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The majority of the swing tickets you see on UK high streets come from China (for the obvious financial reasons), where they are more willing to 'try' new ways of achieving a look, particularly when it comes to new processes/materials. The distressed cardboard ones are often printed properly and...

I can recommend Rich at IMGD :)

Dave, I think you've nailed that! 'Deceit' is exactly the word. :)

I used an online lawyer/solicitor service who have intellectual property lawyers specialising in design contracts. It cost a few hundred pounds, but has been very worthwhile and I'm comfortable that they are understandable for both myself and my clients. If you'd like the link then PM me.

It's completely up to you and half of the responses on here will say 'go for it. pretend you're bigger than you are' to attract bigger clients. Other responses will say the opposite. It also depends at which stage of your career you're at. If you're new, then you might need the helping hand of...

Hello. I'd say absolutely YES. A contract protects you and, together with a proposal (a confirmation of the client's brief, what you have agreed to do/what you have understood the client wants you to do and the related fees) form a tangible document that is there to be referred to (should you...

Hello. Call Mal Palmer at Teglan - 01269 832425. They do everything 'promotional' and they're brilliantly helpful. Mention me if you do contact them. Paul

Though I have just googled it and there appear to be a lot of options out there...

RAL are spray paint/epoxy coating colours aren't they? I haven't heard of any converter other than comparison to Pantone solid chips and then the conversion to CMYK from there. :)

Firefighting equipment...how about looking at Greek Goddesses bearing urns/vessels of water? Water is used to put out fires... Could make a great icon, be beautiful and depict women without falling into any kind of sexist or 'obvious' female imagery.

Yes, gradient tool is set with two tabs. Just click in between the two existing ones to add additional tabs, then position them accurately using the LOCATION % box. (In your case grey tab in centre (50%) and white (0%) and white (100%)

Draw the ellipse in black, drag it into Photoshop. Effects>Emboss with tweak to Contour setting and you should have something very similar.

Yes, mainly applying graphics to off-the-shelf items. Retailers will buy a product with it's plain packaging for a set price. The packaging is fit for purpose as it is designed to house/packaging the product itself. It's quicker to buy a product with it's packaging and print than to source/buy...

Production for Print by Mark Gatter and Production for Graphic Designers by Alan Pipes are both good.