Following on from my last blog/rant which was a year ago, here’s my latest offering! So often when I’m out and about I get asked what I do for a living… ‘I’m a graphic designer’, is usually my answer. To which I can get any of these replies… ‘What do you design, then? Interiors?’ ‘Er,[…]
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I’m a logo-er, I am!
Quote By Carl Branding, Opinion Feb 22, 2016
Your brand image or brand identity is often the very first thing prospective customers notice – and in that short window of opportunity, it has to communicate everything about your business. As customers, the choices we make about which brands to engage with are so intricately woven with the image they project. Branding is so[…]
A few years ago, I met up with an old school friend and his wife (you know who you are!)*… *so as not to offend anybody I’ll use the pseudonyms ‘Old School Friend’ and ‘His Wife’… Although I don’t think they’ll be reading this as we aren’t really in touch any more… either face to[…]
If you don’t take care over your kerning then your work needs burning…
Video By Carl Opinion Feb 05, 2016
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt over the last 20 years, it’s that any graphic designer worth their salt has to have a bit of an obsessive personality. I know I’m a bit obsessive. And I also know a fair few graphic designers who are, ahem, ‘familiar with that trait’… I admit to having quite[…]
I arrived here in Shropshire via North Wales where I grew up, Preston where I studied (of a sort) Graphic Design and London where I spent 12 years at various design consultancies… Growing up in North Wales in the ’70’s and 80’s, in the pre-internet, pre-satellite TV days, my exposure to iconic design was limited[…]
We live and work in a digital age – which we love – but I believe that there’s still very much a place for print. I’d much prefer to receive a well-designed, lovingly crafted brochure or catalogue in my morning post than the plethora of junk emails that await me daily on every device. For those of[…]
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