Picture this: You’re looking at the cereal aisle in the grocery store, and you feel crushed with the variety of about 847 different packaging designs while one of the cereal boxes flirts with you on the shelf. In the meantime, three products east of that is a box that’s so forgettable that you’ve stared at…

Think of your creations in the digital environment as the neighbor who never listens before speaking. They’re out there in the electronic wilderness, doing your advertising round the clock, talking to prospective clients while you’re in bed. The awful thing is: what’s it that they’re saying about you? Are they cheerfully presenting your brand as…

Let’s get real for a moment, something that may hurt a little: your website has roughly 3.5 seconds to prove that you’re legitimate, reliable and worth your visitors’ precious time. That’s less time than it takes to reheat leftover pizza or locate your car keys in the blink of an eye during the morning rush.…

Picture this: You’re desperately googling “graphic designer near me” at 2 AM because your marketing campaign launches tomorrow and your current visuals look like they were created during a natural disaster. The search results show three options: Bob’s Design Shack (specializing in “affordable logos since 1987”), Creative Karen (whose portfolio is exclusively bedazzled business cards),…

Right, we’ve all been through it. Sitting in a meeting and so glad that you’ve just finished your latest freelance graphic design campaign only to be told by someone close to you, squinting at your materials, asking “did you do this in PowerPoint?” Hello to the ugly but real world of DIY (do it yourself)…

Remember when everyone thought the Internet was just a fad? Well, some graphic design trends age about as gracefully as that prediction. We may not quite be in the business of flying cars yet, but 2025’s graphic design world is shifting faster than the latest styles at a Milan catwalk show. But if your brand’s…

Imagine this scenario: You’re on your phone flicking through and… Bam! A logo comes up that causes you to pause your scrolling. Perhaps it’s the golden arches with all its guilty pleasure promises, or that swoosh that tells you how you could become athletic with the right shoes. That, my friends, is the power of…

Let’s be honest: we’ve all encountered that website that looks like it was designed in 2003 by someone’s cousin who “knows computers.” You know the one – with Comic Sans headlines, rainbow gradients, and enough blinking animations to trigger a seizure. If your marketing materials are making people nostalgic for dial-up internet, it’s time for…