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	<title>Brand Identity Designer Mark McCorkell</title>
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		<title>One client, one logo.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. 


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/trust-thy-designer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Trust thy Designer'>Trust thy Designer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/design-traumatic/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Design should be traumatic'>Design should be traumatic</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/logo-design-love-book-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Logo Design Love: Book Review'>Logo Design Love: Book Review</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/one-client-one-logo/</link>
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		<title>Design should be traumatic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/misconceptions-about-web-designers/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Misconceptions about Web Designers'>Misconceptions about Web Designers</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/one-client-one-logo/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: One client, one logo.'>One client, one logo.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/trust-thy-designer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Trust thy Designer'>Trust thy Designer</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/design-traumatic/</link>
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		<title>Trust thy Designer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trust... that little "T" word that rolls off tongues so frequently. Do you ever use it? I do... a lot. As a Designer, you need to know clients can place their trust in you. If someone asks you to design for them, and you get the impression you aren't fully trusted, you will have problems.


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/one-client-one-logo/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: One client, one logo.'>One client, one logo.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/design-traumatic/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Design should be traumatic'>Design should be traumatic</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/do-you-need-a-degree/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?'>Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/trust-thy-designer/</link>
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		<title>Off the wall creativity at Furry Puppet Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following my blog for some time, you may remember my previous article about Furry Puppet Studio. I stumbled upon their website and was amazed by what these guys were creating. Recently I had an email conversation with Zack Buchman, the Creative Director of Furry Puppet Studio (New York) and he showed me some of their recent work and I was blown away by what these guys were doing, and this all happened inside the time frame of 3 weeks!


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<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/brilliant-creativity-by-vasava-studio/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Brilliant creativity by Vasava Studio'>Brilliant creativity by Vasava Studio</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/vasava-studio-55dsl-xv-years-vinyl-toy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Vasava Studio: 55DSL XV Years Vinyl Toy'>Vasava Studio: 55DSL XV Years Vinyl Toy</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/furry-puppet-studio/</link>
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		<title>Turning negatives into positives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever studied design at College or University, then you will have experienced a <em>design critique</em>. Back when I was studying, we had a few formal critiques per semester, and informal critiques every week between our peers and our design lecturers. These critiques played an important role in the ongoing development of our design projects.


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/trust-thy-designer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Trust thy Designer'>Trust thy Designer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/one-client-one-logo/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: One client, one logo.'>One client, one logo.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/do-you-need-a-degree/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?'>Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/negatives-positives/</link>
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		<title>The Tweet Moods aggregator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had this idea for a little pet project - to create a  tweet aggregator site with a novelty theme. One of my main motivations for wanting to build this site was to have a chance to experiment with some CSS3 sorcery. When you make a website for yourself you have more freedom to be bold and experiment further than you would on a website for someone else.


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/new-website-launched/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New website launched'>New website launched</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/tweetmoods/</link>
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		<title>Misconceptions about Web Designers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I'm asked what I do, I wouldn't always say the same thing to everyone. Often because I'm often not sure how to best describe it myself to those that are asking. I have always maintained I am a bit like Chandler Bing from Friends... my friends don't fully understand what I can do. But there are reasons why I wouldn't always just say "Web Designer". This article will explain some of my thoughts.


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/web-designers-who-cant-code/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Web Designers who can’t code anything?'>Web Designers who can’t code anything?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/design-traumatic/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Design should be traumatic'>Design should be traumatic</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/do-you-need-a-degree/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?'>Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/misconceptions-about-web-designers/</link>
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		<title>Ommwriter for writing inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to just write something and not have to worry about being distracted by new email notifications? Or have you ever just got frustrated typing out that article in the restrictive little “compose” window? Until I discovered Ommwriter, writing articles was not always a pleasant task, and often I found myself battling to control interfaces, and generally getting distracted from the sole objective of my task, which was writing a good article.


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/evernote-design-inspiration-scrapbook-accessible-anywhere/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Evernote: Design Inspiration Scrapbook… accessible anywhere'>Evernote: Design Inspiration Scrapbook… accessible anywhere</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/microsoft-a-glimse-into-the-future/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Microsoft: A Glimse Into The Future'>Microsoft: A Glimse Into The Future</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/design-traumatic/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Design should be traumatic'>Design should be traumatic</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/ommwriter-writing-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>New website launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a long time coming! I have been planning to re-design my website for months (since the start of the new year). But, being so busy it is hard to do everything, and find especially hard to find time to work on your own website. In general, there wasn't anything wrong with my previous site... but being the extreme perfectionist that I am, I was never really happy with it. I wanted to design something that better reflected who I am as a Designer. 


Related articles:<ol><li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/tweetmoods/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Tweet Moods aggregator'>The Tweet Moods aggregator</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/web-designers-who-cant-code/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Web Designers who can’t code anything?'>Web Designers who can’t code anything?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/misconceptions-about-web-designers/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Misconceptions about Web Designers'>Misconceptions about Web Designers</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/new-website-launched/</link>
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		<title>Do you really need a degree to work as a Designer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. This article is not just specific to Designers -  it also applies to Developers (I just shortened the title for the sake of the article promotion). If you asked me this same question a few years ago, my answer may have been very different to now.


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<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/trust-thy-designer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Trust thy Designer'>Trust thy Designer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://markmccorkell.com/blog/web-designers-who-cant-code/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Web Designers who can’t code anything?'>Web Designers who can’t code anything?</a></li>
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		<link>http://markmccorkell.com/blog/do-you-need-a-degree/</link>
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