Logo Design: Design it Yourself, Buy it for Five Bucks, or Hire a Professional?
So you need a new logo for your business and you’re not sure where to start. You could design it yourself, find someone online that will do it for five […]
How to be an Awesome Client and Get the Results You Want
Designers do a lot to make their clients happy, but there are some things that clients can do to make the design process smoother for both parties. Doing some simple […]
5 Simple Rules for Choosing Fonts
Using fonts for your business in any print materials (such as newspaper ads, in-store print outs, memos, etc) or for the web, might seem like a pretty easy job, but […]
Five ways to make your designer happy (and end up with a finished product that you love).
On the whole designers are a pretty easy bunch to please, especially if you tell us you like Helvetica or buy us the occasional soy latte. But there are some […]
The Tragedy of Comic Sans
Oh Comic Sans… few typefaces evoke such strong emotion as our quirky little friend. Whether you love it (Slightly-NSFW, salty language) or hate it, you have an opinion on it. Just what […]
The Meaning of Colors
Color influences our life every day. We base opinions and reactions off of emotions that it evokes. Some people even base their careers off of studying the effects that it […]
How Much Is That Image in The Window?
All about Canadian copyright law, and when and where you can use copyrighted material. Disclaimer: This isn’t legal advice! Copyright law is complex, and the only person qualified to give […]
I Know Why the Kenneled Dog Barks
…or, how I learned that something that you create can take on a life and meaning of its own. A couple months ago I was woken up, not by happily […]
Design + Living: Building Urban Mountains
I recently watchted Bjarke Ingles on TED Talks (video below), where he discussed some of the projects his international architectural firm had been working on. The Mountain caught my attention. […]
Can DrawSomething Teach You To Be a Better Designer?
If you’ve owned your mobile phone for more than a day or two, you’re probably familiar with the app DrawSomething. It’s basically a digital version of Pictionary where two players […]