Reflective Thoughts of a Shiny Icon
This isn’t a personal reflection or anything, but more from a visual designer perspective. Over the years, an increasing attention has been given to the way in which software interfaces (and by relation icons) are designed. One of the fundamentals of visual design is how well the message is conveyed by the designer.
- By Damian M.
published by Damian M. on Oct 6th, 2010 with 2 Comments
From A Mess to the Best: Digital Workflow for Photographers
If you think photography has gotten any simpler because it has shifted to digital technology, you'll be in for a huge surprise. This article is here to give you a head start in defining and creating a workflow to edit your photos.
- By Khadija B.
on Sep 23rd, 2010 with 0 Comments
What Clients Don't Know Will Hurt Them
Design is an ever-growing industry, but are we making it more difficult than it should be? With the amount of areas of expertise opening up, we start creating fancy names for ourselves - but does this really benefit our clients? And, more importantly, does it hurt us in the long-run?
- By James C.
on Sep 5th, 2010 with 5 Comments
10 Services That Turn Your Designs Into Real Stuff
There's a new industrial revolution going on, and it's called digital fabrication. Using rapid manufacturing technologies — from laser cutting to 3D printing to digital textile printing — products no longer have to made on the assembly line. This means products can be personalized, customized, and individually created.
- By Kristen T.
on Aug 26th, 2010 with 11 Comments
10 Questions to Be in Sync with Your Clients
Are you looking to build long-term relationships with your clients and create high value deliverables? Do you want to develop strategically-sound creative that helps them build their business? If so, here are the 10 questions you should ask to make sure you’re in sync with your clients’ corporate and brand strategy.
- By Becky S.
on Aug 24th, 2010 with 1 Comments
Things Designers Forget Before Starting Development - Part One
As designers, we know how the site should look. Exactly as it looks in the design. However, by learning more about development we can help streamline the coding process, possibly reducing the time to code the site and any complications that may occur.
- By Alexander J.
on Aug 16th, 2010 with 3 Comments
20 Simple techniques for taking better photos
As a photographer I’m always trying to improve the photographs I take. Over the years I’ve accumulated all manner of hints and tips that I’d like to share with you to help you to produce better photographs more often. Here are some simple techniques for taking better photos!
- By James C.
on Aug 4th, 2010 with 4 Comments
10 Reasons Why We Re-Designed pupilsforum-esl
There's a combination of personal reasons and usability issues that fuelled the re-design of DesignersCouch. Personally, we wanted to re-design the site so that it would be a place Creatives would really enjoy using. Professionally, here are our reasons for the big move!
- By Damian M.
on Aug 2nd, 2010 with 33 Comments
Font Managing Tools That'll Make Typography Easier to Deal With
Most designers have a large collection of fonts waiting to be used a first or second time for whichever project they make be working on. However, because of how many fonts there are it can be pretty hard to deal with. Choosing a font can be a heck of a task, especially if you don't have them organized in any way.
- By Joel R.
published by Damian M. on Jun 25th, 2010 with 7 Comments
Top 12 Job Boards for the Freelance Designer in Need of Fresh Work
Freelancing isn't always easy, especially if you have to be on the lookout for prospective jobs and clients. The best way to stay on your toes is to find several promising Freelance Job Boards that have a section geared towards developers and designers, then either subscribe to that section or follow up on a regular basis.
- By Joel R.
published by Damian M. on Jun 23rd, 2010 with 4 Comments
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