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How To Design Large Format Graphics
Recently I did a guest post on the Classic Exhibits blog page explaining several graphic design tips for large format file prep. I invite you to read that post on the Classic site and let me know if you have any questions. The article is called “I Like Big Graphics and I Can Not Lie / Baby Got Big”. View…
Video Game Shirts For Hangry Gamer Gear
Fun Side Project For Gaming Industry Friend I’ve been fortunate to know many people in the design and programming industry through my career. However, one of my favorite people is a fellow by the name of Mitchell Russell. Mitch and I met in Canada years ago when I was producing audio commercials and designing print ads for an advertising agency.…
Do It Now Instead Of Later
As a graphic designer who cares about customer service and sales (yes, I care about sales and appreciate the effort it takes) my feeling on tasks at hand has always been to “do it right now”. Regardless of what you may be working on at the time you should always be flexible to handle an emergency, or even a small…
Oh The Web We Weave When We Deceive…
I’ve been lucky to only work for four companies in my professional career as a graphic designer and creative individual (and one of them is my own freelance outfit). The most recent company I work for I only joined a few months ago and I love it. Therefore, in over 22 years, just three actual corporations have had me as…
LAXY / LAZY Los Angeles 2024 Olympic Bid Pushed To 2028
How this move is a good thing from a graphic design point of view. It was announced that the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in Paris while the 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles. From a design point of view I find this a relief for Los Angeles because the logo they were using to promote…
Creating Smaller File Sizes Working In Large Format – Adobe Illustrator Edition
This post has been moved for now to my employers web site here to learn about designing large format graphics for the trade show industry.
Beware Blog Articles That Are Ghost Written
Is a graphic or trade show expert just a hired writer with no experience? So the company or individual you do business with has written a blog article and you are excited to read it because you trust this entity. However, are you certain the article was actually written by the person/company in question? How can you tell? As the…
PDF Files Are Evil (a personal feeling)
Why a large format job should never be submitted in PDF unless specifically requested and you know what you are doing Almost every professional design application has the ability to export or save as a PDF file and some large format printers actually request PDF files for final output (very limited number). However, it is my opinion that PDF files…
Ugly Design Is Ok If Your Client Wants It
When your desire as a designer is trumped by client taste you design an ugly graphic. Several years ago I was presented with a design task for a client looking for a small table top display. The exhibit hardware involved was the ExpoGo Showmax unit, which is beautiful, and I had designed many items for that unit in the past…