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Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That
Read more: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for ThatIf you were designing your own house, you wouldn’t try to be the Architect. You’d hire someone who knows what they are doing (I hope).…
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Signal Studio has a billboard. But why?
Read more: Signal Studio has a billboard. But why?Well, let’s start with just that: the why (thanks, Simon Sinek). Put simply: brand awareness, and to showcase my branding design services in Hertfordshire When…
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There’s Space in My Head to Rent
Read more: There’s Space in My Head to RentIf you’ve been thinking about updating your branding, sharpening your website or improving your design output, now is a good time. I’ve got an opening…
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The Christmas Party That Wasn’t
Read more: The Christmas Party That Wasn’tI genuinely tried to organise the office Christmas party this year for Signal Studio and our developers. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns…
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Superstition, instinct and why good design for marketing is never a gamble
Read more: Superstition, instinct and why good design for marketing is never a gambleI will admit it. I am a little superstitious. Not dramatically. I am not throwing salt over my shoulder or avoiding ladders. But I do…
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That Oasis Reunion
Read more: That Oasis ReunionGetting the Brand Back Together. The Oasis reunion gigs got me thinking about them as a band, and laterally, as a supersonic brand. That’s what…
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Stop Bloody Raining!
Read more: Stop Bloody Raining!Amidst the current dampness, we’ve got some inspiring (and dry) news to share! While the heavens have been soaking everything in sight, we’ve been busy…
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Call Me Anal!
Read more: Call Me Anal!Design feedback intrigues me – sometimes it’s great, other times it keeps me awake at night. Why mention this? Because customer satisfaction is everything. A client…
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I love infographics
Read more: I love infographicsHands up who struggles to read, or even understand standard format, business and organisational data and reports? I often find myself thinking about why we read information when…
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Why are your presentations soooo boring?
Read more: Why are your presentations soooo boring?Hands up if you’ve been bored to tears by poorly designed, text-heavy business presentations, keynote slides, and pitch decks? “But I used PowerPoint with cute…
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AI can’t think laterally.
Read more: AI can’t think laterally.It doesn’t consider alternative perspectives, question or connect seemingly unrelated ideas, nor develop ideas into valuable visuals. But I do, and lateral thinking is at…
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Staring at an eel
Read more: Staring at an eelLast week, I was staring at an eel through a snorkel mask. The eel was staring back at me. I told of what I’d seen,…
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Great website but…
Read more: Great website but…But how often is it being found by potential customers and contacts? Not as often as you’d like I’ll bet, so what are we going…
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Keith the graphic designer
Read more: Keith the graphic designerAs featured on BBC 6 Music I sent “keith the graphic designer”as a “Names in Songs” suggestion to the ever-excellent Chris Hawkins on BBC 6 Music and here’s…
