Design Agency VS Freelance Life
Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010 – 5:11 am | 45 brilliant comments »As a designer, I often get asked what is better, freelancing or working at a design agency? To be honest, there is no correct answer but there are certainly perks and pitfalls of both. In this article, I’ll share my honest opinions based on 6 months of working at [...]
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2009 Worldwide Logo Design Annual Award Winners
Published on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 – 1:51 am | 27 brilliant comments »The results are in from the 2009 Worldwide Logo Design Annual Awards and I’m very happy to announce that for the second year in a row, I’ve managed to scoop up the ‘Best of Australia’ and ‘Best of Continent’ talent awards. This year my winning logo design was the [...]
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How To Get A Job In Social Media
Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 – 8:32 am | 9 brilliant comments »So, you want a job in social media? Well, here is some solid advice that will get you that little bit closer, based on a recent email conversation.
Hi Jacob,
I was reading your “Twitter / job success story” and the one thing that I’m curious about, is what kind of [...]
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USA Road Trip Photos
Published on Sunday, June 6, 2010 – 1:43 am | 24 brilliant comments »Most followers of this blog will know that I love traveling and as usual with any major trip that I do, I share some of the happy snaps. Well, back in November 2009 I did a 2 month road trip across 22 states of USA (with Contiki) and [...]
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Join Me In The 100 Push Up Challenge
Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 – 12:08 pm | 38 brilliant comments »A little off topic from design, but today the Carrot Creative team and myself officially started the 100 Push Ups Challenge and I thought I’d share the challenge on here to see if anyone else would like to join in.
The 100 Push Up Challenge is basically a 6 week [...]
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A world without brands
Published on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 8:30 am | 37 brilliant comments »Can you imagine a world with no brands, logos or differentiation? For the Australian cigarette industry, this could soon become a reality.
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd is set to invoke the fury of tobacco companies with a world-first ‘plain packaging’ anti-smoking scheme.
With up to 20,000 people dying [...]
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Simplicity Sells
Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 – 2:27 am | 7 brilliant comments »“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci
I thoroughly enjoyed this talk by David Pogue and thought it was worth sharing. Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he also bursts into song. [...]
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