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I am a lo-res TIF

I am a lo-res TIF

By Douglas Bonneville on February 10, 2010

The dreams of graphic designers can be very interesting as well unintentionally revealing. I speak from personal experience. Let me tell you about an episode and then you can make of what you will, and perhaps apply the lesson to your own life as a designer and human being.

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100 Funny Typos from my Graphic Design Blog Stats

By Douglas Bonneville on November 27, 2009

Part of the fun of running a graphic design blog is getting to see how people find the site through Google. I recently took a look at my analytics, and found some crazy typos and hilarious search strings! While most of my traffic comes from other designers through Twitter and other graphic design related sites, [...]

Posted in Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Graphic Design, monitor resolution, printing press, Typography | 31 Responses

15 Top Graphic Design Limericks for your Amusement

By Douglas Bonneville on November 9, 2009

Update: T-Shirts of some of these are now available at CafePress… My son nabbed Edward Lear’s Complete Book of Nonsense from the library some time ago. It was one of my favorite books growing up. I wondered if it was possible to write limericks about Graphic Design. I penned some (dare I call it) Graphic [...]

Posted in Creativity, Graphic Design, Totally Random | Tagged Creativity, Graphic Design, random | 36 Responses

28 Crazy Geometric Graphic Design Inspirations from 500 Years Ago

By Douglas Bonneville on November 3, 2009

Boy, the term “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” rings true today. I’m a big fan of M.C. Escher and deeply appreciate and am inspired by his work, both as a graphic designer and artist, and so I was astonished today to find what is likely – directly or indirectly – the archetypal artist [...]

Posted in Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs | Tagged Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs | 4 Responses

How to Use a Typewriter to Promote Your Logo Design Business

How to Use a Typewriter to Promote Your Logo Design Business

By Douglas Bonneville on October 29, 2009

We all need a clever marketing piece from time to time to garner attention and promote our wares as graphic designers. Lot’s of great competition out there! I discovered a secret way of promoting your business though. I probably shouldn’t tell you, but I’m going to trust you in good will with this secret. And [...]

Posted in Graphic Design Business, Photography | Tagged Graphic Design, Typography | 3 Responses

Awesomeness goes to 11 on the new iMac, along with the ability to toggle the Reality Distortion Field

The Best Monitor for Graphic Design

By Douglas Bonneville on October 20, 2009

Apple just released the all-new iMac 27-inch today, along with a 21.5-inch. The 24-inch model has been retired. The new iMac monitor is crazy good for graphic designers for several reasons:

Posted in Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design | Tagged Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design | 12 Responses

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