Category Archives: Education and Training

Design For Print Check List

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: August 16, 2007
Lauren over at Creative Curio suggested a print checklist would be a good idea for a post, so here are my suggestions on setting up a graphic design job for print. When you are designing a job that needs to be printed there are certain things that need to be remembered and checked. FOR A [...]
Also posted in For Design Students, General Graphic Design, Tutorials | 28 Comments

Can Design be Taught or Do you Need Talent?

By Tara: Freelance Designer | Published: August 8, 2007
How much can be taught and how much is raw talent? Does a graphic designer need to be able to draw? A graphic designer in my opinion needs to be a reasonable good artist and therefore must have raw talent. I have often wondered if there are good designers out there who can’t draw? When [...]
Also posted in General Graphic Design | 49 Comments

What is it Like to be a Recently Qualified Designer?

By admin | Published: May 21, 2007
Lauren Marie Krause has been an valuable contributor to the comments on my blog and I really like the way she writes. I asked her if she would be interested in writing a guest post and she kindly agreed. I asked her what is was like to be a recently qualified designer, Lauren’s blog post [...]
Also posted in For Design Students, General Graphic Design, Guest Blogger | Tagged , , , | 35 Comments

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