I bet that title caught your attention, eh? The whole debate about how many logo concepts to show a client is a never-ending story. I’m going to say now from the offset that it really does depend on the designer, and there is no “right” and “wrong”. But there are some methods that simply don’t work. Read the rest of this entry »
Have you ever felt that what you’re designing is just too easy? Or maybe it got a bit “samey” and you don’t know what happened? Well, that’s because you’re probably doing it wrong. Design is quite tough, you know? Like everything else in this world, the better you are at it… the harder you will have to push yourself to get the best possible results. Read the rest of this entry »
With the arrival of the new year, I thought it was time to give my blog a fresh look, and more importantly… a fresh logo. My new logo was the final result of about a week of work. I know… I probably should have spent the remainder of my Christmas holidays eating left over Turkey, and chocolate, but I wanted to do something productive with my time. Read the rest of this entry »
With only a few days now until Big Brother 2009 starts I thought I’d post about the phenomenon that is “Big Brother”. Every summer Big Brother dominates the tabloid headlines and unless you reside on the moon, then you will have seen big brother on TV at some stage. Read the rest of this entry »
I see a visual identity, or logo as something that needs to be re-developed ongoing, it is not something that is done once, set in stone and never touched again! It has been about a year since I designed my previous logo, and it was indeed time for a change. The first image below is my previous logo, and until recently I was quite happy with it. I got a bit bored with it, and as my blog is starting to evolve I felt that my identity should too. I was also starting to think that the “markmccorkelldesign” type was a bit long for a logo. But… maybe that was just me trying to give myself a reason to re-design it? Read the rest of this entry »
