Comments on: Brochure design for the non-profit Darbar

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:06:08 +0000

Thanks very much, everyone, and apologies for the delay in response.

Steve,

The Darbar logo looks like quite a few I’ve seen, with the first instance coming from back in the 1970s, and shown on the iconic logo designers website (by Anton Stankowski). Do you have yours online? I’d be interested in taking a look, as I’m compiling a collection of similar logos.

RooYo,

InDesign’s an excellent program, and I’d recommend it over Quark.

By: RooYo

RooYo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:28:48 +0000

Very nice work David! Brochure design and print design in itself is an area that I don’t have much experience. I’m just not familiar with the software (like InDesign) enough to create something and on top of that I’m not super familiar with all the file formats needed so that when printed, it looks good.

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By: Steve O

Steve O — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:02:59 +0000

Nice work David, good colour use throughout and the fonts seem to work well. I did the Summer In The City marketing for Cambridge for 2005 & 2006 so I know it can be a challenge to get all the info in, looking good and easy to follow. That Darbar logo looks just like one I did a few years ago! No accusations being thrown, just an observation.
I’ve seen my fair share of Indian musicians through a number of visits to Womad festivals - big fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Sheila Chandra. Looks like a good time will be had!

By: Firany

Firany — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:19:20 +0000

Great stuff David, keep it up, I am looking forward to your next works!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:47:21 +0000

Toni,

Glad you got a good finish with the perfect binding. I’ve seen some very poor results for those using an unreliable printer / binder. Print is here for some time yet. No doubt.

Deron, Chaitanya,

Thanks very much.

Jermayn,

I wanted to include a PDF download, but the filesize is quite large. I’ll have another look and post a new comment if I offer one.

Joey,

To create the centre spread (7th image from top) I created a grid of equal sized squares (all the size of the smallest image). Then, I merged a few together to give the variations, whilst keeping the same grid lines in place. Does that make sense?

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:59:23 +0000

I was really impressed by the… I guess it was the seventh picture shown here, the one that was mainly covered by pictures. I tried to do something similar but I didn’t manage to create that “whole” effect that you created! Any tips on how I can do that? :D
Congratulations! You are really good!

By: Chaitanya VRK

Chaitanya VRK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:36:48 +0000

As usual, an Excellent Job again.

The vibrant use of colors and selective fonts made the design simple and awesome.

By: Jermayn Parker

Jermayn Parker — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:46:03 +0000

Very nice indeed!
Would you release a pdf version of it?

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By: Deron Sizemore

Deron Sizemore — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:50:36 +0000

Good work yet again though.

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By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:47:56 +0000

HiYa David

Great Design…Lovely!
I agree that the best thing about print is seeing the finished article and holding it in your hands. We recently produced a 40 page A4 report for the Environment Agency that we had ‘perfect bound’ (hadn’t done that before…beautifully neat finish). It has a spider button in the inside cover to hold a DVD too. We were thrilled with it (so were they) and all printed on 100% recycled paper which is so nice to do! :)
Who said ‘print is dead’?!?
Cheers
Toni

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