I saw this image recently and it got me thinking about how things have changed in regards to print.Print and the web has changed so much in the past 10 years. I primarily consider myself as a print designer, as…

I received 2 sets of complimentary WINGStands recently, so this is a short review of what exactly they are. Basically a WINGStand is a little plastic ‘clip’ that simply attaches to your apple wireless keyboard. This enables you to then…

Here’s an illustrated list of the top 15 printing mistakes and errors you should avoid. This article is aimed mainly at inexperienced designers, but there’s also a few tips and further resources in it for seasoned designers, too. We all …

I just stumbled across these wonderful Rainbow MacBook Keyboard Decals. I’m not sure this computer would now be appropriate when working on colour-critical designs, but they sure are sweet.★ These can be purchased over at Artfire.com (not an affiliate link).…

Happy Christmas 2011 from Andrew Kelsall Design! A quite busy with a few projects at the moment, and I have some new posts lined up for after the New Year. Thanks to all my readers and those of you…

This ingenious magnetic light switch cover was designed by Jake Frey, who contacted me about his Kickstarter project for this product. Jake is a 21 year old who studies Industrial Design at Philadelphia University, USA. His Kickstarter product page states:…

Designer Tobias Bergdahl has created some stunning graphics entitled 12 paradoxes of graphic design. Here, I have selected a few of them to show you, but please check out his post for the full set. I particularly like the graphic…

**Update Wednesday 30th Nov 2011** We have a winner!…Thanks everyone who entered this contest. I put the entrants into “The Randomiser”, and Alf Holm won. Here is a list of Twitter names and comment-names I pasted into The Randomiser box:…

Pantone® Christmas Baubles. I could imagine myself being some kind of pretentious stuck-up designer living in a posh studio apartment. When Christmas came around, I’d whip out these colour-coded marvels:Funnily enough, though, I’d still use a Pantone Mug (note to…

Check out these Vintage Advertising Posters entitled “Alt/1977: We Are Not Time Travellers” by talented graphic artist, Alex Varanese.Basically, they show how modern technology would look if they were advertised back in the 1990′s. I think they’re quite amazing,…

Why can StumbleUpon drive more Traffic to your site? Simple. It’s due to the unique nature of how it works. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, the only reason people use the service is to view web pages. Apart from “shares”, there’s…

This stunning Mechanical Font named “Mekkanika” was designed by Italian designer Riccardo Sabatini.The typeface was based upon the well-known Din-font variant, Alternate Black. Riccardo scanned loads of mechanical technical drawings to create each letter and number. Check out his…

This article is a Church logo design process for my recent logo for St Michael and All Angels Church, Solomon Islands.I was approached by Mr Saloouou of St Michael and All Angels Church, Solomon Islands, to design a…

This Post it Notes Invention is quite unique. The designer, Doriane Favre, sells these over at pa design. They have taken the concept of the humble Post-it Note®, and turned it is a watch-shaped pad. The notes can then be peeled…

This Kasabian Video and preceding screen-shots are from the recent track “Days are forgotten”. I don’t normally showcase videos, but times are changing and I’m always looking for ways to inspire you in a variety of ways.What You May…

Back in March this year, I published my Designer Notebook: Volume #1, which was basically a collection of stuff I just feel like designing. Well, here is the second instalment which I produced over the last 6 months or so.…

This artwork made from orange switches was created by Valentin Ruhry. He took 5,000 of these “orange rockers” to form a switch-board blank canvas on which words could be programmed to appear. I think the idea is pretty unique ─…

As a freelance creative designer, I like to backup my stuff. I use Mac Time Machine to backup my hard-drive. I have off-site backup via Backblaze to create constant backups to a off-site server, too. I have a backup Macbook…

As many of you will now be aware, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers has sadly passed away age 56.The second page of Apple.com contained a tribute to the industry leader:Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Apple has lost a visionary…