Interview with Veerle Pieters

May 2009, in Featured, Who's Who.
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If you haven’t heard of Veerle Pieters… Where have you been?

Veerle is one the design industry’s most savvy and branded designers. Her candid interview with The Graphic Design School, reveals a charm and savoir faire that has seen her (deservedly) shoot to the top of her game. Based in Belgium Veerle studied graphic design and print, before moving into web design.

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Interview with Fabien Barral

May 2009, in Who's Who.
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We interviewed one of the most talented French Designers. This is what he had to say about himself…

I am Fabien Barral. I am a graphic designer. I am passionate about images and graphic design. I am a husband and I love my wife. I am a father and I love my daughter. I am not the clients I work with, I am the art I create with them. I am what I create. I create what I am.

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Idea Generation Techniques: Mind Mapping for Graphic Design

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The most difficult part of being a creative of any kind is idea generation. Why do you think there are so many copy-cats out there? There are several methods available to brainstorm.

Mind mapping has been around since the 70′s, it’s uses and attraction is snowballing. So what is it? And how does it apply to Graphic Design?

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When Times are Tough Graphic Designers Get Tactile!

May 2009, in Advertising, Articles.
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As always its up to the graphic designer to keep the economy running when times are tough… Really! Graphic Design makes the modern world go around, and the medicine go down!

Graphic Designers are the men and women who’s ideas bridge the gap of communication between industry and man. We are therefore partly responsible for economic stimulation.

The Graphic Design School has been noticing the creative ways that designers have been pushing the boundaries beyond the flat print form and ‘reaching out’ to appeal to our SENSES. Below are a few creative designs that verge on engineering.

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