InDesign – Document set-up guide
04.11.2010, 9:11How to set-up an InDesign Document
To start with InDesign you need some background knowledge. The software is very complex and offers loads of functions. In this article we tell you how you set up guides, baseline grid and document grid or page numbering. I used InDesign CS5 for Windows in this tutorial.
333 creative business cards
01.11.2010, 11:50333 creative business cards
The business card traditionally is a small cardboard piece featuring information about the owner such as address, telephone and fax number or E-mail addresses. When two business people meet for the first time they often exchange their business cards to stay in touch.
[App of the week] Photoshop Express
29.10.2010, 11:56Photoshop Express for Iphone
The Iphone version allows you to snap and edit pictures directly from the app interface or to edit images in your library. It offers four editing categories, which provide basic functions like rotation, cutting or flipping. To change saturation or contrast you simply swipe your finger right or left, depending on what you want to achieve. Several effects and frames can be applied to polish off your mobile piece of art.
40 open psd-photoshop templates
28.10.2010, 9:5040 open files with all layers available
The Photoshop file format par excellence is the .psd format. It avoids quality degredation when you save (keyword loss-free compression) and keeps layers if you wish to. With the layer information available designers can easily understand how design elements are composed.
30 highly convincing logo examples
25.10.2010, 11:0430 highly convincing logo examples
Designing a convincing logo is difficult. It becomes even more challenging when you use these examples as benchmark. They feature graphics with gradients, 3D forms, extremely fine lines and purely typographical logos.
Designing your portfolio
21.10.2010, 11:01Design for a purpose
In Part II of our portfolio design feature we give you valuable advice on designing and marketing your portfolio. We also included plenty of links to useful tools and resources to support your project. The headings are numbered in continuation of the first part, where we already talked about planning your portfolio project. Careful planning for a clear target is really important and greatly improves the chances of your portfolio being successful. If you go everywhere you’ll end up being nowhere.
Apps will take over the internet | weekly comment
15.10.2010, 12:27Apps will take over the internet
Since the very beginnings our online experience mainly consisted of clicking links and typing or pasting URI’s in the top bar of our internet browser. Not anymore. The rise of the mighty smartphone is the apocalyptic horseman for the internet experience as we know it – at least in a mobile context. As mobile access to the worldwide web increases at an insane rate network operators become scared of the spirits they have cited. Sounds good and helps to get across the message: Mobile is key!
Creating a captivating design portfolio | Part I
14.10.2010, 10:31design portfolio
The design portfolio is not an invention of the digital age. It’s probably as old as the profession and easily the most important marketing tool for any designer – employed or freelancer, successful pro or newbie. In the “analogue” decades you presented it in person or sent it via mail. Nowadays there’s hardly a way around creating an online portfolio, which provides 24/7 worldwide access to your achievements.
30+ fantastic designer portfolios
11.10.2010, 10:27portfolio inspiration
This is part I of our portfolio inspiration series and showcases some great examples. In part II we will give you valuable tips on planning and designing your own portfolio.
The Liquid Newsroom Project
05.11.2010, 14:13wants to change the newsworld
There currently is a ton and a half of news about almost every thing happening anywhere every day. Newspapers, TV-stations, radio-stations and blogs from all over the world keep an eye on developments with varying degrees of expertise and interest. Mostly the reader is lost in this information overflow and ends up sticking to one source for regular consumption. This isn’t a question of lacking interest. It’s a question of being overburdened. That is where the Liquid Newsroom kicks in.