When does inspiration become plagiarism?
admin | May 31, 2007
Every designers’ dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like, and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration. This scourge of the design world has reached such epidemic proportions that there is…..
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What do you think of my NEW personal logo design?
admin | May 14, 2007
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…..
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Creativity at the expense of functionality
admin | May 10, 2007
I have an exhibition next month for which I need to produce some business cards. So for inspiration I have done a bit of surfing, and courtesy of Eyes on Creativity I stumbled across the business cards photo-set on flickr. The set includes over…..
Read moreShare your client horror stories
admin | May 8, 2007
Hows your day going? What’s that – you’ve got a client that’s being a complete pain in the arse? They’ve called through the 37th set of amends on that brochure you’re doing? They want to see how the front cover…..
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Children, artists and big scary monsters
admin | May 4, 2007
Anyone who has a son or daughter or niece or nephew, probably has a fridge covered with very, erm, imaginative drawings. I wonder what the result would be if those imaginations were combined with the skills of a talented artist? Dave Devrie…..
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