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Why designers can be their own worst enemy
Couple of events reverberating around the design world over the past couple of days that are sort of indicative of where the profession is heading. The first was evangelical pastor Rick Warren, his publisher Zondervan, and their collective decision ...
iStockphoto to sell stock logos
In an announcement that took some in the design industry by surprise, iStockphoto today announced that they were planning to roll out some sort of stock logo service, presumably after the New Year. Shortly after the news hit Twitter (and after recei...
Why you shouldn’t use a photograph in your logo
Designers often talk, a great lengths, why a logo design has to be simple, some going as far to say it’s a “carved in stone” kinda rule. While I agree in principle with that basic premise, it’s a rule that we’ve been gui...
Podcast redux. Help us pick our new podcast topic!
As part of our brand and site retooling, we’re planning to release a regular series of podcasts through iTunes and our site. Gearing up for a weekly release, though that might be a tad optimistic if earlier efforts are any indication. Previous ...
Bitmap to Vector conversion. Online Vector Tracing
Any logo designer worth their salt knows that vector formats are the only way to go when it comes to logo design. The vector-capability boundaries between Illustrator and Photoshop have blurred a little over the years (yes, you can create vector base...
Defending crowdsourcing & design contests. The platitudes of spec work.
If you’ve been following the design and advertising industry news over the past month or so, you’ve probably bumped into someone sqwaking about the CP+B (Crispin, Porter & Bogusky) crowdsourced project for the Brammo company, creator ...
