by Derek Armsden | 13 Jul, 2014
“HELLO?” calls a man through the screen door. “I’M RESPECTING THE DO NOT KNOCK SIGN!” A man, woman & baby want to talk about God. They have tracts. “Smart arse” I say as I slam the door in their cheery little faces. So I...
by Derek Armsden | 10 Jul, 2014
This is easily the most common design brief given in this country. It’s a designer’s nightmare. A total cliché. People want to stress to the locals that they are local too, or they want people in other countries to be aware that they’re exotic....
by Derek Armsden | 30 Jan, 2014
It seemed to me that I could find more uses for my iPad than as a media controller or games platform. I should be able to create things on it! After a lot of research into the painting app options, I settled on Procreate. It really is am amazing app and, although I...
by Derek Armsden | 20 Nov, 2013
Freelancer.com goes public – sharemarket launch values it at nearly $1 billion. So I checked them out. Essentially it seems much the same as 99designs.com, which I’d signed up for earlier in the year and investigated as a possible source of income. It wasn’t,...
by Derek Armsden | 17 Oct, 2013
I thought it might be interesting to explain a little about my process when designing a logo, using an example of one I recently completed for Vital Signs & Graphics. Step 1 – talk to the client This is a client who came to me through an ad I run on Gumtree....