Best Practice Examples of Infographics The popularity of Pinterest and Instagram prove it; visuals entertain. More so than reading long text, and way more interesting than making your way through numbers, percentages and survey results. That’s why we’re seeing more and more infographics, on a variety of subjects. More images, less text The first, and ultimate, condition an infographic should meet is to contain as many visual elements as possible. This infographic about ‘The who, why and how of Twitter’ (click image to enlarge) is a good example of using as little text as possible. The infographic about ‘Global Hotel Price changes’ is also a good example of a visual representation of data: This infographic about Twitter, however, is not fairing so well. Follow a format Besides the text-to-image ratio, the size of the infographic has to be taken into account. Infographics are mainly viewed and shared online, for example, to support a blog post. This infographic is divided into different parts, separated by lines and subheadings.
50 Creative Examples of Negative Space Logos Creating a logo design you should consider less is more rule and make your logo as simple as possible and creative enough at the same time. Perfect technique to achieve this effect is to use negative space which can help you to achieve brilliant results. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the “real” subject of an image. This post is covering about 50 creatively designed negative space logos for inspiration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. You are most welcome to suggest any additions to this list.
9 Sites That Made Me a Better Logo Designer Any person serious about their career – carpenters, graphic designers, dentists, or anyone else – is constantly trying to learn and improve at their craft. You and I are no different. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re an aspiring or perhaps established graphic designer (*design bro high-five*). Likewise, if you’re reading this, you’re interested in self-improvement. Brand New UnderConsideration’s Brand New is, in my opinion, the undisputed king of logo/identity design critiques. LogoDesignLove LogoDesignLove is another site that provides unique and thoughtful takes on any and everything related to logo and brand design. JustCreativeDesign JCD is one of the earlier design blogs I discovered. Creattica & LogoPond Every logo designer hits a roadblock at some point, and needs some inspiration to get the creative wheels turning. ReBrand In their own words, ReBrand is “the world’s leading resource focused on effective brand transformations”. Pentagram Your Logo Makes Me Barf Twitter
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