Is it fair to have public design competitions being entered by design professionals?
Is it fair to have public design competitions being entered by design professionals? After my post yesterday highlighting The Royal Mint’s new design competition to design a 50 pence for the 2012 London Olympics I came across a story on the Design Week website: Royal Mint to Launch Olympic coin competitions Which details that there […]
Design your own coin for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Design your own coin for the London 2012 Olympic Games The Royal Mint is currently running a design competition that’s open to everyone in the UK. The design competition involves designing the new 50p piece that celebrates the forthcoming 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games. The design competition is open to all UK residents aged […]
Artist / Designer Interview 5: Niki Brown
Artist / Designer Interview 5: Niki Brown 1. How long have you been a graphic designer? I would say that I’ve been dabbling in design since 1997 when I made one of my first websites with flaming text and geocities (ohhhh those were the days!). I went to school for graphic design and graduated in […]
Threadless T Shirt Design – We need your Vote!
Dot Design have submitted a T Shirt design to Threadless.com to be voted on and hopefully printed! The T Shirt is titled “Bird Watching” images of the graphic and tshirt above and below. But we need your help its only going to be printed if you vote for it, so please case your votes and […]
Artist / Designer Interview 4 – Krzysztof Domaradzki
Artist / Designer Interview 4 – Krzysztof Domaradzki 1. How long have you been a graphic artist? It’s been almost 5 years since I started doing graphics. Before that I had had no experience with computers. I studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan / Poland, where I majored in Drawing and […]
Does this mean the Death of Business Card Design?
Nameo remember that name, because is going to KILL the beloved business card, that opportunity to create a visual and real (in your hand) impact to your business contact, will be gone forever! Ok its not quite that dramatic! There is a new Apple iPhone Application called Nameo, Nameo is a virtual business card exchanger […]
The New Apple MacBook Pro – and is it enough of an improvement?
I’ve been wanting to purchase a MacBook for a few weeks now but have held off as I’ve heard rumours about a NEW MacBook that Apple was going to launch, well Tuesday 14th October they finally launched it. I does look like a great product, far more environmentally friendly, faster, lighter, thinner.
Graphic Designer Focus: Non Format
Graphic Designer Focus: Non Format All graphic designers are inspired by other designers work, one design company that inspires me and I’ve admired for a few years now is Non Format. They continue to be innovative, fresh, daring and cutting edge with their
Is the New Barclaycard Identity and Rebrand worth £1.5million?
Is the New Barclaycard Identity and Rebrand worth £1.5million? Barclay has recently had a complete rebrand and new identity designed by Brand Union. The logo cost £600,000 which was part of an overall £1.5m identity makeover. According to the designers, the new Barclaycard identity aims to convey a calm, confident exterior while being warm and […]
Yes! Twitter Can Be Used for Business!
So its been just over a month since I asked the question “Can Twitter Be for Business” and I think I can safely say – yes it can be used for business!