WDC2014 taking Cape Town Design onto the World Stage

You may not have heard but there’s a City down South, at the very tip of Africa that’s been buzzing with the sound of creative innovation for some time. It’s a really beautiful place like none other, almost laid back and extremely friendly and hospitable. It recently hosted thousands of International visitors as part of [...]

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Ideas for nomad-one redesign.

I’m starting to get carried away with look & feel design on the nomad-one redesign. This is even before my wire-framing is properly completed, but I just can’t help myself at the moment. I’ve just really enjoyed working on this design. There are a load of changes I want to make to my site, graphic [...]

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What do you think a Logo design should cost?

I Found the following article very apt with regard to the current perceptions by many business people regarding the benefits of a good logo and what they are prepared to “invest” in it. Jacob of Just Creative Design wrote Why logo design does not cost $5.00 in which he mentions: A logo is the very [...]

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Checkout the new WordPress Meetup site

Heads up. Today is WPCPT3 at the Bandwidth Barn from 4pm – 7pm. We’ve just launched our new theme designed by yours(that’s me) truly and coded by Paul Weingartz who did a fantabulous job. Check us out at www.wordpress.org.za

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WordPress Meetup T-Shirt Design, what do you think?

I’ve become so bogged down with client work lately that doing this little T-shirt Design for the upcoming WordPress meetup was a nice little break from the norm. I’d like to know what you guys think of the design. Those attending will be receiving a free T compliments of the Sponsors (FormFunction, Radiiate & World [...]

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What does the communications agency of the future look like?

When companies, organisations and even individuals want to get a message out to the public or some specific target audience, they approach a number of different types of companies & professionals to assist them in doing so. These range from PR consultancies to advertising agencies, branding agencies, media companies, new media, event managers, design studios [...]

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The Official WordPress Meetup Cape Town Logo

That is of course if anyone disagrees in and provides something better. I did a few roughs and seems this one was the favourite, so in the spirit of moving forward, I’m planning on whipping up an I’m attending button for you to put onto your blogs. Lets hope this will stimulate a little more [...]

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Design Indaba 2008 ends off SA design Week

Gone are the good ol days when the big ad agency I’m working for sends me on an all expenses paid Design Indaba Conference. Sniff, being an Independent at the early stages of starting a business means I just can’t afford to attend a conference of this nature, in fact it almost went by without [...]

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Finally a new face to nomad-one.com

It’s a proud moment for me to have flipped the switch on my new theme for nomad-one.com. Though I’m still ironing out a few bugs and need to fix up one or 2 visual elements, my impatience has just got the better of me and I had to go live with this today. I’m hoping [...]

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Why use Design in business

The Business Case for developing a more Design Centric Operation The aim of this article is to bring out some of the benefits of having a design centric operation, one which appreciates the value design has to offer to all aspects of ones business, and using design as an integral part of a profit generating [...]

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An e-Napkin for those coffee shop Brainstorms – I’d buy one of these

Yanko Design is one of my Favourite sources of juicy product design from the drawing boards of some of the most forward thinking product designers out there. Design Sojourn drew my attention to another insanely cool product idea they’re showcasing. Recently I blogged about Sustainable sneakers, e-Write Boards and the MacBook Air but this next [...]

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And the Winner of a Logo Design is …

The winner for the Logo Design Questions & Answer Competition has been decided. This has been a tough decision and one which I’m sure to invite criticism on, especially so from the entrants. I’ve offered all those who have submitted an entry a 25% discount on Logo Design work if any are interested. I hope [...]

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