The Design Cubicle

From time to time we all need a little texture and pattern goodness in our designs and keeping a toolbox of resources is a great way to stay proficient as designers. Over the past year I’ve been keeping a collection of my favorite texture and pattern resources and collections — and who else better to share them with than all of you.

The next time you need that Bokeh or watercolor textures, among others, you will know where to reach for your tools with little effort in finding them.
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• Logo Design
• Resources

Sweet Tweets is a weekend feature to The Design Cubicle highlighting some of my favorite, and other Twitterer’s design-related links discovered via Twitter throughout the work week – because having resources and staying up-to-date is important in growth and development.
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• Blogging
• Logo Design
• Printing
• Resources

Lately I’ve been receiving emails from designer’s and students asking for my personal critique on an identity design project they’re working on. Many of the emails are typically based around the question: “What font looks better?” or “Do you think a heavy typeface or light typeface would better fit the mark?”

The posed questions had me rethink the way I work and make choices — more specifically, why I make certain font choices when pairing a typeface with a logo mark or symbol. Continue reading for a few tips and methods to help choose more relevant and suitable typefaces for a logo mark and overall improve your typography decisions.
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• Logo Design
• Typography

I’ve yet to do a book review on TDC, but with the new year among us, I thought you all might like to hear some thoughts about David Airey’s new book, Logo Design Love: a guide to creating iconic brand identities — a subject of area of design I am particularly in love with (pun intended) and focus a majority of my attention/marketing towards.
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• Logo Design