In recent months, I have started using Adobe InDesign to create page layouts for websites. No, not to create the actual layout in a Dreamweaver or in a hand-coding sense, but as a tool for sharing design concepts and creative ideas with clients. InDesign offers effective design control (in an Illustrator-sense) to make it a […]
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On Tuesday of this week, I gave a presentation on websites as part of Central St Martins’ Fask Track Programme. More specifically, I spoke to professional creatives who either just had started or were about to start their own businesses about the need for to have a business website, about how to get a website
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I began this week by jumping into a new corporate identity project for a new client, and I was in the mood for a bit of inspiration. I wanted to get something about logo design or a book of logos. I was reluctant to buy something off the web because I wanted to flip through
When casually surfing the net the other night, flipping about hither and thither, I made my normal stop on Drew McClellan’s site to see what he had to say. From there I popped through to Klaus Komenda’s site. Boy, was I pleased with what I found there! In a post about Debugging IE, Klaus listed a variety of tools for doing so.
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Out on a day pass with my son recently (he was celebrating two months of life; I was celebrating 35 years), I came across The Whisky Shop, on Turl Street in Oxford. My eyes lit up and a smile crept across my face as I glanced over the neatly decorated shop window. (Ok, it wasn’t
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Recently, I created a website and promotional postcard for a wonderful street arts festival called Arts Fresco. The festival is organised by Caterina Loriggio, an amazingly creative and professional festival director and street arts programmer, and is held in the lovely village of Market Harborough. Now in its sixth year, the line up at Arts
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After what seemed weeks, months, years even, my ISP has returned my account to full broadband service. As is typical for the abysmal quality of my ISP’s customer service, the broadband was switched on without any notice. Even though I had called several times a day for the past week or so – specifically enquiring
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Last month when I went to pay my telephone bill, I discovered that my telephone and broadband service provider (the same company) was double-charging me for my broadband service. Back in March 2007, I upgraded my broadband service to get a static IP address and since then, the ISP have been charging me for both
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Liam Dempsey is a marketing and design consultant. Through his business, LBDesign, he works with businesses and non-profits in the US, UK, and beyond. He loves pizza, craft beers, and time with family and good friends.