David Airey, graphic designer

You’re a graphic design student with a portfolio full of fictitious projects. You want to work with clients to build your experience, but you need a more developed portfolio to attract the clients. A classic catch-22.

That’s when working pro bono proves extremely useful.

Read on to learn why, and for a chance to win one of five signed copies of Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities.

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Archived under Business, Identity.

When it comes to client presentations, contextual imagery is key. The use of digital mock-ups allows your clients to visualize how their new brand identity will tie-in with the products they produce, the premises they occupy, the vehicles they drive, the clothes they wear.

→ Continue reading Where to find contextual image templates for your brand identity presentations

Archived under Branding, Identity, Resources.

I’m on the lookout for an entry-level digital SLR. Yesterday I asked for your recommendations on Twitter, and here are a few of your most popular choices (thanks very much, by the way).

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Archived under Photography.

I’m always interested to know what you think, so if you have any thoughts, negative or positive, please do leave a comment.

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Archived under Portfolio, Web.

“Only too often, [spec work] results in a client eventually having to bring a more experienced designer onto a project in order to execute it.”

→ Continue reading AIGA’s response to NEA’s call for logos

Archived under Graphics.