Archive for February, 2008

 

Font choice- does it matter? Your opinion please.

Font choice- does it matter? Your opinion please.

I am working with some great guys at a company called Forest for the Trees on an update of their current web site. They wanted to maintain their color scheme and not stray too far from their logo, as it was already in print several places. We are still in the process of tweaking [...]

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Group Writing Project: Ad Lib

Group Writing Project: Ad Lib

Sometimes it can be difficult to find inspiration for blog posts… I loved Brian’s recent Cosmo Headlines idea on Copyblogger for coming up with blog topics, and recently as Char of Essential Keystrokes and I were discussing ideas for a group writing project, we decided that the great advertising slogans would also be great inspiration [...]

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How to set up a sideblog

I like the idea of a sideblog- there are always little things that I think are cool, or posts I’ve written for other sites that I’d like to link to here, but they’re just not worthy of a full post. I know quite a few people put asides in the main body of the [...]

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Blogger’s Guide to Unhappiness

Blogger’s Guide to Unhappiness – the title says it all. Check out my tongue in cheek post at the Blog Herald.
       

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What is graphic design?

What is Graphic Design?  Check out the entries in Veerle’s poster contest.  Here’s my favorite.
       

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What sets you apart?

What Sets You Apart? – what is going to cause you to stand out in the sea of millions of bloggers?
       

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Design Inspiration: the Anatomy of a Great Blog Ad

Design Inspiration: the Anatomy of a Great Blog Ad

I just posted at the Blog Herald about how to design a great ad. I’d like to follow that up here with some further comments and examples for inspiration as we consider how to maximize the relatively small number of pixels and small share of a reader’s attention many blog ads receive. I’d [...]

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This is so wrong

This is so wrong

As I was buzzing through my feeds this morning, I saw that one of my favorite logo design blogs, Brand New, had a review of Animal Planet’s new logo. Check it out:

Now, it was definitely time for Animal Planet to freshen up and modernize their logo, but whaaaaat the heck is that? Did [...]

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Reasons every blogger should participate in forums

Reasons every blogger should participate in forums

As I look back over the last year and the growth of my design business and this site, I can point to one thing that made the most impact: participation in forums. I am not a big time forum participant. In fact, I’ve only regularly participated in two forums, but the contacts made there, [...]

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