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brand story
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Creating a brand story in design
Why do you pay for products or a service that you regularly come back to purchase?
Is it because it’s easier? Does it make you feel better – like a premium ice cream? Or make you do something quicker or faster – like a productivity app on your smartphone?
We purchase products or services because they provide an answer to our aspirations. We may not realise it at first, but what we are doing is building that brand trust within our minds before we purchase…
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from the archive
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What is Responsive Web Design?
I wrote this article back in 2012 and I believe it's still relevant today:
"As smartphones and tablet computers become the norm rather than the exception, and people increasingly go online for their purchasing decisions, the business implications are overwhelming, to say the least. In these changing times, just having a static website is not enough; you need to have one that works on all possible web browsing devices."
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Video - Logo Design Challenge
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Aaron Draplin Takes On a Logo Design Challenge
Most logos aren't designed in fifteen minutes, but most designers aren't Aaron Draplin. Aaron's the owner of Draplin Design Company in Portland USA. Watch as he sketches, brings his ideas into Illustrator, and tests and tunes the different iterations. The logos Aaron creates prove design can elevate any company or brand. Along the way, he provides tips for freelancing, finding inspiration, and providing clients context for logos that won't just live in PDFs.
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Another video about logos?
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Michael Bierut: The primitive power of logos
The award-winning graphic designer decodes why the simple shapes of a logo can have such great impact. From his new book, How to: Use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, and (every once in a while) change the world. Watch the video interview »
 
pricing logo designs
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How to price a logo design: free tools, pro tips and one grandma
Lior Frenkel offers tips on creating a design brief, researching the company, creating the concept, and doing a client presentation and revisions. Each section includes pro tips from folks like Brian Hoff and Jessica Hische as well as time estimates and links to various resources. more »
 
Freebies - applications
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GoodUI IMPROVE web app
Tell someone you have an idea on how to improve the conversion rate or ease of use of their web page. A great tool to quickly explain a user interface tweak to a clients website. Just put the website in and it takes a screenshot for you to add GoodUI notes. Test it out here »
 
Free ebook
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Web UI Design Best Practices
6 chapters of tips for visual design, interface design, and UX design. Case studies span 33 companies including Spotify, Skype, Apple, Skullcandy, and LivingSocial. Advice is also included from experts like Luke Wroblewski, Jared Spool, Jakob Nielsen, and more. Get the book »
 
Freebies
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Top Ten tool & resources for UI design
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