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Interview: Meet Alex Strange, UK Graphic Designer on DesignCrowd

Interview: Meet Alex Strange, UK Graphic Designer on DesignCrowd

Aby A - Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Meet Alex Strange, a 22 year old illustrator from the UK. Alex is a winner of DesignCrowd's monthly design contest for new designers. His unique style caught our attention and we wanted to learn what influences his design process and how we comes up with new ideas. Read more

DesignCrowd's United Nations of Logos

DesignCrowd's United Nations of Logos

Jo Sabin - Thursday, April 30, 2015

Our designers at DesignCrowd come from all corners of the world, and bring all types of backgrounds and expertise to their creations. Here you will find a roundup of some of our most successful and popular designers from around the globe. Read more

DesignCrowd Web Design Contest: Vince Vaughn Stock Photos

DesignCrowd Web Design Contest: Vince Vaughn Stock Photos

Jo Sabin - Thursday, April 30, 2015

Stock images are notorious for being cheesy and fake. At least these ones from the Unfinished Business cast don’t pretend otherwise. Check out this DesignCrowd web design contest to see some of the world’s most popular brands get a Vaughn Photobomb. Read more

5 Standard Logo Types: What's The Difference?

5 Standard Logo Types: What's The Difference?

Jo Sabin - Friday, April 24, 2015

In a recent article for StartupSmart, DesignCrowd community manager Jo Sabin spoke about the different types of standard logos. Everybody knows how important a logo is in representing a company, so knowing all your options before committing to a design means doing your business a serious favour. Read more

See Aussie Politicians Re-Imagined As Game of Thrones Characters

See Aussie Politicians Re-Imagined As Game of Thrones Characters

Jo Sabin - Friday, February 27, 2015

In February, MPs in Australia's National Liberal Party called for a leadership spill, undermining Tony Abbott, its party leader and the Australian Prime Minister. DesignCrowd, with tongue firmly in cheek, launched a photoshop contest inviting designers to reimagine Aussie politicians as Game of Thrones characters. Read more

What it would look like if other celebs did Bieber's CK shoot

What it would look like if other celebs did Bieber's CK shoot

Jo Sabin - Friday, January 30, 2015

In the past few weeks, Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein shoot has caused a bit of a stir in the celebrity and entertainment media, particularly in regards to the (mis)representation of Bieber's briefs. With such a golden opportunity on hand, DesignCrowd thought it would be irresponsible not to let our community of over 400,000 designers have a little photoshop fun with the original photos. Read more

12 Big Brands Get a Hipster Makeover

12 Big Brands Get a Hipster Makeover

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, January 27, 2015

When you think of big brands like Nike, McDonald's, Mercedes, Twitter, words like personal, small, local don't leap to mind immediately. What if your favorite big brand got a hipster makeover? We asked the top logo designers in DesignCrowd's 480,000 strong virtual design studio to give conservative corporate brands a hipster makeover. Twenty-three designers took up the challenge to re-imagine 'big' brands as small, cool and local. Read more

Running Your Own Freelance Design Business - What is a Registered Business Name?

Running Your Own Freelance Design Business - What is a Registered Business Name?

Clancy Clarke - Monday, January 12, 2015

As the number of freelance graphic designers grow, so does their need to understand the business side of running a freelance graphic design business. There are varying laws in every country and often states that govern how a freelance designers must set up their business and how they trade. Today, we've got some professional advice from the director of ecompanies.com.au, Daniel D'Alessandro. We hope the below information is valuable. Read more

Britney Spears Lookalikes: 38 Alternative Women's Health Magazine Covers

Britney Spears Lookalikes: 38 Alternative Women's Health Magazine Covers

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 22, 2014

The latest issue of Women's Health magazine has been doing the rounds, but for all the wrong reasons. Women's Health claims that Britney Spears is on the latest issue of the magazine but many are not convinced. With the media's obsession with extreme airbrushed celebrities, we thought it would be fun to run a contest that asked designers to makeover the Women's Health magazine cover with alternative cover models. Enjoy!  Read more

Hipster Santa Claus, Hipster Elfs and Other Famous Christmas Characters as Hipsters

Hipster Santa Claus, Hipster Elfs and Other Famous Christmas Characters as Hipsters

Jo Sabin - Thursday, December 18, 2014

Christmas is approaching, and although Santa has a great beard, and the season is filled with sweaters, fairy lights, locally sourced produce, and possibly some gingerbread moustache cookies, DesignCrowd just didn't think there was enough 'hipster' at Christmas time. We launched a design contest and invited our designer community to makeover traditional Christmas characters as hipsters. Enjoy the results! Read more

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