Graphic Design News
News focused on research, advocacy and mentorship for the graphic design community. Information includes best practices on logo and identity development; branding; visual and text design of brochures, ads, and promotional items; as well as designer news and recognition.
L&C Sunshine Technology Services Announces the Launch of Their Web Design and Online Marketing Division TotalOnlineExposure.com
L&C Sunshine Technology Services has officially launched their Web Design and Online Marketing operation; TotalOnlineExposure.com based out of Long Island, New York which is part of the company's first quarter 2011 expansion and joint partnership. This expansion is one of four possible slated for 2011. - February 17, 2011 - L&C Sunshine Technology Services
Add-in Enable Support for RAW Image Formats, Adobe DNG, Photoshop PSD in Windows Explorer
Updated software extension enables Microsoft Windows Explorer to display raw photos from numerous digital cameras models as well as Adobe Photoshop documents (PSD), Adobe Digital Negatives (DNG) and images formats specific to the computer graphics industry. - February 14, 2011 - Axel Rietschin Software Developments
Mellonaid Creative Partners with AIGA
Mellonaid Creative, an award-winning multimedia communications firm, is pleased to announce its partnership with AIGA Raleigh, the professional association for design. - January 30, 2011 - Mellonaid
Planet Label Adds Additional Digital Print Capacity with an HP Indigo WS6000
Planet Label, online retailer of blank and custom printed labels adds a new HP Indigo WS6000 digital printing press. - January 21, 2011 - PlanetLabel.com
Retap Wins Promotional Gift Award 2011
The design drinking bottle of the Scandinavian company Retap is the winner of the Promotional Gift Award 2011 in the category “Communicative Product.” - January 15, 2011 - Retap
2011 Award for Excellence for San Diego Web Designer Steve McKinnis
2011 Award for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction presented by the Talk of the Town News and Celebration Media for Web Designer Steve McKinnis of San Diego, CA. - January 05, 2011 - stevemckinnis.com
Top Trademark Trends of 2010
Top stories of the year in the world of trademarks involve Facebook, The Gap, and reality television stars. Attorney Erik Pelton summarizes the year's most interesting trademark developments. - December 24, 2010 - Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC
Zoltun Design Maintains Positive Culture While Balancing New Project Wins
Zoltun’s headquarters at 10 Bedford Square has been constantly buzzing with top clients’ projects and new project wins, the majority of which have deadlines before the end of the year. Experts in print solutions, catalog design, translation services, Web content management systems and Web design; Zoltun prides itself on responsive, efficient, and creatively superior design solutions. - December 24, 2010 - Zoltun Design
DesignAdvisor.com is the New Community for Creative People to Critique & Get Critiqued
The DesignAdvisor.com beta site launched December 2010, providing an interactive network connecting designers with other creative professionals to exchange feedback and receive demographic ratings on design work. - December 23, 2010 - Design Advisor
Pittsburgh Design Firm Ocreations Wins AMA Award
Ocreations campaign for the Pittsburgh Irish Festival won the American Marketing Association (AMA) Pittsburgh Chapter Marketer of the Year Award in the Minority and Women Owned Business Category. The campaign was a rebranding effort for the 20th anniversary and included logo and web design, print, advertising, CD packaging, and more. - December 16, 2010 - ocreations
White Digital Media Hires New Graphic Designer to Help Perform Digital Facelift
White Digital Media, a leading digital business media source for C-level executives around the world, announced Freddie Pierce as the newest member of their graphic design team. Pierce, a recent California transplant, graduated with a B.S. in Design Technology and Innovations with a concentration... - December 15, 2010 - WDM Group
'Tis the Season to Give, Says Green Jeans Creative
This holiday season Green Jeans Creative is making a difference by donating on behalf of their clients to their favorite non-profit organization. - December 03, 2010 - Green Jeans Creative
Clean Design Launches New Brand Identity for Accuro
Staffing Company Unveils Updated Look Created by Local Branding and Design Agency - December 02, 2010 - Clean Design
Zevrix Releases Deliver 2.0.6, Automated File Delivery Solution
Zevrix Solutions announces Deliver 2.0.6, a maintenance update to its automated solution to send and share files easily across the Internet and local networks. Deliver lets users send files to remote and local destinations with e-mail notifications, compression, encryption and other powerful capabilities. It supports FTP, Amazon S3, MobileMe and other services, and lets users send files to multiple destinations at once. Deliver also lets users send output files directly from Adobe InDesign. - November 28, 2010 - Zevrix Solutions
Clean Design Creates Logo for Connected Women of North Carolina
Local Branding and Design Agency Launches Logo for Cisco-Affiliated Group - November 21, 2010 - Clean Design
Curtains Up for Scene Partner
In January 2010, Kevin Smith, owner of MyTheaterApps.com was starting to put together the content for a new iphone app, Scene Partner, that would turn the iPhone into a tool to help actors memorize their lines. Actors would be able to load scripts into the phone via a website, and the app would use... - November 20, 2010 - TFI Envision, Inc.
Smallest Graphic Designer Opens Entertainment Division to Serve Biggest Names in the Industry
C3 Crystal Clear Concepts ™ Crystal Russell is a 3.5 foot tall (yes you read that right - she is a dwarf) solo designer who recently opened the doors to a new online and offline entertainment industry division of her graphic arts service. - November 18, 2010 - C3 Crystal Clear Concepts
HikingBoots.com Kicks Off Logo Design Challenge
The online store will award an all-new MacBook Air to the contest winner. - November 16, 2010 - Cat5 Commerce
SEO Consult Announce Website Re-launch
SEO Consult are delighted to announce the re-launch of their company website, which they believe offers an improved user experience, a wealth of industry knowledge and FAQs through their resource centre and new information about their new social media and reputation management services. The most... - November 13, 2010 - Click Consult
Online T-Shirt Printing Company Shirtlab Launches Free T-Shirt Design Templates for Adaptation Into Personalised T-Shirts
Shirtlab, a state-of-the-art online t-shirt design and printing service, has released a set of t-shirt design templates enabling users to easily create customised t-shirts for clubs and events. - November 12, 2010 - Shirtlab
Marketing and Web Design Company ‘SmartNet’ Launches Remodeled Website with New Features and Budget-Friendly Web Services
E-Commerce and Content Management Systems Services are the company’s two major upgrades. The new features of their website are targeted to make navigation and purchase of Web services easier then ever for customers. They are additionally currently promoting their cheap year-end specials for only a limited time. - November 10, 2010 - Organiq Media
Seattle Area Firm Named as Finalist in 7th Annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
Artitudes Design Inc. was named as a finalist in the categories of “Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Business- up to 100 Employees” and “Community Involvement Program of the Year” in the 7th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. - November 04, 2010 - Artitudes Design Inc.
Tokyo Designers Week: British Designer Thomas Heatherwick, Japanese Artist Tokujin Yoshioka Win Designer, Artist of the Year 2010
Thomas Heatherwick And Tokujin Yoshioka Win Prestigious Awards at Tokyo Designers Week 2010. - October 22, 2010 - Tokyo Designers Week
Amadeus Consulting Launches Calkins on Creative Blog
Amadeus Consulting, a web application development company, has launched a specialized section of the company’s popular blog, which will feature articles by the CEO about rich Internet application development, user interface design, and custom graphics. - September 29, 2010 - Amadeus Consulting
Kwik Kopy Australia Announces Redesign Competition - A Kwik Facelift for Small Medium Businesses
Kwik Kopy® Australia announces a corporate redesign opportunity. Standing out from the crowd is a constant challenge for many small and medium businesses in Australia, particularly when they are competing against rivals with greater design savvy. - September 27, 2010 - Kwik Kopy Australia
Adobe Systems Makes Missouri Company Midwest Video ProSeller
The makers of Photoshop and After Effects makes The Motion Station central states Platinum Video Reseller. - September 24, 2010 - The Motion Station
CyanGate Introduces Elvis Digital Asset Management System in the US Market
Mclean Virginia based software and services company, CyanGate introduces Elvis, a Digital Asset Management (DAM) product developed by Dutchsoftware, in the US market at 2010 Createasphere DAM Conference. This conference will be held at the NewYorker Hotel in New York between September 23rd and 24th. - September 23, 2010 - CyanGate
Clean Design President Natalie Perkins Named to Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Agency President to Join Board of Directors for Coming Term. - September 23, 2010 - Clean Design
Graphic Arts Schools Gets Social with Facebook and Twitter
Become a Fan on Facebook & Follow Their Tweets - September 22, 2010 - Graphic Arts Schools
Peterson Ray & Company Launches New Website. Visionary Branding Design Firm Enhances Online Presence and User Experience.
Peterson Ray & Company, a leading communications design firm founded in 1985 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, today announced the launch of its new website www.peterson.com. The site reflects the diversity of PR&C’s corporate business-to-business, non-profit and education marketing... - September 16, 2010 - Peterson Ray & Company
Expert Graphic Design Services Specifically for the Toy Industry
TableRock(design)House has expertise covering most aspects of retail and manufacturing in both the mass and specialty markets in the U.S. Toy Industry. Their creative insights will help guide toy companies through all stages of design development – from product ideation through branding phases, to packaging, in-store presence, and on to marketing and promotions. - September 16, 2010 - TableRock(design)House
Matsumoto Creates Custom Illustration for Taste of the Islands Logo
Renowned artist Ikki Matsumoto, of Buckingham and formerly of Sanibel Island, created a unique illustration to be featured as the logo for the 2010 Taste of the Islands to be held November 21 to benefit the Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW). Featuring five birds and a turtle... - September 03, 2010 - Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
Georgia Data Center Uses Energy Education Dashboard to Display Sustainable Practices
Georgia Data Center is using an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard developed by QA Graphics to show staff and visitors the data center’s real-time building performance data and provide education about the sustainable practices in place at the facility. - September 03, 2010 - QA Graphics
Architecture and Design Film Festival
The nation’s largest film festival celebrating the creative spirit behind some of the world’s most remarkable architecture and design will premiere at New York City’s celebrated Tribeca Cinemas from October 14 - 17, 2010. - August 31, 2010 - Architecture & Design Film Festival
Dischromatics Announces the Appointment of Gareth Thomas to the Company as Head of the Graphic Design and Authoring Departments
Dischromatics, the well known CD, DVD & Blu-ray Replication Company are delighted to welcome Gareth Thomas as Head of Department of the company’s Graphic Design and Authoring Suites. - August 22, 2010 - Dischromatics Limited
CornDigital’s Digital Menu in Cinema Theaters, UltraStar is Digital Inside & Out
Corndigital’s digital signage installation at UltraStar Cimemas reach moviegoers with high visual imagery and brings trailer integrated HD posters to life. - August 17, 2010 - Corn Digital
Copywriters Needed to Make Money Writing Now on DirectResponseJobs.com
American Writers & Artists Inc.’s free job board lists over 20 jobs for copywriters each week. - August 12, 2010 - American Writers & Artists, Inc. (AWAI)
Tokyo Designers Week Celebrates 25 Years
Asia’s biggest design event expects record number of visitors. - August 11, 2010 - Tokyo Designers Week
Clean Design Receives Telly Award for Research Triangle Foundation Video
Clean Design, Inc. (http://www.cleandesign.com) has announced that the agency has received a Telly Award for the video it produced for the Research Triangle Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. The branding and design agency received a Bronze Telly in “Copywriting” within the... - July 24, 2010 - Clean Design
Animators at Law Launches ACCESS an Online Trial Team Collaboration Tool That Promises to Improve Litigation Graphics Development and Project Management for Law Firms
ACCESS (Animators Client Collaboration and External Sharing System) allows top litigation teams to view trial exhibit designs in real time, preview trial presentations, leave real-time comments, make last minute edits, share trial presentations with in-house counsel, review designs anywhere on a mobile phone and much more. - July 21, 2010 - Animators at Law
James Mckillop of Argos Designs Announces Webinar
James McKillop, founder and CEO of Argos Designs said today that they will be offering a webinar for all companies that are thinking of going “green.” - July 20, 2010 - Argos Design
MSM DesignZ Celebrates 10th Anniversary as an Innovative Leader in Web Design & Multimedia Business
Providing small businesses with quality web design for 10 years. - July 16, 2010 - MSMDesignZ, Inc
Veer Introduces Redesigned Website with Uncomplicated Shopping Experience, Affordable Images and Fonts
New Veer.com makes it easier to be creative with over 1.5 million stock images from just $1, more than 12,000 fonts from just $10, plus well-designed creative merchandise. - July 15, 2010 - Corbis
Tampa Bay Firm Wins Logo Design Contest for Baseball’s Upton Brothers
A logo design submitted by Chris Schmelter, Art Director of Tampa Bay’s ACF Consulting, was voted the winner of a contest sponsored by baseball’s Upton Brothers. The winning design is now being used as the logo for the Upton Brothers’ website (theuptonbrothers.com) and other related promotional materials. - July 08, 2010 - ACF Consulting Inc.
Clean Design, Inc. Names Bill Campbell Vice President
Natalie Perkins, president of Clean Design, Inc. (http://www.cleandesign.com), has announced that Bill Campbell has been named vice president. In this position, Campbell will continue to develop the company’s overall brand strategy and perpetuate the growth of Clean Design by expanding the... - July 08, 2010 - Clean Design
Clean Design Wins Two International Awards
Clean Design, Inc. (www.cleandesign.com) has announced that the firm received two Awards of Distinction in the 16th Annual Communicator Awards, an international awards program judged by the International Academy of Visual Arts (IAVA). Clean Design was honored in the Corporate Identity-Logo Category... - June 20, 2010 - Clean Design
Fold7 Awarded All Bar One 2010 Christmas Campaign
Integrated agency Fold7 has been awarded the All Bar One Christmas campaign for the second year running, following a successful 2009 festive campaign. - June 09, 2010 - Fold7
Hollister Creative Awarded 4 Gold, 2 Silver in International Graphic Design Competition
Philadelphia area creative services firm Hollister Creative has won six 2010 Communicator Awards. - June 05, 2010 - Hollister Creative
Pixmac Now Offers More Than 400,000 Vector Images
Pixmac is committed to creating the ultimate microstock buying experience through constant innovation and improved usability. First, Pixmac created the one-stop shopping experience for image buyers by creating the opportunity to purchase an image instantly without pre-registration. Recently,... - June 04, 2010 - Pixmac
Imagination is UK’s Number One Design Agency
Design Week reveals results of Top 100 survey. - May 31, 2010 - Imagination