Professional Design Practice Lesson 2: Freelance Fee Structures and How to Quote

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Knowing how to price jobs and what to charge clients is as essential a component of being a successful fledging graphic designer as any. It’s a delicate thing to get right. Price a job too high and you risk your prospective client remaining just that—prospective. Too low, and the person on the other end might view this as a reflection of the quality of the services you provide in a “you get what you pay for” sort of way. So there’s a balance to be struck, and it pays to have some systems in place. Here in the second lesson of our series on professional design practice I’ll do my best to provide you with some frameworks below. So, without further ado, let’s dive in!

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26 Logos & Their Design Evolution

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Our top 26 logo revamps for better or worse you decide.It’s hard to argue with the Art Paul’s and the Paul Rand’s of the design world. Some of the greatest logos have stood the test of time, below are the ones that obviously no longer represented the modern day image of the associated brand.

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6 Things To Keep In Mind When Designing A Logo

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Paulywood for istockphoto has released an article on logo creation. A great article for those graduates or students wanting to get into creating logos for istock. Below are our fav excerpts, check out the whole article, its well worth the read.

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Professional Design Practice Lesson 1: Self-Promotion & Winning Work

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In the first of a series of lessons entitled Professional Practice, we have sourced one of todays hottest working English based freelance designers to give you the leg up on building yourself a truly professional Graphic Design practice. Look out for the following in the new series; Freelance Fee Structures & How to Quote, Project Planning (Breaking Jobs Into Milestones), Dealing with Clients, Charging & Invoicing, Law in Design Practice, The Portfolio, A Conclusion of Sorts. Being Freelance. Benefits & Pitfalls.

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LOGO DESIGN LOVE

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David Airey, super blogger and notorious designer has released a book called Logo Love Design. He offers a free to download chapter of his book, that illustrates perfectly a graphic design process that endorses the wonderful process of design, from Pencil to PDF. A recommended read and investment for all design students.

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Get off the Mac, roll up your sleeves and get making. Once a week.

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Designed by Jonathan Ive, Apples iMac is out to seduce you!

In the working world it has become increasingly difficult to free yourself from the Mac and create something with your hands. Make the most of analogue and crafty disciplines offered through design education, and take your skills with you into the working world!

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Printing Pre Press Dos and Don’ts

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The Graphic Design School have found a great list of Do’s and Don’ts relating to PRE press/printing, created by Deborah Roberti of espressographics.com which should help you avoid one of these frustrating and embarrassing (not forgetting to mention expensive) mistakes when evaluating your pre print project before it goes to press and some useful tips on image formatting.

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