In the design world, nobody will hire you without something in your portfolio, but how do you get that portfolio if no one will hire you?

Can you remember when you first started out? It feels like just yesterday you were scraping around for work. Today, you strut with some coin in your pocket and a few satisfied clients to boot.

“Logo Design Love” by David Airey was more than just a book about logo design. If you haven’t begun your fantastic journey into brand design, then you should really pick up this book and get some awesome pointers and advice.

But the sad truth is how sure are these companies that the new logo they are so proud of is original? That their new logo doesn’t just come in a different color or gradient than someone else?

What does it mean to be trendy? It’s defined as being fashionable and up to date.

Regardless of what a lot of critics say, I believe crowdsourcing can be a very rewarding experience.

Let’s faces facts. Every now and again, you’ll come across that one client in your designing career, that really believes they know more about design than you do.

The first thing you’ll want to do is research the industry the logo is for. You want to know as much as you can about it.

Once, (when I was starting my career as a designer) I had submitted my resume, along with a sample of my portfolio, to a company that was in the process of hiring.

We’ve all had them. Those clients who are so crazy unreasonable that you are tempted to give up freelancing completely and go drop an application off at Burger King.

The next day I received a panicky call from a guy that sounded like he was still in his teens, he was extremely apologetic, terrified that I was going to sue him, and adamant that the pirated images were his website designers fault and he had no idea that they...

Go to eBay and type in “your logo on my body” and you’ll pull up at least one auction with some crazy nut selling the opportunity to put your logo on some visible part of his/her body (in the form of a henna tattoo) for up to a three month...

Contrary to common belief the customer is not always right. Actually, sometimes they are downright stupid.