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October 9, 2009
15 creative business cards to play with
15 creative business cards to play with

The business card is one of the must-have stationary marketing material every freelancer should have, and of course having a memorable one will help your business for sure. The following cards are extremely creative and will even allow people to play with it and build something. They are also good examples of creative business card […]

September 13, 2009
Featured designer: Gabriel Morales
Featured designer: Gabriel Morales

Foil, packaging design. Gabriel Morales is a designer from Barcelona in Spain, and he has an awesome portfolio. You can see some selected packaging and graphic design work here, but you should definitly take a look at his website. Ramon Alonso Luzzy, book design. Murcia’s Art school days of design brochure. Corporate identity for La […]

August 19, 2009
Logos of the candidate cities for the 2016 Olympics
Logos of the candidate cities for the 2016 Olympics

Designing an Olympic logo must be a quite challenging work, the outcome will be seen by many and everyone will give his opinion about it. Designing for a candidate city just as challenging, so let’s see how well the 2016 candidate cities did. Madrid 2016 – Designed by Joaquin Malle Chicago 2016 – Designed by […]

August 12, 2009
Featured designer: James Reynolds
Featured designer: James Reynolds

James Reynolds is a talented young designer from London. You should definitly check out his portfolio, there isn’t a lot of work yet since he just graduated, but you will like what you see for sure.

August 11, 2009
The 25 worst album covers of all time
The 25 worst album covers of all time

Designing CD covers is a dream for pretty much every designer, we often feel that we will be more free working for other artists, which is quite true. Unfortunatly, sometimes singers pick the the wrong designers for their music, following is the disastrous result of bad designers creating CD covers. 1. Saveta Jovanovic I don’t […]

August 5, 2009
Featured design studio: Subtitude
Featured design studio: Subtitude

Subtitude is a small design studio from Montreal, in Quebec. They just launched a bunch of products: fonts, vectors, cards,… It’s been a real pleasure for me to browse their website and see some quality design goodies, go check it out. Subikto-one, a set of hand positions and combinations sold as vectors. Subasmet: astrological and […]

August 3, 2009
Iconofgraphics.com: graphic design legends biographies
Iconofgraphics.com: graphic design legends biographies

I just spent a good amount of time browsing around Iconofgraphics, watching awesome graphic design work and reading designers biographies. A truly inspiring website for any graphic designer, so I’m looking forward to the updates with more work and designers. Following you can find a few images taken from the website. Jazz covers by Max […]

July 28, 2009
An interview with Marcus Kraft, graphic designer
An interview with Marcus Kraft, graphic designer

Could you introduce yourself to Designer Daily’s readers? My name is Marcus Kraft and I’m a graphic designer based in Zurich, Switzerland. My work includes a range of projects such as art direction and design for art and cultural institutions and other clients. How did you get into design? As a very young child, I […]

July 23, 2009
Featured design studio: Designunit
Featured design studio: Designunit

If you like good editorial design and typography, you’ll surely be a fan of the work coming out from Designunit. Great use of photography, clean designs and good balance in the designs seem to be the way to go for them, check out their portfolio.

July 12, 2009
Featured designer: Pierre Marly
Featured designer: Pierre Marly

Pierre Marly is an art director and graphic designer working in Iceland, I’ve been quite impressed by his portfolio and his great use of photography as illustration. You can see some of his design work here and check out more of his work on his website.

June 26, 2009
Featured designer: Julien de Repentigny
Featured designer: Julien de Repentigny

I recently discovered the work of Julien de Repententigny, a talented canadian graphic designer. He got some great work for magazines in his portfolio, as well as great typographic work and illustrations, make sure to visit his website for some great inspiration.

May 8, 2009
15 great grid-based designs
15 great grid-based designs

Using grids for design is far from new, but it never gets old. The following images showcase some great uses of the grid, but they are far from exhaustive. 1. Chinese festivities typography Two posters by Chen Zhengda, chinese graphic designer, for the “Chinese Festivities Typography 2004”. 2. “Everything in it’s right place” Poster by […]

April 8, 2009
30 high-quality free fonts for great designs
30 high-quality free fonts for great designs

EDIT: Please note that some of these fonts are for personal use only, make sure you always check the license before using the font. Even though you’ll have to pay for the best fonts, like Helvetica or Univers, the web is full of quality fonts that are perfectly suitable for professional design work and business […]

April 6, 2009
Hitler freaks out over Comic Sans MS
Hitler freaks out over Comic Sans MS

This week-end I decided to have a little fun and did my own adaptation of the “Hitler meme“. It’s my very first time editing a video, so I have to apologize for the bad quality of it, I still thought it was funny enough to be shared. Of course, don’t take this seriously, it’s just […]

March 11, 2009
Book review: Ballyhoo! Posters as portraiture
Book review: Ballyhoo! Posters as portraiture

Portraits have been used in posters from the very beginning of this form of communication support. This book takes a look at the messages communicated by using portraits in posters and gives a good overview of this kind of posters throughout history. The introductory text is an interesting analysis of the various trends that occurred […]