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The elements of a good brochure design. When you are a student in design school, designing brochures doesn’t sound like the most exciting task. Nevertheless, it can be a very interesting work if you are not working with brochure templates and let your creativity flow. In this post you’ll find a few things you should keep in mind to design better brochures. Appropriate format This is the very first step you’ll have to take when creating a brochure. For example, a tri-fold or z-fold brochure will not be the best choice for luxury products that require lots of white space and big pictures.

Of course, it is better if you get creative with the format of your brochure. Some common brochure formats. White space This may sound like dull advice, because it could be given for any kind of graphic design project, not only for brochure design. I will not go over how to use white space in your designs, I’ll just assume that you know how to do it as a graphic designer. Example of white space from a brochure by Bluefish agency. Quality printing. Logo Design Process for Just Creative Design’s Award Winning Logo.

Posted on 24'08 Apr Posted on April 24, 2008 along with 169 JUST™ Creative Comments In this article I will talk about how I came to the name for my freelancing business ‘Just Creative Design’ and also the logo design process that I used to design the award winning logo that you see above. This logo has won 3 major awards: This logo also appears in these publications: The process I used was somewhat disjointed and a very long one at that, mainly because I was designing for myself and I had no idea what ‘brand’ I was after, but this is it. Enjoy. What will be my business name? Believe it or not but this was one of the hardest parts of the process. I actually got very mixed feedback about this name ‘JackCass Productions’.

Ok, so now I had the problem of choosing whether to brand myself as my name ‘Jacob Cass’ or another name. Sketches From these sketches I had the idea of trying to make the initials JCD into a pencil and after a bit of experimenting I got it to work. Illustrator Font Change Colour. 17 Logo Design Case Studies.

Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now Although there are a lot of quality tutorials available for designing logos, case studies from real-world projects can prove to be even more valuable as a learning resource. Case studies are excellent for showing more of the entire process, the steps that are involved, and putting it into the context of a specific client. In this post we’ll point you towards 17 logo design case studies that will give you an in-depth look at the process of logo or identity design.

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for Vivid Ways Henri Ehrhart Brand Identity Design Logo Design Project Step-by-Step Walkthrough Vissumo Brand Identity Design Giacom Brand Identity Design Logo Design Process for Just Creative Design’s Award Winning Logo Logo Design Case Study – JMR Insurance Group Berthier Associates Brand Identity Design Logo Design Case Study – Victory Marketing Agency Hilcon Brand Identity Design A-List Blogging Bootcamps Identity Design About Steven Snell. Logo Design Process of Top Graphic Designers. Posted on 01'08 Feb Posted on February 1, 2008 along with 212 JUST™ Creative Comments Want to know the secrets of how top graphic designers create their logos?

This article will reveal exactly how top logo designers of today’s modern age create their logos. It will show the design process that these designers go through to get to their final logo design. Their Design Process: The BriefResearchVisual ResearchSketching & ConceptualisingReflectionPositioningPresentationsCelebration 1. Nearly all designers agree that the initial accumulation of information from the client is the most important step, either by a face to face interview or a questionnaire. If you haven’t got a client yet you may be interested in how to get your first job. 2. After moulding the design brief, getting to know your client’s businesses is the next crucial step in making a logo successful. 3.

This is research not into the clients business, but into the actual logo style. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Summary Moral Share this Article. 30 In-Depth Logo Design Case Studies.