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20 Horrible Habits of Clients

Below is a common list of issues designers have to deal with while working with clients on projects and how to avoid or solve those issues in a professional manner.

The Importance of Networking for Designers

One of the greatest things that ever happened to me as a designer was meeting my good friend Brad Ciszewski. Brad is probably the best coder and most business savvy person I have ever met. We met each other when I was hired for my very first freelance design gig.

3M Security Glass Advertisement

Some of you may have seen this old 3M security glass advertisement on the web already, but I think it was cool enough to post for those who have not seen it. I really love it when designers come up with creative ways to promote a product, I mean why use a normal printed advertisement when you can have your product physically at a location for people to test out!

Resource Spotlight – The History of Visual Communication

Learning the The History of Visual Communication is something every designer should do. If you are going to or have gone to school for design you will probably become well versed on this topic, but if you want to brush up on your design history right now you should check out this website because it gives you a quick overview of the The History of Visual Communication.

Clever Blood Donation Advertisment

Here is a clever blood donation advertisement for www.bancsang.net by www.minnim.tv. I’ve been coming across a lot of really out of the box advertisements like this lately so be on the look out for more in the future!

Resource Spotlight – Lovely as a Tree

Lovely as a Tree is by far the best website on environmentally friendly graphic design. Lovely as a Tree has all the information and resources you need to become a more environmentally aware graphic designer.

Graphic Design Portfolio – Drew Flaherty

Drew Flaherty is an amazing illustrator, designer and animator with an extensive portfolio of truly amazing work. Honestly his portfolio has some of the most amazing stuff I’ve seen in a long time and its hard for me to imagine that one person can be so talented and so creative in multiple areas.

MIXA Customizable USB Blank Cassettes

I’m a big fan of customizable products that give you the opportunity to add a little personal style to your every day items. Makeamixa.com turns old empty cassettes into useful USB storage devices with 1gb of space for your design and media files. You can custom design these cassettes or choose from cool pre-made designs on their website.

You the Designer Update

Hey guys in case you noticed we are changing our colors around a bit! We are doing a little bit of re-branding and improving so you may notice small changes here and there such as color changes or different ad placements as we test to see whats working best.

We also want to let you guys know we have a cool new website coming soon that will be a great resource for you all. As you know we are all about providing you with quality resources and information and we noticed a lack of a really solid and easy to navigate design directory.

So we decided to step up to the plate and launch our own design directory! We have big plans for it and it should be a perfect compliment to You the Designer!

We hope you guys are enjoying the blog so far and we look forward to improving our blog and providing you with new useful resources! We will let you know more about the new design directory in the weeks to come!

Using Light & Shade to Bring Text to Life

I’m always on the lookout for quality tutorials to share with you guys and I recently discovered the site psdtuts.com.

25 Bad Habits of Graphic Designers

1. Taking Constructive Criticism Personally

2. Not Knowing Paula Scher, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand and Friends

3. Not Staying up on Current Events and Design News

Graphic Design Portfolio – Stephanie DeArmond

Stephanie DeArmond creates many beautiful ceramic objects, but she has recently been seen creating beautiful ceramic type:

The Crestock Photoshop Contest 2007

Crestock.com has launched the biggest Photoshop contest of the year my friends! The grand prize is a Mac Pro w/ Dual 30″ LCDs! Need I say More? The Photoshop contest has 4 rounds and each round has amazing prizes from Apple including laptops, Ipods and the grand prize Mac Pro w/ Dual 30″ LCDs in round 4. Round 1 has already started so if you own Photoshop and you think you have some skillz you should be all over this!

12 Tips for Aceing Your Interview

Be on Time

A great way to not get a job is to be late to your interview. This ones pretty obvious, but you would be surprised how many people show up late. I would rather be an hour early then a minute late.

Cool Wallpapers For Your Home or Office

What better way to decorate the walls of your home or office then with these cool wallpapers by Cinq Cinq Designers & Jonas Samson that everyone can enjoy.