The 2019 Design Trends to Kiss, Marry or Avoid

The 2019 Design Trends to Kiss, Marry or Avoid

Another year is upon us and, as we reflect on the previous year, it’s also a good time to look at what trends might be the biggest influencers in our work in 2019. Continuing where we left the last 12 months, and perhaps even the 12 months before that, it seems...
2015, The Year of the Designer

2015, The Year of the Designer

So a new year is here at last and, following on from the food fest and drink binges of the holiday season, we will again start to focus on our means of employment and the world we truly inhabit. For me, as it is for so many others, that is a world of pixels and apps;...
Design, money, clients and morals.

Design, money, clients and morals.

We have all been there, quite probably, even the non-designers out there that may be reading this. Working for a company or a client that you might think are, ethically, not completely sound. This may not mean that the company is corrupt, but that the person that we...
Graphic Design: It’s in my soul

Graphic Design: It’s in my soul

How do you become a Graphic Designer? It’s a question I have been asked a number of times, along with why did you become a designer, and what software do I need to torrent to be a designer… The answer tends to differ depending on my mood, how late I have been working,...
Print or digital. That is not the question.

Print or digital. That is not the question.

I am approaching my [CENSORED] birthday this weekend, and so I thought that it would be a good idea to reflect on how graphic design has changed since I first started way back in the early 90s (dammit, that’s given it away a bit now…). More specifically, how it has...