NO ADOBE Day #2 Still no Adobe. My multiple artboards have been replaced with this stuff made from the pulp of trees called, paper. My pixels and vectors replaced with ink and graphite. I have to say it’s has been fun to create with just paper and ink. I know as designers we sketch and brainstorm all day in our Moleskines, but I find myself approaching brainstorming differently. ...
We are going to go old school with logo design today. Ok this is what your going to need to create a logo with out Adobe software or any software for that matter. We aren’t going to even use a computer for this. You will need: 1 Dead laptop with an equally dead power supply cable, making charging it utterly impossible. 1 Cup of Coffee I had a nice espresso roast, but use what...
This morning I woke up to this: A dead laptop and even more dead power cord. My Adobe Suite is on my laptop and it’s dead until I can get a replacement. I didn’t know what to do. I’m writing this post on the family computer. My first thought was that this was the end of my “Everyday Logo Project”. I had a good run of 4 freaking days! But now is...
It’s the start of a new of a new year and a new decade. I thought it would be a good time to review the essential products and services to be a successful and competitive designer in 2010. HARDWARE Apple Mac Pro Desktop (One 2.8GHZ Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, 16x SuperDrive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB, MacOS X 10.5 Leopard) This computer has everything...
Today’s entry was inspired by the ebook I’m working on at the moment. It’s a guide to sales and marketing for freelance designers. Don’t worry I will be “leaking” parts of the book out over the next couple of weeks and then I will definitely make sure my loyal readers know how to get there hands on the completed book, because it will make a difference...
So the life of a freelancer can be like a roller coaster. One minute life is full of vectors and cash and the next its ramen noodles and Folgers coffee. I was talking to a friend of mine in sales and he turned me on to a great little technique that anybody can do. In fact you probably walk by them all the time at your local breakfast joint or neighborhood diner. Designers, I give...
I tapped my restaurant days to come up with a logo today. Now I maintain that the restaurant biz has a language all it’s own with dialects as diverse as the kitchens who speak them. Even if you’ve never worked in the biz you should know what 86 means. This gem of the restaurant language has secured it’s place in the mainstream lexicon, probably for the simple fact...
Alright first off there has been a change made to the official name of this project, it seems another designer/firm has claimed the name “365 Logo Project” so we will be calling our project the “Everyday Logo Project” from now on. By the way if you get a chance, go and check out Srdjan Kirtic’s “365 Logo Project” here and follow him twitter here,...
Welcome to the first logo of our 365 Logo project! Its exciting, even though its only the first day there is something to be said about staying on track with a goal. Today’s logo is a concept for a Jazz Club. It’s always been in the back of my mind to perhaps one day open a jazz club. The kind of club that’s smokey and loud. It doesn’t open until 7 or 8pm...
Why? Why on earth would you commit yourself to something that seems like it will be a pain in the ass after the first couple of weeks? That’s what I was thinking as I was writing out my goals for this year just a couple of weeks ago. Even as I write this and I think about this project it just oozes cliche January resolution, but I am determined to see this to the end. The project...