Please help me find some old logos that incorporated some kind of a globe! [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 15 answers

A friend recently purchased her own domain. She's a graphic designer, familiar with print design and article layout, who wants to create a website that might be used for self-promotion, learning web design, etc. She needs advice on hosting, and tools, and resources. I know this is a big, wide open subject, but the Hivemind is good at this sort of thing. [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - 17 answers

How do I best set up space to work as a solo graphic designer (furniture, computer equipment, etc.)? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 10 answers

Chinese language filter: is this site legit? And, if this is a scam, what kind of scam is it? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2008 - 3 answers

When I build a spot gradient in Indesign or Illustrator I'm not getting exactly what I want. What I want: a very dark blue (say, PMS 2756) to black - with the blue getting darker and darker toward black. What I get on screen and on proof: the blue becoming a lighter gray, then the gray darkening toward black. I assume the solution rests in using a blue > nothing gradient in a layer above a blue > black and messing with overprinting / transparency but I'm unsure how to proceed. Any advice?
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 11 answers

What should I know before hiring a graphic designer for the first time? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 16 answers

I know you've seen this style of illustration (example, another example). But what's it called? There are a bunch more illustrations in the same style on each site, but I can't for the life of me figure out what the style is called. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 16 answers

What should I use to track freelance graphic design jobs? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 9 answers

Great graphic design studios in Chicago? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 5 answers

DesignFilter. Help me poke and prod my nondesigner's mind to consider new ways to present that hackneyed standby of the elementary school social studies textbook, the timeline. Too much information inside. [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm in college. I'd like to be trained to do editing and layout for a living. How do I proceed? Do you know anything about Simon Fraser's Editing program? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2007 - 10 answers

What are some killer Photoshop projects for my class of design students? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2007 - 18 answers

I use tables in Indesign for lots of layout control purposes - they are fantastic for building very complex grids and forms. I often use them to build graphs as well, even simple bar graphs, but am having a big problem now. [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm after content ideas for building a design portfolio. [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2006 - 7 answers

Are there any good graphics design schools in South Carolina? [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2006 - 4 answers

Color Theory and Beyond: Recommend me a good book or references on color theory, including optical effects and concerns beyond just basics like complimentary, analagous, etc? (Expanding on this thread.) [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2006 - 14 answers

What unique methods can I use to find a graphic/web designer who is also a good teacher? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2006 - 9 answers

Help me impersonate a graphic designer! I know it’s kind of insane, but as early as this afternoon I may receive the proverbial offer (well, assignment) that I can’t refuse, and I’m wondering if anyone might be able to offer some fake-it-till-you-make-it tips for this sort of project (a short catalogue for a half-dozen or so boutique products). See, the thing is, I'm not a designer, although I have some experience with Quark, Illustrator and Photoshop. I’m most interested in a list of ten or fifteen things that you talented designer folks do over and over again that seem impressive to the uninitiated, but that are simpler than they appear to we of the untrained eyes. Books are also fine, but due to the potential immediacy of this, the shorter the tutorial, the better. [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2006 - 32 answers

I am trying to find some free fonts that would be good for use in a masthead. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2005 - 10 answers

Problems encountered in designing a logo... [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2005 - 9 answers

I've tricked my boss into thinking that I'm a better graphic designer than I actually am, now I need some help. I'm good at stealing graphics from images.google.com and photoshopping them to meet our own promotional needs, but now I need to make a poster and I can't find any source graphics with adequate resolution. Does an image library (even clip-art) exist where I can get free graphics that will scale to print quite large (eps?)?
posted on Jun 21, 2005 - 37 answers

I would like to help a very talented friend to get a scholarship to study graphic design (postgrad) in Europe or the US.
She lives in an Arab country, which in my naive opinion could work for her advantage (with all the bridge-building that should be going on right now). From Google I got dozens of graphic design schools to which apparently she would have to apply, get accepted and then apply for a scholarship. Does anybody have some personal/anecdotal knowledge that could help her? Schools with better chance of offering her a full scholarship or some relevant EU program maybe. Thanks
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 8 answers

Document design people!
Some months ago, I completed the first fairly rough draft of a (unofficial) gigantic manual for a half-life mod called Natural Selection. My manual sucks! I need help! (+)
posted on Dec 10, 2004 - 14 answers

Business cards--I'm doing some pro-bono design work for a friend who's looking for some basic business cards. I've seen at least a half dozen ads in the back of Macworld advertising 4/1 and 4/4 cards for really low prices. Anyone here ever dealt with these places? What if I wanted to do a 2 or 3 color spot PMS cards? These shops seem to gang the job up with other 4 color work, so obviously spot colors don't fit the bill.
posted on Sep 28, 2004 - 8 answers

What URL comes to mind when you think of the phrase 'beautiful website'?
posted on Aug 31, 2004 - 13 answers

I’m designing a logo for a friend’s small business that will be used initially just for business cards and perhaps a CD label. I know just enough about graphic design to be dangerous. I’m looking for general advice on image resolution, appropriate font suggestions, file format, etc. [more on the inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2004 - 19 answers

I have been assigned as Project Manager for a project to design our company website. In order to understand how it will be navigated and ensure that all the project stakeholders understand its high-level structure, we will need to create a sitemap / site outline. Can anyone recommend any software or methodology ( sticky-notes on a wall? ) for doing this? I have tried using Visio, and it just seems too cumbersome.
posted on Jul 23, 2004 - 11 answers