Posted 12 August 2007, by Aaron
Back to the basics of design
Are you looking for inspiration for your latest design project? Well, look no further: Stuart Brown from Modern Life talks about the basics of design, and how they form the foundation of inspiration. I particularly liked Stuarts take on simplicity:
“Effective design is never gimmicky. If you wish to design something [...]
Posted 4 August 2007, by Aaron
Here’s a video I found over at Design Sojourn (one of my latest favourite blogs, check them out). If you’re an aspiring designer then sit down, click play and think outside the pyramid…
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Posted 8 July 2007, by Aaron
As my blogging life has blossomed, I have come across more and more so-called ‘memes’. When I first heard the term I confess I didn’t really know what it meant. So I looked it up in the dictionary:
meme -noun
A cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission [...]
Posted 18 June 2007, by Aaron
So, you wanna be a designer, huh? Well, first things first - go out and spend a few grand on a Mac Pro, then splash another couple of grand on Adobe CS3. Once you’re set up, then you can start thinking about being a designer.
Unfortunately, we don’t all have endless reserves of cash to [...]
Posted 10 June 2007, by Aaron
Right now, this very instance, I’m fuming! It’s probably a bad idea to come anywhere near my blog in this state of mind, but as it’s been six days since my last post I’ve decided to try out the therapeutic properties of good old fashioned ranting.
Regular readers will be aware that I’ve been very busy [...]
Posted 4 June 2007, by Aaron
Everyone’s saying it, opinions seem to be unanimous, the London 2012 Olympic Games logo sucks!
Earlier today at a star-studded ceremony, Lord Sebastian Cole proudly unveiled the identity of Britain’s pride and joy, the London 2012 Olympic Games.
If reaction and publicity is what they wanted, it is most certainly what they’ve got. Lets just summarise:
David Airey [...]
Posted 27 May 2007, by Aaron
Recently there has been a fair amount of discussion on when to consider yourself a successful designer.
Lauren Marie began the discussion by saying:
I struggle a lot with seeing other designers who have been around for 5 or 10 or 35 years and thinking “Gosh, I wish I my designs were that good.” It’s hard to [...]
Posted 17 May 2007, by Aaron
Do you remember creating your first website? I do, it was back in 1997 and I created a page on FortuneCity using it’s built-in page builder… Ho hum, how times have moved on.
Now we’re in a high bandwidth world of Web 2.0 and flashy AJAX technologies where almost anything is possible, yet nearly all web [...]
Posted 14 May 2007, by Aaron
A few days ago I posted a personal logo conceptual design and asked for your feedback. What became clear from the comments I received was that everyone’s instinctive first response upon seeing the logo was not the response I desired. It drew the wrong connotations in the viewers mind.
So, back to the sketchpad I went, [...]
Posted 12 May 2007, by Aaron
For the last two years in my spare time I have been studying New Media Design at college. It all comes to an next month, and for the end of the course I need to exhibit all my work at the end of year exhibition. The exhibition serves as a great opportunity for showcasing my [...]
Jason Stone is a UK based Graphic Designer and milienzo.com conveys his thoughts
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