As designers we all go through periods when our creativity is low and ideas don't come as freely as they usually do. Here's a fun list of 5 ways to get the creative juices flowing again when they happen to become stagnant.
Smell -Visit a local retail store that sells scented soaps or candles. Get into it and smell everything that you can. Take notice of what scents really appeal to ...
No Comments / October 12th, 2008
Besides being a valuable resource of new and inspired color palettes COLOURlovers has also proven to be a great repository of articles covering the different aspects of colors and how we interact with them. These articles include a series of color palettes inspired by famous landmarks, popular travel destinations and even astronomical details.
Here are a few of my favorite palettes:
The Painted Desert, Arizona
The Big Island of Hawaii...
No Comments / August 11th, 2007
The folks over at Freelance Switch have released yet another project in the advertising agency Miiingle. Representing such sites as flashden.net, FaveUp and NorthxEast it's sure to be a popular marketing asset to freelancers.
If nothing else pay them a visit and check out the snazzy orange design. (although I'm kind of leaning toward it being salmon!)
No Comments / August 5th, 2007
I thought I would take this opportunity at the beginning of a brand new month to list a few projects that are currently in the works.
- Stay tuned for a redesign of the Brambles Inn & Gardens website. The current design has served the inn well and continues to receive compliments. The inn has undertaken a new marketing initiative however and the redesign will accompany this effort. This initiative ...
No Comments / August 1st, 2007
It's been a bit of time since I set up the new website design and thankfully I've been busy with projects. I finally got a chance to upload some new portfolio pieces, both web and graphic design examples.
In summary they include:
website design for The Brambles Inn & Gardens
website design for Boyden Brook Body Works
business card design for Moss Boutique
website design for Nautilus Retreats
promotional print materials for Wright ...
No Comments / July 24th, 2007
After more than a year and a half I'm proud to say that Keenpixel finally has some digs it can be proud to call home!
I think all designers have the hardest time designing for themselves. It's easy following a clients vision and presenting them with your version of it, but what about your personal vision? There are so many possibilities, so many directions to go in, it's often hard to ...
No Comments / June 1st, 2007
