To Spec or Not to Spec – that is the question
Sunday, 09 October 2011
Many times we’ll see jobs posted that ask us to come up with a design spec for a project even before the client agrees to pay us or even hire us. We know that this is a growing practice & can be a major bone of contention within the design community. The fact is, it takes
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What to Look for When Hiring a Designer
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
When looking to hire a designer for your next project, a team, your company, whatever your creative/communication needs are… you need to look for some sort of compatibility — as well as talent. There are thousands of designers out there in the marketplace, you don’t know where to look, referral — word of mouth — google
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Reviving the Creative Conversation
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
Back in January, the excuse for not contributing to our blog was I was busy – and then 6 months goes by, my conscious is “yakking at me”… you’re not writing anything – not even sending out an e-newsletter… why? I guess – there is no excuse. So – let’s revive the creative conversation, what
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Two-sided Creativity
Friday, 09 October 2009
For a long time we’ve been telling people all about our business & our talents. They know that GC & I are graphic designers, we design logos, marketing materials (postcards, brochures, etc.)…. layout publications for both formal and informal use (annual reports, simple Word documents, training manuals, etc.)…. create presentations in PowerPoint… design trade show
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ideas rolling in my head…
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
I’ve been thinking to myself that when I decided to start writing a blog, it was a gut wrenching idea. Was this going to be marketing tool, a journal of ideas, or just something that I did & never followed through with. The fact is, I always fought having to write—I hated it as a
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deadlines & creativity….
Friday, 31 July 2009
just simple post this evening… wait – it’s morning! why is it that everytime there is a deadline, the creative juices either dry up or start flowing? brings back some fun memories of college when i would wait until the last possible moment to come up with a design for an assignment. some of my
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Spinning the Creative Web…
Sunday, 26 July 2009
About a year ago, I decided that we would join the blogosphere world. At that time, it was a well-meaning intention, but it just never got off the ground. Life and business got in the way and “Creative Adventures” sat on the back burner. I thought about what I would say… what would our blog
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