design Studios
Rotten Kid
Alma Latina
Uforia
Continental Fairy
Wire Roses
Fishy
TNT Pixel (Thanks Dan Hauk for pointing this one out!)
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