Category: Graphic Design

What to bring with you on holiday?

Posted on 25/05/2023

The holidays are coming up, it is even already holiday time. Maybe that is why we are already too late, but we hope not. Anyway, we would like to help you prepare for your holidays. We will tell you what to bring on holiday. No, we won’t tell you which boring outfits to bring. What we will tell you is all the non-standard things you should have with you when you go on holiday. Whether it’s to a nice warm country or not, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that you are well prepared and that you don’t go short of anything. You should take everything you can think of so that you have everything you want. We will do this together. How can we do that? Well, we will tell you what to do, you just have to follow some simple steps. Then go ahead and do that!

Polaroid camera

A Polaroid camera is a must. It allows you to capture the best moments and is highly recommended. The Polaroid camera is easy to use and suitable for every situation. It makes memories permanent, even if you have forgotten about them. In addition, with custom Polaroid film and … Read More

Pub chain Young’s is slammed for swapping traditional signs for ‘bland corporate graphic design’

Posted on 07/01/2023

A major pub chain has been criticized for replacing its traditional signs with ‘bland corporate graphic design’ that ‘leaves them resembling them assets in a branding exercise’.

Young’s, which operates nearly 220 pubs in London and the south of England, has swapped pictorial signs for illustrations based around the first letter of each pub’s name.

For example, the Rose and Crown in Wimbledon Village in south-west London, which previously bore an image of Henry Tudor – the victor of the Wars of the Roses – now has a design based around the letter R.

Similarly, the nearby Alexandra in Wimbledon town center has seen its sign switch from a painting of the Danish princess after which it was named to a white ‘A’ on a blue background.

The Rose and Crown in Wimbledon village, with its new sign on the left and the old one on the right. Dating back to the 17th century, the former coaching inn – positioned on the edge of Wimbledon Common – was first leased by Young’s in 1832. The Victorian poet Algernon Swinburne was one famous regular

The Lamb is a small Victorian pub in Bloomsbury has also been fitted with a new sign.

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What graphic design will look like in 2023?

Posted on 07/01/2023

As part of our series on design in 2023, Fraser Muggeridge offers his take on what he wants graphic design to look like this year.

What graphic design will look like in 2023?

There will be a huge gap between what I want the graphic design to look like, and what it will actually look like in the coming year. Rather than focusing purely on aesthetics, I would like to see improvements in how content is supplied, questioning the design process itself, with clear responsibility for every aspect from those with specific training and knowledge acquisition.

Print is permanent and so editorial graphic designers need to be responsible not only for the design, but also for copy editing and proofreading so as to ensure that all the words, punctuation and spaces are in the right place and in the right order. It’s a difficult task that nonetheless comes with all the advantages of being in control. However, we need to know what we are doing, be deliberate, and assume responsibility for our actions. Micro and macro details are as important as the big idea, that can, at times, suffocate the work. Reading, questioning, knowing, and upholding standards is what’s needed

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Graphic Design Freelancer (Hospitality) – Pedestrian Jobs

Posted on 06/01/2023

Want to work with some of Sydney East’s most iconic venues?

We are looking for a freelancer to create digital and print designs for our Sydney hospitality group based in the Eastern Suburbs. The designs will be used to promote our in-venue activations including special days (ie Mother’s Day, Sporting Events, NYE etc) as well as bigger quarterly campaigns promoting different aspects of the venues.

The right person will be:

  • Confident working with different branding and how to translate it into various activations
  • Comfortable with both print and digital design
  • Has a fast turnaround time (around 3-4 days max per design would be ideal for simple promotions, longer for more complex designs)
  • Experience working with hospitality brands is a bonus

The gigs:

  • We will be offering up to 20 hours of work per week which may vary depending on how many promotions we have coming up
  • The rate we are looking for is around $60 per hour, which is negotiable for the right candidate
  • We are hoping to find someone who can bring fun, fresh and quirky designs to help translate our concepts into awesome artwork!

Please include examples of your work, preferably from hospitality clients (eg venue posters, social

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