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Archive for the ‘Graphic Design’ Category
Thinking Before Clicking: Returning to Graphic Design Basics
The New York Times offers a reflection on what graphic design looked like 30 years ago. It was all T-squares, X-Acto knives and rubber cement. You had to do it ...
Sitepoint on Design in Modern Church Marketing
Recently, the online media organization Sitepoint (a secular organization) tackled the issue of design in modern church marketing. They hit heavily on topics of the overuse of grunge-style design, the ...
Quit Stealing Designs
Yesterday, I received in the mail an event advertisement from a rather large youth ministry organization. On the cover, I recognized a tutorial from PSDTUTS.com. You might think, “Oh, that’s ...
Note to Boss: Stop Asking For Comps
Last week I wrote a note to designers and creatives about how they should stop providing multiple design comps. Today I direct the same message to the other side–the people ...
Note to Creatives: Stop Providing Comps
Graphic Designers: If you haven’t kicked the habit already, stop giving two to three design comps (or more) when you present key art ideas to your client or boss. Not ...
Lessons In Not Sucking, Communication In Print
This is part two in a series on Lessons In Not Sucking. Today we discuss communication in print. This is all in the context of marketing so it’s important to ...
The Art of the Critique
Sometimes there’s something that’s just so good in the Church Marketing Lab that it needs to migrate to our front page here. This is one of those occasions. User “wiseacre photo” ...
Design Matters: Creating Powerful Imagery for Worship
For anyone involved in the world of church design, marketing and branding (whether new or a seasoned pro), I’d like to recommend a book for you to check out called ...
Cute, Clever and Cool
One of my daily blog reads is Signal vs. Noise from the folks behind 37signals. Not only do I use a few of their products (personally and professionally), I really ...
Amarillo Church Wins Addy Award
An Amarillo, Texas church snagged a best in show (registration requried) at the Addy Awards for the second year in a row. Trinity Fellowship Church won the local division of ...
Lessons from Seth Godin
Marketing guru Seth Godin recently offered up two gems for designers, I Love Typefaces and How to Live Happily with a Great Designer. The typefaces entry features seven tips for using ...
MinistryCom Awards: Deadline August 15
We mentioned the MinistryCom Awards a while back, and it’s worth another mention. The deadline has been extended to August 15, so if you were thinking about entering and never ...
5 Lists for Graphic Designers
Everybody loves lists! So we present our own list of lists to help graphic designers. 1. 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer – Loads of ideas, best practices and general ...
Stock Photography Sucks
In the Church Marketing Lab I’m always applauding people for using original photography. This is why. Jason Kottke points us to some of the drawbacks of stock photography. Like the same ...
