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    Pub Restaurant Menu Design

    One thing with menus and similar items, is that they will need to change. How often will they be changing, will you be expected to supply new artwork each time, how will they be supplying the content? Think about a cost for design, then an additional cost for artwork. Subsequent menus can then...
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    5 Interview Types and How to Ace Them

    With lots of students having finished their courses and chasing that illusive first job, I thought this article, not written by me, may be of help/interest to some. "Depending on the role, the industry and the ruthlessness of your potential employer, you may encounter one – or a combination...
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    Lads, I Need Your Help

    Try this PDF via Konigi: Accessibility Checklist | Konigi Very useful for all.
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    Pantone Books

    If it goes through as expenses, you avoid the capital equipment/devaluation over time... process. Or does that only apply to Ltd. companies?
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    Clean and minimal fonts

    Berry, point's well made regarding the x height etc. but still good alternatives - depending how much copy you have to play with.
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    Which is worse? Too much? Or too little?

    Firstly create a site map, OmniGraffle is my weapon of choice (Visio is the PC equivalent). I always find this helps to focus the client on what content will be required. If there is not going to be enough content to fill the pages in your site map, why not consider creating a single, well...
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    Pantone Books

    Expensive, but worth every penny. If you're freelance don't forget you can claim the cost against your tax... Ebay may be a good resource, however, be careful of second-hand PANTONE books, the colour do fade over time if left out.
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    Clean and minimal fonts

    Avant Garde, Gill Sans, Trade Gothic anyone?
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    What would you charge?

    Power Point? My advise, walk away from it. If you do get involved, take you hourly rate x by the number of slides then double it for the hassle the job will become. Most importantly agree, before you start, the cost of changes. Obviously if you've made a mistake then you can't charge, but if...
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    Mac Vs PC for web design

    Mac or PC, the best tools for design are a pencil and paper... Now that's opened up another whole can of worms?
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    Stock Photography Suppliers

    iStock prices may have risen, but they are still very cheap. Compare them to Getty prices. Berry, I bet you can think back to jobs where you've paid hundreds, if not thousands, for rights to use a single stock image... :)
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    photoshop brushes

    Jay Hilgert over at BittBox often produces quite a few brushes etc. Worth looking over his blog as he also has some good little tutorials.
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    Students urged to avoid design...

    Tim, ah the voice of youth. You're quite right to challenge my opinion as it is only that - my opinion. As for 20 years ago, I was pointing that over the last 20 years the same problems have been faced by people leaving college looking for that elusive first job. I can't talk about before that...
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    Freelancers In the Dartford, Kent Area?

    I'm looking to increase my list of freelancers and need to find some local talent. I know I can outsource to many of you further afield, but I need to find people that can work in-house on certain projects. The skills/experience I'm looking for are: Design (not coding/development) both for...
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    Students urged to avoid design...

    Firstly, maths, it's very important - who starts work at 12? (30-18=...) Secondly, I think there is a massive misunderstanding in skills here. A designer has no need to know how to code, that's a programmer/developers job. Having said that, if the said designer is working on on-line projects...
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