10 steps to becoming the perfect graphic designer

If you haven’t heard of Medium, it’s a site where you can read, write, and interact with millions of ideas and stories from around the world.  10 Steps To Becoming The Perfect Graphic Designer is a humorous tongue-in-cheek post by Philadelphia-based designer Patrick Macomber that should give…
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Daniel Swanick
August 17, 2015
Graphic DesignHumourTips

How typography can help boost a brand

To creatives and designers, typography has never played a more crucial role to boost a brand than it does today. Your brand is more than a logo; it’s the emotion that consumers associate a brand with when using your product or service.
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Daniel Swanick
July 23, 2015
MarketingTypography

Gigantic mirrored letters that reflect their surroundings

San Francisco Design Week is the Bay Area’s largest design event, bringing together thousands of people across every discipline of design for a week of events, talks, and open-studios. As part of their Look Closer campaign, branding and design agency Character has created a series of gigantic…
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Daniel Swanick
July 7, 2015
Art & DesignTypography

Architectural optical illusion makes church disappear

You don’t need to be a religious person to appreciate the architectural designs of churches and mosques. However, the design of this church in Borgloon, Belgium, has baffled locals. The building appears whole from one angle, but appears to dissolve into thin air from another. 
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Daniel Swanick
July 2, 2015
Art & DesignTravel

8 time-saving templates for creatives

It doesn’t matter if you’re a freelance designer or work at an agency; with countless publications, briefs, other print pieces and so little time on hands, here are 10 useful time-saving templates to help.
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Daniel Swanick
April 29, 2015
Technology & InnovationWork & Productivity

Infographic: 50 important rules of document design

For non-designers, graphic design can appear a difficult task to master. There are multiple styles, typefaces, colour choices, layout options and more. However, when it comes to document design, you can narrow things down to a few basic principles. Master those and you’ll be able…
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Daniel Swanick
April 20, 2015
Graphic DesignInfographicTips

5 ways to increase your value to your clients

Let’s face it. There are plenty of other designers or businesses out there offering products and services similar your own. So, what makes you different? What makes your clients choose you over all the other options out there?
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Daniel Swanick
February 27, 2015
TipsVideoWork & Productivity

The world’s most beautiful geometric designed chocolates

Japanese design firm Nendo was declared Maison & Objet’s Designer of the Year. And to celebrate, they were invited to design a lounge for visitors at the furniture and design show. For the show — along with designing the lounge — they decided to create a…
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Daniel Swanick
February 9, 2015
Art & DesignFood & Beverage

Infographic: Which graphic design career suits you?

Are you looking to join the design industry and turn your big ideas into bigger creative? If you’re looking to start a graphic design career, you need to figure out which speciality suits you best.
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Daniel Swanick
January 26, 2015
Graphic DesignInfographicWork & Productivity

A website that helps you match typefaces

To help you mix and match typefaces for your next project, Canva has created a Font Combinations website.
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Daniel Swanick
January 5, 2015
TypographyWeb

Beautiful Kay Bells jewellery contains real flowers

Nature is a beautiful thing. We want the real flowers that stay in bloom forever, but it doesn’t happen. That is, until now. Designer Kay Bells, of Ruby Robin Boutique, lets you wear tiny terrariums and pieces from the natural world in her jewellery.
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Daniel Swanick
December 18, 2014
Fashion & BeautyNature

What they didn’t teach you in design school

No matter what path you took in life, when it comes to our careers we all wish I learned ________________ in school. So, inspired by the gaps he perceived in a conventional design education, Professor Phil Cleaver published the very readable What They Didn’t Teach…
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Daniel Swanick
December 5, 2014
Art & DesignHumourTips
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