Signage review – UK

September 25th, 2008 No comments

Today the BBC published an article (click here to see it) about the signs found on our roads. This is an interesting read as as graphic designer we seek to make peoples lives easier, safer and more enjoyable by designing useful signage. The article touches the depths of this discipline when colour shapes and symbols all have to be considered when making signage. for example using ancient camera’s to symbolise the speed camera, and a steam train to symbolise a railway station. the UK has a great history in signage design creating for the world a one standardised road signage system, that we see in every country when we travel around. Take a read and see what you learn!

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NEW – Wedding Stationery

September 4th, 2008 No comments


I have just launched the all new looking wedding stationery website, in association with ‘Shelia Constable Photography’. We provide pre-designed and bespoke stationery. To see our designs and printing options please click here


There is several offers available including up to 10% off the printing costs of each bespoke order. Our unique selling point is that you can change your pre-designed stationery to fit with your wedding colour scheme, for no extra cost.

We can also provide; table plans, table numbers / names cards, wedding cake boxes, favor boxes and serviettes. Please contact us for these prices if you require them. If there is anything else you require for your wedding we would only be too happy to help.
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Updated Website

May 21st, 2008 No comments


I have today updated my portfolio on my website, to include my latest work, for the Bermondsey Gospel Hall. your comments would be appreciated on my work and the website overall.

sorry its short be back soon!
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Are you a Graphic Designer?

May 7th, 2008 No comments

Ask yourself if your a graphic designer, if you are then you will most probably be very familiar with these 25 experiences! enjoy!

these are all from the graphic design blog: BittBox
  1. You’ve had a client that thought they knew more about design than you.
  2. Your clients pay you for your professional expertise and skill, yet you’ve run into one of ‘those’ clients, that refuses to take the advice from the very person he/she is paying for advice (you).
  3. You’ve had a client that insisted on using the font “Papyrus,” and you had to hold in your barf as you prepped it [the design] for printing.
  4. You’ve requested a vector logo from a client, and instead, they email you a 72 dpi image they grabbed from a website.
  5. You’ve used typography as a texture.
  6. You don’t have a favorite font because you love “Typography.” Not Fonts. Choosing a favorite font would be like choosing a favorite child, it’s just wrong.
  7. You collect as many free stuffs from the interwebs as you can on your hard drive, hoping that one day, that cool project will come along that you can actually use this on.
  8. You’d rather have a free font than a free gallon of gas.
  9. It’s hard to talk about frustrations at your job with a group of friends because they have no idea what “Vector” or “DPI” is, just to name a couple.
  10. You’ve had a client ask you to “Make the logo bigger.”
  11. You’ve had a client that insists on “filling up the space.”
  12. You’ve learned to over-price web design projects because most clients are more picky about their websites than a high school girl picking out a prom dress.
  13. You feel like you’re “On Call” half of the time because clients procrastinate so much.
  14. You know keyboard shortcuts that require 4 fingers.
  15. You’ve lost hours of work because an application crashed, and you had to start over from scratch because you were in the “zone” and forgot to save. Basically, you were having so much fun being creative that saving was the last thing on your mind at the time.
  16. You’ve “Live-Traced” something.
  17. You spend more hours per week looking at CSS showcase sites than you do at the gym.
  18. The only thing that would make you happier than the demise of IE6 is world peace.
  19. You’ve done everything but give up a body part to talk a client out of a “Flash Intro.” Yeah. I said it. Flash Intro. Sad, so so sad. (goes along with #2)
  20. You have enough fonts on your hard drive to last you for: 1 font per day for about a decade, give or take a year or two.
  21. You worry about negative space as much as the content area.
  22. You get phone calls from friends and family members on a regular, sometimes annoyingly-frequent basis, wanting your services for free or extremely cheap. (and the “portfolio” line makes you want to throw something across the room)
  23. You’ve had a client that wants a website they can “update” on their own, but doesn’t know anything about websites.
  24. You’re never more than 99% happy with your final product because you believe that EVERYTHING can be improved upon. (especially with those tight-deadline projects)
I hope you enjoyed reading through this!
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New look website

April 16th, 2008 No comments

Over the last few months I have been updating my Design JD website, from the one I created many years ago for a GCSE IT project! I trust you like the design changes and the portfolio. I have created so ti will be easier for me to add new projects which i am completing, the latest of which is the Missions fellowship Day promotional leaflets.
I have also launched a website hosting part of the JD group as well, Host JD now has its own website http://www.hostjd.co.uk this isn’t completed yet, but when it is I will let you all know! in the mean time I can still set up hosting for anyone who requires it! so if you or anyone you now requires my services just give me a buzz, or contact me via the form on the site.

until next time …

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Cool Mobile Phone info

February 14th, 2008 No comments

I just received the following by email they all look very interesting!
however the first one doesn’t work on my phone and that is the most important one!

Enjoy!

FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to
drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor’s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!’

THIRD Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone! e: * # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

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Wedding Stationery

January 25th, 2008 No comments


I have recently launched a range of wedding stationery on my Design JD website.
so if your getting married or know someone who is why not take a visit, and i hope you see something you like

http://www.designjd.co.uk/weddingstationery/index.html

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Design Police

January 25th, 2008 No comments


The Design Police
Watch out for bad design the police are in town
this was a cool site i found with good stickers which one can print off and be used to advise people about their work!
i guess thought this would only be of interest to designers, sorry

the one i like most would have to be “Please do not use Word Art” !!!!

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My Voucher Codes

December 4th, 2007 No comments


Looking to save money this christmas। this is a website with loads of special offer discounts for various internet shops. looks very helpful, so i thought i would share it with you!

http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk
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shurt

November 22nd, 2007 No comments

this is a new tshirt company my friend has set up very recently.
check it out and see what you think of the new designs.
there is also a 10% discount on at the moment as well, all the more reason to have a look!

http://www.shurt.net/

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