Category Archives: Careers and Employment

20 Signs You’re Working for the Wrong Design Company

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: January 15, 2008
A guest post by Louisa Nicholson Listed in order of importance, the top 20 signs that you’re working for the wrong design company: 20. You aren’t making what industry says you should for your area. For the United States, reference the AIGA surveys 19. The clients like you better than your boss. 18. You work [...]
Also posted in General Graphic Design, Guest Blogger | 8 Comments

Creating your Portfolio of Graphic Design Work

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: November 1, 2007
Although you can have an online portfolio, a graphic designer who does print work still needs a physical portfolio. The way I have produced a portfolio has changed a lot of the years and the size of my portfolio has shrunk from A1 straight out of college (which was a nightmare to carry round) to [...]
Also posted in For Design Students, General Graphic Design | 9 Comments

Flexible Online Portfolio for Designers and Photographers

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: July 25, 2007
I have recently been reading about a website called format pixel. “formatpixel is an online application which allows you to create ‘page’ based presentations; anything from magazines to fanzines, brochures to catalogues and even portfolios” The basic idea is that users can upload images and display them, but the thing that seems to separate this [...]
Also posted in For Design Students, Freelance Graphic Design, General Graphic Design | 12 Comments

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