As I've been preparing to launch this re design of my website to the world, I realized that I needed to backtrack and define some things. Although I value the organic way that opportunities present themselves, that we never could have planned for, I still think it's important...
Often we get potential customers asking us about developing mobile websites and apps. Sometimes people confuse the two -- since they are both accessed from mobile devices. These days, we focus on building websites programmed in PHP with MySQL databases -- which is all open source and has become...
What web design trends do you think we'll see in 2014? I'm betting on more simplicity, more cleanliness, and more focus on smaller screen sizes, among other things. This collection is largely based on observation, vaguely educated guesswork, waving a finger in the air, and a...
I hear this question all the time. I know it’s tempting to design your own logo. You think, “I’ve got a computer program that has all these clip art pieces—how hard could it be?” Tempting, indeed. Here are my honest opinions: If you have an art or...
Leading a design project can be a big challenge. Here are some pointers to guide you to people-management success. At some point in your design career, you'll be tasked with managing a project, whether informally as a lead or senior designer or formally as a fully...
When creating any piece of print marketing, the tactile experience is critical. Here is how to get it right. When you're creating an online advertising campaign you need to consider your target market, your brand image, and where you should advertise. The final point is almost...
Jargon is like a secret industry language, but it shouldn’t be used to confuse people. Picture the scene. You’re in the initial brochure design stages, and you know what you want to include. You need to produce the copy for the brochure so that your designer...
What I am about to say is the hard truth. No matter what they tell you, no Design School can completely train you to be 100% ready for the workforce. That’s right. I’ve heard that even designers from the famous Art Center College in Pasadena, in the...
A brochure can serve a multitude of purposes for any business and there are a huge array of different formats that you can pick from that will help your brochure printing stand out above the crowd. For example, you could choose from sharp bold prints...
In the beginning there were links. And in those links were keywords you wanted to rank for. This is how SEO started with Google and this is how it was until just recently. Then a cute little penguin came onto the scene and changed the...
