Many of you might be quite familiar with crowdsourcing and its revolutionary impact on the graphic design world. Albeit controversial, it has proved to be an enormous success for both clients and graphic designers who are unable to transact on an individual basis. Crowdsourcing serves as a perfect intermediary between [...]

“I had a great idea,” said Tim. “It’s called Landfit. I match people who have gardens that they don’t use with people who don’t have gardens who want to use that space to grow flowers, herbs, and vegetables.”

“If it’s about getting people to use unused spaces, why not grow vegetables in the unused spaces in [...]

Dan Johnson is a producer and motion artist at Panda Motion. As part of a promotion for Panda Motion’s sister company, Spin My Logo, Dan took two of my past projects and set to work animating the designs.
The results offer a nice accompaniment to the static brandmarks.
Miskeeto

“I made a rippled pulse with varying degrees of [...]

How much to charge clients is every graphic designers concern. You charge excessively, they might not hire you. You bill them under-par, they might consider you as a cheap designer. For this reason, the perfect fee range should be determined beforehand.
There comes in every graphic designer’s mind a question…Are we truly valued [...]

The following article is by Giulietta “Julie” Nardone of Fearless Design.
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I read lots of freelance blog posts about handling difficult clients. They all seem to gloss over the most difficult client of all.
YOU.
The way you feel about yourself and your talent sets the tone for all your client interactions. Think of your clients as mirrors. [...]

Being a graphic designer, 3D technology amazes me the most. Like many gaming fans, I was filled with elation and excitement when NVIDIA first launched its GeForce 3D Vision glasses. The gaming experience provided by the glasses is speechless. It’s almost as if you’re actually in the game. Experiencing reality in [...]

Microsoft, in a latest series of development, has got caught up in a logo design controversy on the blogosphere. The mystery developed when a video leaked on YouTube from the Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) conference presumably presenting Microsoft 2011 brand logos. While the original video cannot be accessed after being pulled [...]

Last year, I did a post on impressive graphic designer portfolios…till now the response has been remarkable with evident keenness of my readers to submit their own portfolios. In response to that and in line with the growing demand of portfolio submissions from graphic designers, GDB decided to launch its very [...]

The following article is by Tim Lapetino, a principal at brand design firm Hexanine.
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For designers, it’s never enough to merely follow the design brief a client gives you. In identity design, we view our projects as opportunities to dig deep, mining the best parts of an organization to get at the heart of what makes [...]

We all know giant multinationals and famous brands invest heavily in their brand identity design. But most of the time costs incurred are kept a secret. Bear in mind that a rebranding cost is entirely different from the cost of a logo redesign. A complete rebranding includes changes to the logo design, [...]