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Yes. I Design Logos – Self Promo Posters

Graham Smith — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:30:22 +0000

Just some silliness on my behalf. Some of these self promotional 'posters' or 'waste of space' designs have been around a short while, but the snow one is a new one just out today. It's just a fun way to mock myself yet keep the basic message of what I do right there in your face. There is NO shame. NO shame whatsoever.

Commercial Type Foundry Website

Graham Smith — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:00:05 +0000

Commercial Type is a joint venture between Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, and the present a brand spanking new font foundry. This is the team behind the redesign of The Guardian newspaper identity. So a pretty mad collection of quality typefaces can be found here.

The Detailed Brief and the Disproportionate Budget

Graham Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:55:50 +0000

In rare moments of clarity, the odd thought pops into being. Nothing ground breaking, often consisting of nothing but common sense and reason. As well as the former and latter, they act as a timely reminder to myself and those I may work with.

Daring Fireball

Graham Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:08:49 +0000

John Gruber is the man behind Daring Fireball. Visit and sign up to the RSS feed. Once done, a small but significant piece of your daily geeky and nerdy Mac life will be made a little more complete.

Logo Design RoundUp Part 13 – How Designers Promote & Brand Themselves

Graham Smith — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:12:02 +0000

This is Part 13 of the Logo Design Round-Up series. This ongoing series showcases a collection of logos and brand marks, self submitted by a bunch of freelance designers and creative folk in many creative areas. These designers use the logos to sell, promote, brand and market their various skills.

Thoughts on Church Logo Design by Ralf Bassfeld

Graham Smith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:33:40 +0000

Came across a good article on Church logos, by Ralf Bassfeld, a non-designer. It's interesting to read an article on logo design from a non-designer and I was interested to read his on what is good and what is not so good. Church logos are frequently victim to overly used cliché symbols and icons, so finding original and fresh Church logo designs is always a treat.

My First Guest Post for Smashing Magazine

Graham Smith — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:48:40 +0000

Having read Smashing Magazine for a few years now, always wondering what it takes to get on that 'contributors list', well here I finally am. I just want to suck up the excitement of my first post on Smashing, because I am rather chuffed.

A Compendium of Links I have Shared This Week #4

Graham Smith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:21:29 +0000

Every week or so, in a brand spanking new compendium post, I will summarise the most interesting links that I have Tweeted, Posterised and Tumbled in that last week. Topics could include everything from logo design, typography, humor, photographs, inspirational blogs and websites etc. So for the week up to, and including the 9th December, some of my fav links are as follows:

Swatch Creative Logo Design [Flickr]

imjustcreative — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:02:44 PST

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Harbor Originals Logo Design [Flickr]

imjustcreative — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:53:17 PST

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Harbor Originals Logo Design [Flickr]

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Trusting That First Logo Design Idea

Graham Smith — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:56:40 +0000

Reading a post on Monomoda recently called Resonance, compelled me to write a few of my own words about the art of trusting your 'first' ideas as the true 'gut instinct and reaction' to the logo design project in hand.

Museo Slab 500 – Free Font Download from Exljbris

Graham Smith — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:11:04 +0000

The Museo family of fonts from font foundry, Exljbris, have earned a well used place in my font collection, purchasing the entire Museo and Museo Sans family was a no-brainer. Seeing Museo Slab come along is just the icing on the cake. As with the other Museo fonts, Jos kindly makes the 500 and 500 italic style available as a free download.

Mr Dylan – The Lurcher Snow Hound

Graham Smith — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:41:46 +0000

Snow in the UK, a week before Christmas is a treat. I don't know many dogs that don't enjoy the snow, Dylan for one goes pretty berserk. So with a fresh fall of snow over night, we both wrapped up warm and headed out into the early morning white covering for a walk and some photography with my newPanasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7.

Dylan the Lurcher Running in Snow [Flickr]

imjustcreative — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:28:52 PST

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Snow in the UK, a week before Christmas is a treat. I don’t know many dogs that don’t enjoy the snow, Dylan for one goes pretty berserk. So with a fresh fall of snow over night, we both wrapped up warm and headed out into the white early morning. Ready for nice long walk along the cliffs, and some photography with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7.

Blog post : imjustcreative.com/mr-dylan-the-lurcher-snow-hound/2009/1...

The Cliché – The Killer in Logo Design

Graham Smith — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:57:05 +0000

I strive to avoid cliche meanings in logo designs especially with a subject/business/company that is likely to have cliche's in abundance. Some areas that fall into this trap, of the top of my head are : barber shops, dating sites, photographers etc.

Yes I Design Logos. I also use skincare products [Flickr]

imjustcreative — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:08:23 PST

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Sneek Peek : Wide Eye Optics Logo Design

Graham Smith — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:33:39 +0000

The Wide Eye Optics logo design was the product of a 'fluky' approach, I don't mind admitting. It started with the logomark, I was playing with concentric circles then all of a sudden I 'saw' a eye, yes, a wide eye. Then always thinking, as I do, it seemed a reasonable action to convert that particular idea into it's own logo.

A Compendium of Links I have Shared This Week #3

Graham Smith — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:30:38 +0000

Its a Killer Christmas Typographic Giveaway from IJC

Graham Smith — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:01:04 +0000

It's that crazy time of year again, so to mark the occasion in style, I have prepared the following Christmas typographic giveaway. Up for grabs are 12 pretty neat 'gifts', and as the title clearly states, mostly typographic in nature.