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    Graphic or Web designer? Want to save a bit of money? Read this...

    This sounds a bit like one of those suspicious adverts for shady insurance firms, but really it's just a little blog post featuring a tip about how graphic and web designers (might) be able to save a little bit of cash on their car insurance. The research conducted was hardly exhaustive and you...
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    Yahoo logo redesign - 30 days to care

    "So guys we have a new brief for you, most organisations have one logo that defines their brand - we want 30, maybe 60 - - no, no 30 will do it, then let the proles decide" 30 days of change? 30 days for me not to give a damn.
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    Needlessly complicate your life

    Behold; our free downloadable guide to dashes – something you had no idea you needed and that others have no interest in acknowledging. Guide to instant creative credibility
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    When designing is no longer enough

    I can sympathise with you here. My first step up the design ladder was an in-house 'Graphic Designer' role that I was over the moon to have secured off the basis of two interviews where my portfolio of the time was well received and the working conditions and job expectations outlined to me in a...
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    Graphic design as a self-employed career...

    The UK is full of opportunities for designers to make money, loads of money if that's your aim - however that doesn't make it easy, as you already know. In my opinion the likelihood of success will always be dictated by your goals and the business strategy you have used to differentiate your...
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    49th Floor are giving away £100 to one lucky person in May

    To celebrate the launch of our brand spanking new, shiny website, 49th Floor Design and Artworking are giving away £100 to one lucky person in May (2013)! To be in with a chance of winning, simply sign up to our free e-newsletter (where you’ll be kept in touch with all our news, offers and...
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    Website Designer/Graphic Designer Required

    49th Floor are currently available and would be pleased to discuss your requirements. Portfolio and contacts are available from 49thfloor.co.uk
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    Are heroes of design a thing of the past?

    I think that taking inspiration from those you learned about when training is an important developmental step, but shouldn't really be given too much gravity in context of a full and successful career. I've learned far more from those I've worked with, including; colleagues, managers, clients...
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    Help with pricing a design

    Good advice from CLHB there and I think in truth jooty is probably in the same ball-park as ourselves if we were to quote this. My advice would be, whatever price you go for, produce some kind of written proposal document that identifies the project criteria and deliverables up-front and build...
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    New Cv critique please

    It's a refreshing and interesting approach and works well from a visual perspective. If I received this from a candidate for a position I'd certainly recognise creativity - although for a CV I think it might appear a bit informal. Also, it's running the risk of annoying the HR team by wasting...
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    Finding "related" colours?

    If you fancy a dedicated software solution with excellent community support try; ColorSchemer | Instant Color Schemes It's really pretty useful.
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    New website

    It works, certainly isn't crushingly ugly and does the job - sure there's room for improvement, but I think on the whole if you swapped it for a desk-pad run you should feel pretty well happy.
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    Installing a font

    I'd suggest you download ATM, or the Linotype font manager if they're still available or even better Suitcase which should be able to handle fonts of this type. You might also find a font conversion tool online somewhere if you can't find an alternative. I have a vague memory that Fontographer...
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    HM Treasury Logo

    This is one of my favourites and you have to feel for them a bit. It's easy to find yourself in a position where you can't see the wood for the trees, but I often wonder if there's an unscrupulous designer laughing their ass off that they managed to squeeze 'that' design through without...
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    Stock photography

    I'd love to have the time and budget to go and commission premium photography for every single project that comes our way, but it's just not practical. Stock sites these days are a million times better than the Photodisks and clipart books of yesteryear so I don't see a problem with them really...
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