Category: Graphic Design
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Inspiration – Paul Klee at The Tate Modern
I love the Tate Modern. It’s handy for where I live and work, the annual membership is very reasonable and the members cafe at the top has great views with a decent cappuccino (though perhaps not enough power sockets for long work sessions). What I love most about having a Tate Membership is that I…
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Helpful Hints on Designing Websites to Sell Products
Smashing Magazine has an interesting article on the key points to consider when designing a website that has to sell a product. The suggestions range from the subliminal – putting pictures of happy people to welcome people in, through the theoretical – such as the Guttenburg principle of how our attention moves across and down…
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When Stock Photography Goes Wrong
Birmingham City? These days many companies use stock photography for their website and print needs rather than spend a small fortune on having their own, unique photos taken by a professional. This can save you a lot of money, and allows graphic designers to be more innovative and creative within their design brief using their…
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Design Critique of US Presidential Candidate Logos
The New York Times has a fun cartoon analysing the designs of this year’s slew of Presidential wannabes. Oh, and a belated Happy New Year to you all. Hope you have a splendid 2008.
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Intelligent Image Resizing
Thanks to researchers who recently presented at SIGGRAPH, we may soon have intelligent image resizing in Photoshop to help fit photos into any size and scale area. The technology looks at an image and tries to work out where the important parts are – so that when you re-size the image, it knows which parts…