Graphic Design News
News focused on research, advocacy and mentorship for the graphic design community. Information includes best practices on logo and identity development; branding; visual and text design of brochures, ads, and promotional items; as well as designer news and recognition.
Creative Brand Communications Welcomes Irina Beffa as Graphic Designer
Creative Brand Communications, Inc. (CBC), a full-service multi-sensory marketing and experiential brand development agency specializing in building brands for forward-thinking financial and professional services companies, today announces that Irina Beffa has joined as graphic designer,... - June 23, 2007 - Creative Brand Communications
Roboanimatronics: Branding 2.0
All mascots for large corporations create a brand and a memory hook that keeps their messages at the top of the viewers' mind. Animal "spokesthings", such as the Aflac duck, the Geico gecko, and the Exxon tiger, are firmly ingrained in consumers' minds. With the invention of the Internet and the advancement of the web 2.0 trend, similar branding for smaller companies is becoming more of a reality. - June 22, 2007 - Cimetta Design
Polar Design Continues Tradition of Interactive Innovation with Two Horizon Interactive Awards, Banking Interactive Demo
Polar Design (www.polardesign.com) took home two Horizon Interactive Awards, including a Gold in E-Commerce/Sales and a Bronze in Public Service/Non-Profit, while also completing a unique floating flash demo for a regional New England savings bank. - June 22, 2007 - Polar Design
BJAC Announces New Employee
Lou Jurkowski, chief executive officer of BJAC, p.a., one of the largest woman-owned design firms in the Southeast, has announced that Mark Sealy has joined the firm as design leader and manager of the Charlotte office. In this position, Sealy will coordinate and develop the efforts of the... - June 22, 2007 - BJAC
Clipapic – Simplifying Image Clipping Paths and Background Removal with Photoshop
For people working in the photo and imaging world making clipping paths and removing backgrounds is labor-intensive and tiresome, but also inevitable. Take any flyer, magazine, catalogue or web site and consider the amount of time and effort it took to isolate all those images. It is now possible to order hand-made Photoshop clipping paths online. www.clipapic.com uses an online service to produce handmade Photoshop clipping paths in next to no time, at a price that cannot be ignored. - June 22, 2007 - Clipapic
Austin Graphics - 2007 Best Sign Company
Austin Graphics - The Best Sign Company for 2007 By the Austin Advertising Federation (www.austinadfed.com) at the annual "Vendies" awards banquet. - June 16, 2007 - Austin Graphics LLC
Wiki Design Contest Offers Cash Prizes
Centiare, the Free Directory, invites editors to show off their best wiki design skills, and be paid for their efforts. - June 16, 2007 - Centiare.com
Portland Designer Receives Multiple Awards in International Competition
Ryan Graphics, Big Tricks for Small Budgets, has just received multiple awards from the 4th annual International award competition sponsored by Portfolios.com. Portfolios.com is a well known website in the creative industry. An online source for creatives to showcase work samples, search the job... - June 09, 2007 - Ryan Graphics
Turbo Photo Announces Mini-Collection Stock Photo CDs
Turbo Photo (www.turbophoto.com) announces a new series of stock photo CDs called ‘mini-collections’. The mini-collections contain only 25 images, but are more affordable and more specialized in content. This is different than traditional stock photo CDs, which typically contain 50-100... - June 04, 2007 - Turbo Photo
New, Environmentally Friendly Large Format Paper Offered at wabpapersupply.com
WAB Paper Supply has announced the debut of a new paper to their line-up of reprographic printing supplies. The new “green paper” is virtually equivalent to the standard paper widely used in the large format printing industry, but creates less impact on the environment. The paper is... - May 31, 2007 - WAB Paper Supply
Online Retailer Launches New Packaging
Circumventing damaged product during shipping, while creating an easier method of storage, OnlineLabels.com revamps its current packaging on all label orders at a much higher cost. The packaging change is Company’s first in over eight years. - May 31, 2007 - Online Labels, Inc.
Gatlinburg Cabins Are Plentiful of Course, But How Does One Know What They Are Paying for Before they Make the Trip to the Smokies?
S.D. Professionals, LLC shouts its top choice for overnight rentals of Gatlinburg Cabins and Gatlinburg Cabin companies to save tourist a little frustration, headache and money this Memorial Day Holiday, May 26, 2007. - May 27, 2007 - Gatlinburg Cabins
Temperature Rises in Santa Barbara
Jim Palam & Partners Heats Things Up - May 25, 2007 - Jim Palam & Partners
Fashionable T-Shirt Line Designed by 7 Year Old Girl Which Also Benefits Children’s Charity
While most 7 year old girls are just learning to put on their own t-shirts, one special girl is busy creating them. Haley Schmidt at just 7 years old might be the youngest t-shirt designer in the country with her new line of fashionable children’s t-shirts titled HaleyBopTees. For certain... - May 25, 2007 - HaleyBop
Miriello Grafico Renovates Warehouse in Barrio Logan
Miriello Grafico Inc. (MGI), a graphic design and strategic marketing firm specializing in business communications, today announced that it has completed the renovation of a warehouse in Barrio Logan. Named, “The Logan”, it will be the new corporate headquarters for MGI with the... - May 23, 2007 - Miriello Grafico
Eclipsit Announces Microangelo On Display 6 - On Display Allows Users to Customize Vista Desktop Icons, Folders, and Shortcuts
Microangelo On Display can customize your desktop's icon and cursor display like no other icon program. One common dialog changes icons and customizes the appearance of any windows object or folder icon. - May 22, 2007 - Eclipsit, Inc.
Sitedesigns4u.com Starts Community Outreach Program
On May 17th the owners of sitedesigns4u.com announced a new program that is going to give back to their local community. This program is going to be call the SCOP (SiteDesigns4u.com Community Outreach Program). The SCOP is going to assist low budget non-profit organization in get their programs... - May 20, 2007 - Sitedesigns4u.com
Web 2.0 Design Marketplace Offers Exclusivity to its Advertisers
PostBidWin.com, a leading online Web 2.0 marketplace for graphic design, announced that it will be selling an exclusive opportunity to advertise on its 1,000+ member pages. The site has never before offered advertising spots and is promising higher return on investment and lower costs than... - April 22, 2007 - PostBidWin.com
S. D. Professionals, LLC Unveils Global Online Image
New Web Site Features Creativity, Faster Solutions and Competitive Pricing - April 20, 2007 - SD Professionals LLC
THX Best Practices Lab to Host 2007 DVDA Excellence Awards
Ceremony at Historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA - April 12, 2007 - International Digital Media Alliance
HG Art and Framing Consultants Announces Isaac Solomon as Print & Graphic Design Manager
Isaac Solomon joined the HG team on March 12, 2007 as the Print & Graphic Design Manager. Isaac plans to take the printing and graphic department at HG to a new level. He hopes to use his graphic design background to ensure that HG giclees are produced at the highest quality and meet client deadlines. - March 22, 2007 - HG Arts
Miriello Grafico Signs Two New Accounts
Miriello Grafico's signs two new accounts with an objective to help connect technology visionaries with consumers. - March 19, 2007 - Miriello Grafico
Proclamation Media of Knoxville, TN Unveils New Web Site
Proclamation Media LLC of Knoxville, TN has just unveiled its newly designed web site offering a more complete overview of their products and services. Clients and soon to be clients will find this site overflowing with useful information about the company and the products and services they provide. - March 17, 2007 - Proclamation Media LLC
Innovative Branding – Setting your Company Apart from Pack
Digital Artist, George Glasser incorporates ubiquitous and innovative design concepts with graphics to create one-off imagery that not only captures the eye, but also the viewer’s imagination. - March 09, 2007 - G-tigerclaw.com
Miriello Grafico Helps TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tee Off
Innovative Maxfli packaging embodies new ‘maverick’ image and includes endorsement by John Daly - March 02, 2007 - Miriello Grafico
AIGA Miami Invites Rick Valicenti
AIGA Miami is hosting a lecture by Award winning designer Rick Valicenti, Principal and founder of Thirst/3st out of Chicago, at the DASH Gallery on Thursday February 22, 2007. Founder/Design Director of Thirst in 1981 and Thirstype in 1993. Rick Valicenti's has been recognized for the passion... - February 21, 2007 - AIGA Miami
Trenzza, an Apparel Design Studio, Launches a New Website with All New Services Offered
Trenzza Design Studio is an apparel graphic design company focused on providing unique print and pattern designs that keep up with consumer trends. Trenzza takes over its client’s conceptual ideas in order to develop a powerful and marketable digital textile designs for their specific... - February 12, 2007 - Naz Creative
Austin Graphics Adds High Definition Printing
Austin Graphics today announced it has installed the New EFI™-Vutek® QS2000 UV curing digital inkjet printer. The first 2 meter (80 inch) High Definition Superwide Format Printer in Austin. - February 07, 2007 - Austin Graphics LLC
Jungle 8 Creates Branding Initiative for UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine
Stem Cell Research Pioneer Looks to Jungle 8 for Branding and Marketing Services. - January 25, 2007 - Jungle 8
Mayhem Studios' Works Published in Creativity Awards 36
Mayhem Studios’ works featured in David E. Carter’s next book, Creativity Annual Awards 36, released Summer of 2007 by Harper Collins. - January 25, 2007 - Mayhem Studios
Brand Impakt Launches Updated Website
Brand Impakt, an Ajman Free Zone based full-service Graphic Design Studio launched their new web presence at www.brandimpakt.com today. The new site integrates many multimedia examples of Brand Impakt's successful visual communication projects including image snapshots, video clips and audio clips. - January 23, 2007 - Brand Impakt F.Z.C
Portland Designer Announces Work will be Published in “The Big Book of Logos”
Ryan Graphics, Big Tricks for Small Budgets, will have her logo work published in the upcoming book, “The Big Book of Logos #5” by David E. Carter. He is a best-selling editor/author in the history of graphic design books. Since 1972, he has produced more than 100 books; all David E. - January 18, 2007 - Ryan Graphics
Grant's DVD Cover Design Sofware Released (v.1.2)
Grant's DVD Cover Design Sofware (www.designbygrant.com) is an advanced set of high resolution Adobe Photoshop Templates & Actions that allow self-publishers and graphic designers to create and make 3 Demensional product covers for websites, and high definition DVD Covers for print in under 5 minutes. - January 11, 2007 - Design By Grant
Bronx Graphic Design Company in Spotlight
Gail’s Graphic Designs has set a precedent in the community by using professional talents to help others in need of marketing services. Gail Lewis, Director, started out helping neighbors with their resumes and presentation projects, over the past 14 years; Ms. Lewis has continued to... - January 02, 2007 - Gail's Graphic Designs
Stop Studios Ranked as a Top Graphic Design Firm
Durham Creative Firm Recognized in Triangle Business Journal’s Book of Lists 2006 - December 28, 2006 - Stop Studios
Where and How to Find a Web and Graphic Design Company
US-based company launches a very informative web site facilitating companies, corporations and entrepreneurs to find graphic & logo deign company online. Before assigning the task of logo designing, companies should view www.logblog.org. This web site not only helps the viewers to locate a... - December 15, 2006 - LogoBlog
Second Annual Logo Design Makeover Comes to a Close
LogoBee selects 15 winners for their non-profit Makeover event. - December 15, 2006 - LogoBee Logo Design
LogoBee.com Wraps up 2006 on a High Note
Logo design firm gets ready for a successful 2007. - December 06, 2006 - LogoBee Logo Design
Stop Studios Awarded National Accreditation for Company Logo and Print Work
Durham Creative Agency Awarded American Graphic Design Award - December 05, 2006 - Stop Studios
Harrington College of Design Faculty Member Ryan Kapp Garners the 2006 Educator of the Year Award
Harrington College of Design faculty member, Ryan Kapp, was one of eight faculty members, representing various disciplines across Career Education Corporation (CEC) schools, recently honored with the highest award given by CEC. Finalists were selected based on an application evaluating four... - December 01, 2006 - Harrington College of Design
Ulanguzi Creative Strategies Highlighted in TBJ List of Top Area Design Firms
Firm ranks fifth of Triangle agencies, moving up from last year's top ten spot. - November 15, 2006 - Ulanguzi Creative Strategies
7Creation Graphic Design Competition Community
7Creation.com graphic design competition has successfully converted itself into a graphic design community fully developed from sketch again after its first competition with success. - October 30, 2006 - 7Creation.Com
WP762 Concepts Expands Client List
Alex Moreau and the remaining cast of urban innovators at WP762 Concepts, a Vancouver Based Graphic Design Studio, have officially unveiled their latest services. The new SCP: “Street Certification Package” (Event Marketing/Conceptual design) & THC: The Hard Corp. Package”... - October 27, 2006 - WP762 Concepts
The One-Stop-Web-Shop for New Businesses
New Web Development Company - October 18, 2006 - Asap Designs
New Logo Design Service Offers Unlimited Revisions and Helps Customers Build Branding
Banner Spot announces the launch of their new, affordable logo design service featuring unlimited revisions at www.Banner-Spot.com. The service gives customers greater control over the design from concept to completion. The new logo design service, in addition to the company’s previous banner design services, aim to help even the smallest customers improve their branding efforts. - October 03, 2006 - Banner Spot
Hummingbird Creative Group Recognized In 2006 American Graphic Design Awards
Local Creative Services Firm Earns Two Awards - October 02, 2006 - Hummingbird Creative Group
Introducing digital ellusions, a Unique New Collection of Quality Layered Photoshop Graphics
Your key to outstanding print, web and multimedia design. Offering a library of royalty free digital stock art images including high resolution layered photoshop psds, stock backgrounds and abstract illustrations. - September 29, 2006 - digital ellusions
Josh Higgins Receives National Recognition for Hurricane Relief Poster
Miriello Grafico’s designer, Josh Higgins, wins multiple creative awards for Hurricane Relief Poster design. Josh's poster is part of a national project to help raise hurricane relief funds for the Red Cross. - September 26, 2006 - Miriello Grafico
Macraigor Systems Announces Low-Cost Debug Interfaces for Freescale ColdFire and DSP Processors
Macraigor Systems LLC today announced availability of its usb2Sprite devices for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.’s, ColdFire and DSP 56300 families of microprocessors. The usb2Sprite provides embedded design engineers with a low-cost USB 2.0 interface to the on-chip debugging features of these... - September 25, 2006 - Macraigor Systems LLC
LogoBee Takes Another Award for Color Logo Design Concept
Leading design firm wins at the American Design Awards - September 16, 2006 - LogoBee Logo Design