Monthly Archives: May 2008

Advice for New Freelance Designers

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: May 30, 2008
As part of a regular feature called Freelancer Focus one the questions that freelance graphic designers are asked is “What is the biggest piece of advice you would give to someone starting out freelancing?” Brian Yerkes made a great suggestion of creating a post with all the answers the freelancer designer who have taken part [...]
Posted in Freelance Graphic Design, General Graphic Design | 26 Comments

Time Constraints and Stock Images Kill Design Creativity

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: May 28, 2008
It’s a topic I think most people in design will have become frustrated with at some point or other, when you are given too little time/budget to give a job to attention it deserves. Quoting jobs is always a difficult one but what is even worse is when a job has a really small set [...]
Posted in General Graphic Design | 28 Comments

Contemporary Graphic Design – Book Review

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: May 20, 2008
A guest review by Harry Elliot Contemporary Graphic Design, published in 2007, by Peter & Charlotte Fiell, Taschen, contains an eclectic mix of around 100 graphic designers and their work. The book itself is attractively presented with full-page spreads and a glossy finish. It opens with an introduction that illustrates the preoccupations and issues to [...]
Posted in Design Books, General Graphic Design | 11 Comments

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