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Colour Combination Makes a Better Impact in Logo Designing

It’s undeniable. Branding is the life blood of any business. Even for small businesses, you’ve gotta build brand identity, or be ready for your company to go belly up. A big part of many company’s brand identity is the logo. It’s like the face of your company. You need one that’s good looking and instantly recognizable. To that end, colour can make a big impact on not just how your logo looks, but as a result how your company’s perceived. [...]

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January 29, 2012 at 8:38 am Comments (0)

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 16-Jan 22, 2012

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of [...]

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January 22, 2012 at 9:58 am Comments (0)

The Emotional Impact of Color

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Designing a new logo for a brand, especially travel/destination, requires careful consideration of the competitive set, content and how people perceive visual information. After shape, color is the most powerful element in creating brand recognition. It is also the most subjective element because it triggers strong emotions. And to further complicate the matter, individuals, as [...]

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January 2, 2012 at 1:00 pm Comments (0)

Our favorite tweets of the week Dec 26, 2011-Jan 1, 2012

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of [...]

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January 1, 2012 at 9:11 am Comments (0)

How many colours are there?

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Colour. It’s something that we all use in our web or print work and finding the right colour to highlight, emphasise and stand out from the crowd can be easier said than done. Trying to make a decision about which hex code to use got me thinking, how many colours are there? 3 or 4? Depending on whether you work predominantly in web or print your answer might be 3 or 4. Red, green and blue or Cyan, Magenta, Yellow [...]

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December 22, 2011 at 9:01 am Comments (0)

What’s Your Favourite Colour? [2011 Edition]

When it comes to design, colour is one of the most important tool in our arsenal. Choosing the right colour sets the mood for the design and gives a great layout that final touch. Over the last 12 months I’ve asked 35 of my favourite designers and bloggers one simple question: What’s your favourite colour?+ Continue Reading

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December 19, 2011 at 8:43 am Comments (0)

A Complete Color Spectrum of Web Design Inspiration

Website designs come along in all kinds of colours and tones, from muted greys right through to psychedelic mixes of every colour imaginable. This post rounds up a showcase of some of the best web designs from every colour in the spectrum, featuring vibrant designs using reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues and purples. Red Bowl [...]

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December 5, 2011 at 7:00 am Comments (0)

Importance of Color for Creating an Effective Brand Identity

Brand identity is valuable for anyone who is running a business or would like to offer certain services to the people. Having an effective brand identity can help you promote yourself and your business as well. For sure, graphic designers will play tha…

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November 26, 2011 at 12:15 pm Comments (0)

40 Commendable Multicolored Business Cards

It may seem absurd that there are a lot of types and colors that Business Cards may have. From blue, red, green, pink, black and white and more to round-cornered, wooden or plastic cards, there’s just so much to choose from. This just goes to show how …

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November 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm Comments (0)

Things to Consider in Choosing the Right Color Scheme

No matter what design you are doing, it surely uses colors. Both screen-based and print-based design uses colors. Actually, you don’t just use colors when you are designing. You use it every day. You even use it to choose what clothes to wear and whi…

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November 5, 2011 at 6:11 pm Comments (0)

How to Pick the Right Color Palette for Your Designs

Color is very important especially to designers. A design would certainly look dull without the element of colors. No doubt, colors are indeed very important. It has a great impact on a business, on marketing and even in one’s emotions. With the vari…

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October 24, 2011 at 2:13 pm Comments (0)

20 Fresh Examples of Color Usage in Web Design

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Colors are very important to print, graphic and web design. Colors are actually important to everything, from spring to summer, clothes to balloons and so on. To show the power of colors we already showcased colorful websites here a few times, including a showcase published in March/2011 and October/2010. Today we gathered a new fresh [...]

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July 11, 2011 at 5:41 am Comments (0)

A Graphic Design Primer, Part 1: The Elements of a Design


  

   There are many elements that make up any visual design, whether it’s good or not. Becoming familiar with the parts of a design is necessary before you can start to apply the principles of good design to your own work, in the same way that a doctor needs to have an understanding of anatomy [...]

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June 13, 2011 at 10:00 am Comments (0)

You Don’t Really Strike Me as an Arial: Selecting Font and Color for Your Words

Font, Color, Size – these are not decisions that should be taken lightly if you are interested in the full spectrum of meaning, innuendo, and even subliminal messages of your words on your website or blog. First and foremost, however, if readers can’t see your words properly the message you are sending is not [...]

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May 4, 2011 at 3:59 am Comments (0)

20+ Online Color Selection Tools For Web Designers

4096 Color Wheel   Color Wheel from Colors On The Web Color Wheel Color Calculator   Infobound Color Schemer   Color Scheme Designer   ColorToy 2.0   The Color Wizard 3.0   Hex Color Scheme Generator   Color Schemer Online v2   Color Combos   Instant Color Schemes   Color Schemer from dhtmlgoodies.com   Daily [...]

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April 25, 2011 at 12:55 pm Comments (0)

20 Color Scheme Generators for Web and Graphic Designers

Colors can make or break your design by either making your audience want to stick around or look away. Well-chosen color combinations help designs catch attention more while the less planned ones do the opposite. In fact, there are colors that work so bad together that they could literally hurt the eyes when you stare [...]

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April 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm Comments (0)

What Does Your Business Card Say About Your Brand?

Business cards are often overlooked or tucked away for later. But when properly done, a business card is the first thing potential clients will look at after meeting you. It will identify your business, and provide a way to get in touch – which makes your card an essential part of your brand. The design, [...]

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February 22, 2011 at 5:53 am Comments (0)