Featured articles
With more than 300 articles on my website, here’s a quick alternative to looking through the archive topics.
Dealing with designers
- 10 things to expect from your logo designer
- Spec work in the internet age
- 10 tips for writing graphic design briefs
- 20 questions that clients ask before choosing a designer
- Design pricing and when to talk money
- Common client misconceptions in graphic design
- First steps to graphic design pricing
- The importance of client testimonials
- How 20 designers charge their clients
Logo design
- Logo design process for Berthier Associates
- Logo design contests are bad for business
- 35+ iconic logo designers
- 6 months of Logo Design Love
- 45+ colour resources for designers
- What’s your logo worth?
- My logo design process
- Do you follow logo design trends?
- Logo of the month #9
- Logo of the month #4
- Online marketing for logo designers
Graphic design
- Top 50 graphic design blogs
- Designing through a recession
- Using freelance graphic design contracts
- 15 graphic design interview tips
- The 5 hats of graphic designers
- How important are laws of design?
- Your favourite graphic design books
Typography
- Typography tips for graphic design students
- 30 inspiring Flickr groups on typography
- The alphabet, but not as we know it
- Typography resources
Web development
- The 30 month evolution of my online graphic design portfolio
- The importance of a quality web host
- What does your website say about you?
- 5 easy steps to building trust online
- 5 important design aspects of any website or blog
- Google Analytics: referring sites
Blogging
- The psychology of blog publishing
- What is RSS?
- Should links open in a new window?
- 13 of the best WordPress plugins
- 6 tips to improve your blog articles
- One very simple step to build your social networks
- Here’s what happens when you get on the front page of Digg
Printing
- 12 money-saving questions to ask before printing your promotional material
- Design guide for print
- How paper can critically affect the colour of your printed product
Advertising
- Advertising to children: right or wrong?
- The power of subliminal advertising
- The twisted reality of fashion advertising
- Google AdSense makes you look unprofessional?
Business cards
- My personal business card
- Are these good or bad business cards?
- The business card of an American Psycho
- Cool business card designs
- What makes a good business card?
Branding
Art
- The fragile magic of paper
- Focus on art: Octavio Ocampo
- Light drawing and light writing
- The graffiti project on Kelburn Castle
- Anamorphosis and the art of chalk pavement drawing
- Flags of contemplation
If there’s something in particular that you’re looking for, try typing it in the search box on the top right of this page. Alternatively, contact me with details, and I’ll see what I can do to help.