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Triangular Bunting Design Triangular Bunting Design

Recently, I designed some graphics for a 10m length of white and blue bunting.… I had never designed for any vinyl bunting before, but the process was quite simple. After receiving the brief from the client, I found a supplier

My CD Sleeve Art for The Sunrise [+ Process Video] My CD Sleeve Art for The Sunrise [+ Process Video]

Recently, I designed an 8-page Jewel-case styled CD Sleeve Design for an American band named The Sunrise. They are a Contemporary Christian acoustic and electric rock band, and the name of the album is “We Have Not Heard”.In my


Original Colorstripe Colored Pencils Original Colorstripe Colored Pencils

I found these original pencils which are for sale over on Fancy (Not an affiliate link). The ‘Colorstripe Colored Pencils…‘ just look fantastic! To be honest, if I had them in my office, I would probably just look

Is This the Best Paper Samples Box Ever? Is This the Best Paper Samples Box Ever?

Recently, I received a box of paper samples from one of my print suppliers, RCS. …Now, you may think “what makes these samples so unique?”. Well, in the next few photographs I took, you’ll see why…
The Box

Above: I

My Digi Pack CD Design for The Songs of Neil Diamond My Digi Pack CD Design for The Songs of Neil Diamond

I recently completed this Digi Pack CD Design for a Dominic Finley, a singer/songwriter client who I’ve worked with before. His new CD is named ‘The Songs of Neil Diamond‘ and as can be seen, has been designed in a…

The Questionable Question Mark? The Questionable Question Mark?

Okay okay, this is a really quick post for an irritating problem on my iMac. Every single toolbar has a question mark… where I presume some sort of program shortcut should be.
I can’t seem to delete it and can’t

Pantone Easter Eggs by Jessica Jones Pantone Easter Eggs by Jessica Jones

Happy Easter 2012 everyone! Here’s a quirky unofficial Pantone® experiment I just discovered via Daniel Acacio. These Pantone Easter Eggs were created by Jessica Jones of art and design blog How About Orange.
Jessica explains:… The graphic designer in me

New Twitter Logo Causes Controversy! Here’s Why… New Twitter Logo Causes Controversy! Here’s Why…

★★ UPDATE ★★ Obviously, this was this year’s April Fools Joke!… Comments were closed as to not spoil the fun, but read some of the Twitter reactions which are now in the comments section (comments are now open again)…

Even

Imaginative Lego Ad Campaign Imaginative Lego Ad Campaign

I just returned home from a weekend in London, where my friends, family and myself visited LegoLand in Windsor (which was fantastic). Shortly after checking my RSS feeds upon return, I noticed this fantastic set of Ads by designer Jung…

The Print Handbook: Preparing your Pixels for Print The Print Handbook: Preparing your Pixels for Print

Back in July last year, I reviewed the Print Handbook for designers by Andy Brown at Media Collective. Andy has now kindly sent me his new book which has just been released. The Print Handbook: Preparing your Pixels for Print…

Pinteresting Pinterest Pinteresting Pinterest

Are you on Pinterest?… If so, I’m sure you’ll have discovered how useful the new social network is. I’ve been using it now for a few month, and it’s a really useful tool.
I’ve lost track of how many times

How to Design a CD Album for a Local Band *Updated Article How to Design a CD Album for a Local Band *Updated Article

* I published this article previously, but I’ve just updated the images for it…Here is a CD Album Design I produced for a local band named “The Reeds”, a Christian-based 2-piece who produced music for the album “All in a…

USB Cork in a Bottle USB Cork in a Bottle

ads by YoggrtI think this is an amazing product concept; it shows in a really clever way that digital media is the new “letter”, as it were. It also reminded me of the discussion on my previous post.Discovered via: Dan…

Is Print Dead? Is Print Dead?

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…

The Amazing WINGStand The Amazing WINGStand

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

15 Printing Mistakes You Need to Avoid 15 Printing Mistakes You Need to Avoid

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 …

Rainbow MacBook Keyboard Decals Rainbow MacBook Keyboard Decals

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 Happy Christmas 2011 from Andrew Kelsall Design

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

Magnetic Light Switch Cover – Product and Short Interview Magnetic Light Switch Cover – Product and Short Interview

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:

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