It’s already October, and I haven’t been able to update this blog as much as I would have liked to in recent months, partly because I have been particularly busy with various new projects. I have heard from colleagues in the design & design related industry that their business is quite slow, or certainly slowing [...]
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Recently I got to try out an image editor that I have seen advertised quite a bit. It’s called Picturesque. Basically, it’s a really simple program that allows you to add reflections, shadows and adjust perspective giving your 2d images a 3d look & feel.
The images that it exports are really easy to work with [...]
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Good typography is an essential part of successful design. I have constructed this list for designers who may need some suggestions for purchasing typefaces. I believe that money is better spent acquiring a few quality, versatile fonts rather than a large package such as fontfolio by adobe. These are some of my favorites - I’ve [...]
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This is a relatively new, beautiful slab serif typeface from Hoefler & Frere-Jones. I haven’t had a chance to use it in any projects yet, but hopefully I will soon. I suggest you take a look at some of the fonts over at Hoefler & Frere-Jones as there are some fantastic typefaces these guys have [...]
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Here are a few lovely logotypes that have caught my eye over the last 2 months.
Global Hue are a marketing firm in New York. I Think the designer has done an excellent job pairing a hand drawn logomark with a complimentary typeface. It is a prime example of the importance of pen & paper in [...]
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