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An Alien and a Logo — Part Two

04 Mar 2010, Posted by Dan in Design Process, 2 Comments

An Alien and a Logo — Part Two


Continuing from Part One of this series on designing a free logo, I pick up where we start the design process. The first step in any logo design is finding out what the client wants to accomplish with their company. What are they doing? Who do…

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An Alien and a Logo

01 Mar 2010, Posted by Dan in Design Process, 0 Comments

An Alien and a Logo


Over the holidays this year, I decided to do something I’d normally never consider doing: create a logo identity for someone who needed it, for free. While I have never made my opinion very public, I’ve always shied away from free (or spec) work,…

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27 Jan 2010, Posted by Dan in Design Process, 0 Comments

Resetting Numbered Lists in InDesign


My next post is coming the way of a screencast! I go through the steps of fixing multiple lists numbers in InDesign when you’re using numbered lists via the Paragraph Styles. Feel free to leave comments…

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How I Identify Typefaces

14 Dec 2009, Posted by Dan in Design Process, 3 Comments

How I Identify Typefaces


Ask anyone that I work with: I get poked fun at for identifying typefaces with a good degree of accuracy. I get some interesting reactions from interns who probably find themselves wondering how I caught them using Arial instead of Helvetica across…

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Design or Copy and Paste?

07 Dec 2009, Posted by Dan in Design Process, 2 Comments

Design or Copy and Paste?


In my stash of RSS feeds and bookmarks, I ran across an interesting article last month that asked, “Is there creativity in design?”, which got me thinking: is there? Auto racing is one of my most favorite pass times, and after getting our…

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