Last week we publish an article titled “If Content is Really King, Then What Is Design?” Not only did this article inspire a ‘Self-Expression Fridays‘ poster design, but it also had me thinking: If content is king, what can the design do to compliment the...
If Content is Really King, Then What is Design?
If you’ve spent any time online in the past 5 years, you’re bound to have heard the phrase content is king. Heated debates have gone on for years to see if it truly is or isn’t king – I will not be entering that debate....
Link Building from A to Z (part 2)
If you want to Start from beginning of this article click here Principle of link building What kind of backlinks do you need? Once you’ve determined your linking strategy, you need to think about the types of backlinks you want to get. The following are...
Hardest Part Of Being a Graphic Designer
Working as a Graphic Designer is not as glorified as many make it out to be. Sure we sit behind our fancy computer setups, sketching ‘pretty pictures’ in our Moleskin notebooks and can do business from the comforts of our own homes, but it can...
Best Part Of Being a Graphic Designer
A few weeks back we asked a few graphic and web designers what they thought was the hardest and most challenging part of being a Graphic Designer and the amount of discussion and feedback was fantastic. Thank you all for contributing your thoughts and expressing...
Consumer Responses To Good Package Design
Recently while at the grocery store I started to take notice of how the majority of organic food packaging is beautifully designed. The bold graphics, stylish text and use of organic materials to package the products really catches the eye – all wonderful! This type...
Become A More Effective and Proficient Designer
Recently on Twitter I’ve been posting short tips and tricks on various ways to become a better designer by setting up your computer and using various programs to their full advantage. Below are various techniques I use to keep my computer organized, accessible and favorable that help me...
How do you measure good design
What sets the criteria for “good” design? Is there such thing as “good” design or is it in the eye of the designer or viewer? Aesthetic questions are personal to the designer, client and audience — the answers will always be subjective and unclear. So how...
Why Designers Hate Comic Sans
After discussing design details with a client last week, I was asked randomly, “So… What is it exactly that designers hate about Comic Sans? I happen to like it.” While the thought of her liking it made it hard to swallow, the question posed a...
12 Common Photoshop Mistakes and Malpractice
Photoshop mistakes are common issues and with the same goal in mind as 10 Common Mistakes Made in Type Design, this article was created to raise awareness and educate new Photoshop users and designers,not to make fun of or mock the one’s who use the...
SEO vs. Google Ads
SEO for websites SEO means site optimization for search engines and the way in which it tries to optimize a particular site or page for specific keywords, so if someone searches for those specific keywords, your site will appear in top-level search results. To be...
Understanding the Value of Design
As a graphic designer, we’ll always appreciate well-educated and executed design. We understand how much time goes into choosing the perfect font or why we went with the color palette we did. We see the value in our work and we take pride in what...