Designers - Watch out for the Pixel Police

Posted by Dave H | Filed under ,
As a designer im sure you can imagine how hard it can be keeping everything in line at times!  What I mean when I say that is this!  You've been asked to do some concept visuals for a client and in your creative moment your throwing images, text, vector shapes and all sorts together to try and pull in something and give that boring old clients website a lease of life!  Then after you have created a concept visual you all agree on and it gets the final sign off from the client – its game on for the pixel police... Its in this small space between design and 'techy' ('tech... [More]
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Musical Inspiration for Design

Posted by David B | Filed under ,
As well as being a designer I have a healthy appreciation and love of music and still actively DJ a couple of different styles.  For me, working and music are inextricably linked, silence isn’t a preferred option. What I have noticed is how different types of music affect the speed with which you work and how different music is better for different types of work. Although my main djing genre is indie music I find that when I need to design something from scratch and really focus in on the detail that electronic music especially the cinematic electronica of Amon Tobin, Boards of C... [More]
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