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Who You're Targeting Should Determine Your Design

Who You're Targeting Should Determine Your Design

Jessica Walrack - Tuesday, May 24, 2016

For a company that needs a design, there is more to it than having an end product that looks good. That's only one factor that helps to make a successful design. Knowing the audience the design is intended for and then targeting that design to appeal directly is one of the most important factors for success.  Read more

How To Check If Your Designs Match The Brief You Submitted For Your Business

How To Check If Your Designs Match The Brief You Submitted For Your Business

Jessica Walrack - Monday, May 23, 2016

When you get designs back from a designer, it is important to know what to look for to make sure your requirements have been met, and you have received a complete final product. You have to consider whether the designer has met the goals and objectives you set out and whether they fulfilled the full scope of the project. Read more

Mad Mishmash Bowl Of Fruit And Vegetables

Mad Mishmash Bowl Of Fruit And Vegetables

Kevin Bradford - Saturday, May 21, 2016

Despite nutritionists talking up the merits of greens it's not always easy to find a place for them alongside devilishly tempting chips and chocolate. So what if we were to make fruit and veg a little more exciting? Well that was the creative challenge set to our design community, who combined some regular fresh produce to make it a whole lot more irregular. Read more

20 Top Pizza Logo Designs

20 Top Pizza Logo Designs

Kevin Bradford - Friday, May 20, 2016

Given the perennial popularity of pizza, there is plenty of demand for these food logos to help package and sell the product. So we've rounded up a section of cheesy (in a good way) pizza logo designs from DesignCrowd and BrandCrowd to show how quality custom designed logos can turn out. Read more

Instagram's New Logo and Alternative Instagram Logo Design Ideas

Instagram's New Logo and Alternative Instagram Logo Design Ideas

Kevin Bradford - Thursday, May 19, 2016

Whether you love or hate the new Instagram logo, it has certainly highlighted just how sensitive the market is when something familiar becomes a little more unfamiliar. To illustrate how much diversity you can find through crowdsourced design, we challenged our community to come up with alternative concepts for the Instagram logo. Read more

Balancing Text With Visual Elements

Balancing Text With Visual Elements

Jessica Walrack - Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Balancing is a delicate process where your creative judgment comes in. Too many images may overwhelm the viewer, while too much text may make the content look dry, boring or confusing. Learn how to effortlessly balance text with visual elements. Read more

50 Sweet Baking Logos ... from Cupcake Logos to Bread Logos and Pastry Logos

50 Sweet Baking Logos ... from Cupcake Logos to Bread Logos and Pastry Logos

Kevin Bradford - Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Cakes are a staple for any celebration, and work as well for marking a milestone as they do for being a peace offering.But the beauty of baking extends way beyond the basic sponge cake. Scroll down to see the best bakery themed logos for baking brands from DesignCrowd and BrandCrowd. Read more

15 Professional Accountant Logo Designs for Small Accounting Firms

15 Professional Accountant Logo Designs for Small Accounting Firms

Kevin Bradford - Monday, May 16, 2016

Whether you're a sole trader with a regular turnover, or a booming start-up with burgeoning budgets, getting the right bookkeeper on board is an important decision. And alongside the must-have key credentials for the industry, it helps for an accountant to have a logo design that talks to their professionalism and quality.  Read more

Community Photography Contest Showcase

Community Photography Contest Showcase

Jo Sabin - Monday, May 16, 2016

To celebrate over 30 photography contests launched on DesignCrowd, we're showcasing some of the best submissions. From landscapes to composition challenges and shooting on black & white, the contest themes are varied and DesignCrowd photographers have stepped up to the challenge.  Read more

30 Colorful Multicolor Logo Design Examples

30 Colorful Multicolor Logo Design Examples

DesignCrowd - Saturday, May 14, 2016

Bright logo designs that use a number of colors are great. They're eye-catching in a sea of drab designs, which works well for businesses, and they have that playful, light-hearted feeling that makes viewers feel good.Maybe it's a combination of those attributes that prompted Instagram to include a rainbow color scheme in its latest logo rebrand. Check out some colorful logo inspiration. Read more

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