I recently read a Smashing Magazine post by Stephen Shaw on making things appear slap bang in the middle of a web page no matter what – this is known in the trade as ‘absolute centering’. Believe it or not this is something that web developers and designers have been struggling with for years. Stephen’s method is so astonishingly elegant in … Read More
Designing a Logo for £95: A Learning Curve About the Pricing of Services
For a long time I found it difficult to set prices for my work. I would struggle with the idea of something like a logo design having a fixed price. How could I go about designing a logo for £95, for example, when some logos would surely take longer than others? Through experience, the answer eventually came, but only after … Read More
Vintage Style Logo for Dowsing & Reynolds
A very quick post today as I’m about to leave to meet with York Associates to demonstrate my concept for an interesting and unusual brochure! Here’s a vintage style logo I’ve just finished for a niche lighting company, Dowsing & Reynolds. A classic case of ‘less is more’, I feel! I’ve had feedback from people saying it looks like it … Read More
To Illustrate a Point
I have recently been carrying out Adobe Illustrator workshops for a Theatre company, HunkyPunk. During of one of these workshops, I drew a few shapes to demonstrate the process of creating a custom brush, amongst other things. After we had finished, I was about to close the file without saving when I was grabbed by the urge to turn these … Read More
Three Websites for Prime Recruitment
We were recently asked to get involved with Prime Recruitment, a new venture from the lovely people at Prime Education, who were in the process of building three new websites. We were happy to help, and liaised with recruitment CMS specialists Firefish to design and build three recruitment websites for three market sectors: education, medical and engineering. Our involvement primarily … Read More
Simple Logo for The Stretching Clinic
Sometimes the design process can be so simple and so satisfying, you get from start to finish with zero stress, and it all seems almost too good to be true. I was approached by Active Isolated Stretching Clinic, who had decided to abbreviate their name to The Stretching Clinic, (great move by the way guys), so of course they needed a … Read More
Tee Design for the MOB (Mountaineering Club of Bury)
When I’m not busy designing things or making music I am partial to a spot of climbing. It’s always a real pleasure when I’m asked to design something that relates to a passion, so when the Mountaineering Club of Bury asked me if I’d design their new tees I didn’t hesitate for one moment. [pdf-embedder url=”https://instadesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MOB-tees-multi-sport.pdf” title=”MOB tees multi sport”] … Read More
Identity for Coolfin Organic Bakery
Another baker has chosen Instadesign! Here’s the scalable vector logo we created for Coolfin Organic Bakery, and watch out for a website, stationery and social media presence.
Identity and Website for Patchy Warrior
What, or who, is a Patchy Warrior, you may ask – or, if you have heroic textile tendencies yourself, you may have guessed it: Patchy Warrior, aka Ursula Christie, is a Glasgow based master seamstress specialising in premium quality, custom made patchwork. And we are the ones proudly stitching together an identity and website to promote her wares. Here’s the … Read More