When you’re building a website, either for your company or your client, there is a lot of preparation involved. After you’ve defined your objectives and decided on the kind of website that’s best for your business, you need to think about layout and sketch yourself out a wireframe. All...
We might be going out on a limb here, but we’re willing to bet that nine out of ten of our readers have an open window devoted solely to Facebook or Twitter, a window that’s in use right now. The fact of the matter is, escaping social media networking...
Not every designer’s fame has to go hand in hand with such glamourous and sparkly industries as film or music. One of the most successful and highly regarded designer’s specialises in corporate identity. Despite studying history at Oxford, Wally Olin’s future was to be in branding. Starting off working...
Last week, we gave readers a few of our favorite gift ideas for graphic designers – with the promise of more to come! In this second installment of DesignContest.com’s Graphic Designer Gift Guide, we’ll highlight a few more of our favorites, just in time for your holiday shopping! 1....
We know the business pretty well, and we also happen to know the people (that would be the designers like you and me) to boot. With that in mind, we feel as if one of the areas in which most of us fail is personal budgeting, as well as...