Category Archives : Design Blog
RSS FEEDWhy Logoworks Sucks
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” ~Albert Einstein Sorry for the divisive title. The message of this blog post should maybe be “A good example of why Logoworks and other logo manufacturing sites that treat logo design as a commodity are not your best option and for your business’ identity” but I [...]
read more »Book Review: iheartlogos – season one
I received my copy of iheartlogos, season one, a book put together by the company of the same name, iheartlogos (www.iheartlogos.com). If you go to their website, it’s pretty self-expanitory. The site takes submissions of logos by designers (at a fee of $10 per logo). All rights and properties of the logos remain with the [...]
read more »Video Review: MOO Mini Business Cards
Recently I placed an order with UK-based MOO (moo.com) for myself and one of my clients, fossfotography. Below you can watch my 90-second video review on MOO’s mini business cards and holders, and their Sticker Books. Their products are pretty slick and they put a lot of thought into everything they do right down to [...]
read more »Intrigued by Deadened Infrastructure
The Audacity! I’ve never done a photo diary before. It might not seem all that odd that a graphic designer hasn’t done one but it was at Photoshop World in Las Vegas in 2008 where I learned that most professional photographers at least do graphic design as a hobby and the reverse is also true. [...]
read more »The Infallible Apple
Stop everything. Apple has overhauled their entire website. Okay, so not exactly but when Apple does something (anything) people seem to pay attention. It’s not really a big deal but Apple recently changed Apple.com’s longstanding silver navigation bar for a glossy dark grey one. The new navigation bar also bounces down out of your browser’s [...]
read more »My Trip to Pittsburgh (Graphic Designer Edition)
Since I was in a large U.S. city, I knew there would be opportunities to take in some of the home brewed culture of Pittsburgh which boasts its own unique cuisine (which I took some time to journal), some art (including the Andy Warhol museum), and some photography. Really Weird Pizza On Monday I arrived in Pittsburgh [...]
read more »New TBayTel Logo in Vector Outlines (.eps)
http://ulrichdesign.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/NEW-tbaytel-Logo.eps_.zip
read more »Pro bono: Pens Nation Blog
Twitter is amazing. Through Twitter I was able to make a new contact in Pittsburgh, PA (well, technically, California, PA) named Andy Hughes (Twitter.com/PGHPensNation) who runs a blog all about the Pittsburgh Penguins called “Pens Nation”. You can look them up at PittsburghPensNation.blogspot.com. When Andy contacted me it was just him working for the blog [...]
read more »Gap Needed A Brand Refresh… But Not This One
In light of all the online uproar concerning The Gap’s new logo, I thought I’d have a little fun and try it on for myself. I’ll probably stick with my current one though. For all that’s been said about the new Gap logo, I don’t actually think it’s a terrible logo in either design or [...]
read more »Quit Learning Now!
I Didn’t Know Any Better I was young and foolish once. I decided I was going to be a graphic designer so I learned how to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I started picking up a couple small jobs here and there: brochures, graphics, and logos; But then I had people asking me if I [...]
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