Graphic Design Portfolio

Stylish Macbook Cases / Covers

Published on Monday, February 22, 2010 – 10:53 am | 25 brilliant comments »

I have been researching different laptop covers, in particular, one for my Macbook Pro 17″. I sent out a tweet (follow me) asking for people’s recommendations and got inundated with replies. I thought I would share some of the most notable below. Excuse the pun.

Twelve South Book Book – [...]

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Illustrator & Type Tips Worth Knowing

Published on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 – 1:46 am | 25 brilliant comments »

Improve your skills and workflow by exploring these five oft-overlooked aspects of Illustrator and typography; the differences between optical and metric kerning, how to use the Glyphs panel, the use of Roman hanging punctuation, the correct use of dashes and how to edit the preferences to display large font [...]

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The 2009 Logo Of The Year

Published on Saturday, February 13, 2010 – 5:56 am | 13 brilliant comments »

After two weeks voting on the Top 12 Logo Designs of 2009 the voting has now closed and we are pleased to announce the 2009 Logo Of The Year.
2009 Logo Of The Year: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson commemorative logo – from a  short video clip shown on MTV.
Winner: Logo Of [...]

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Life’s All A Buzz

Published on Thursday, February 11, 2010 – 2:02 pm | 1 lonely comment »

With the launch of Google Buzz I thought it would be a good time to let you know of all the ways you can connect with me and the resources I share.

Google Buzz – Do you use Gmail? Add me here to join discussions in live time & to [...]

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How to sell the value of design: An email conversation

Published on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 – 4:46 am | 43 brilliant comments »

As a designer it’s not always easy to stand up for yourself… clients often have demanding requests, tight budgets and due to one reason or another, designers will succumb to taking on labour heavy jobs at heavily discounted rates. This does not have to be.

In this article I will [...]

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Top 12 Logos of 2009 As Voted By You

Published on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 – 8:14 am | 51 brilliant comments »

These are the top 12 logo designs of 2009 as voted by you (the awards that won Logo Of The Month) on my other site Logo Of The Day.

What logo do you believe should win the 2009 Logo Of The Year? Cast your vote at the bottom of this [...]

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Back In Action

Published on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 – 1:22 am | 24 brilliant comments »

Some of you may have noticed this website and my other websites being down the past two weeks. Simply put, my old hosts did a runner on me… all of my websites and email stopped working and there was no one to contact for support, my hosts simply vanished. [...]

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