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What makes a good logo?

Published on Monday, July 27, 2009 – 1:54 pm | 226 brilliant comments »

Principles of Effective Logo Design

What makes a good logo? A good logo is distinctive, appropriate, practical, graphic, simple in form and conveys an intended message.

There are five principles that you should follow to ensure that this is so… Read more »


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Kingdom of Cambodia

Published on Saturday, July 25, 2009 – 1:57 am | 33 brilliant comments »

Cambodia

Over the past month I have been on vacation traveling across Asia (Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam) and as usual, when I return from any major trip I share some of the stories & photos with you.

Below you will find a select few photos from about 400 taken while in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Siem Riep & Phnom Penh). I will upload the Japan and Vietnam photos when I get a chance to go through them – I still have 1500 more photos to go through. Read more »


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Aussie goes NYC

Published on Friday, July 24, 2009 – 12:20 am | 108 brilliant comments »

Carrots - Photo by Ed Yourdon

Back in April 2009 I was approached (via Twitter believe it or not) by Mike Germano, the president & creative director of

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Inspirational Quotes For Designers & Freelancers

Published on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 – 12:00 am | 46 brilliant comments »

Inspiration - Picture by h.koppdelaney

I sent out a Twitter (follow me) message to my followers asking

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Explained In English: Copyright, Patents, Trademarks & Registered Designs

Published on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 – 12:00 am | 18 brilliant comments »

Copyright TM R

This is a guest article by Samuel Jesse McCown, the man behind the new and outstanding

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30 Sweet Handpicked Designer Tshirts

Published on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 – 12:00 am | 34 brilliant comments »

I’ve posted about great designer tshirts twice before on JCD and due the popularity of the posts here is another installment of awesome designer tshirts. All of these shirts come in men and women’s sizes and are on sale from $19 at DesignByHumans by affiliate. Their quality & service is great – in fact, I own already own 8 shirts from them. Read more »


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