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March 2010 (1)
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February 2010 (2)
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- 28: Traditional graphic designers, endangered species of modern day (0)
- 10: In defense of the ‘uneducated’ graphic designer (2)
January 2010 (3)
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- 25: Consumers’ familiarity with the old, the barrier to a logo redesign (0)
- 21: Introducing Pixeluxe Font Family by Jan Erasmus (0)
- 21: A graphic designer’s value is dependent on clients’ design literacy (0)
November 2009 (2)
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- 23: A Guide to the Business of Creativity [free eBook download] (0)
- 20: The incompleteness of a completed graphic design qualification (1)
October 2009 (3)
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- 21: Logo design for Bothakga Design Studio (2)
- 19: Interview by matric student: Chané Dreyer (0)
- 06: The relativity, inequality and subjectivity of creativity (3)
September 2009 (1)
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August 2009 (2)
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- 20: Simplicity: A fallacy to a (should’ve been) quick turnaround time (4)
- 04: Complexity: A fallacy to earning a creative’s worth (4)
July 2009 (2)
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- 28: Logo design for Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival (6)
- 22: Does your letterhead and fax sheet communicate the same message? (7)
June 2009 (5)
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- 23: Is a sale too complex to measure ROI on design, accurately? (3)
- 12: Lalibela family – fonts by a South African graphic designer (3)
- 05: How Avis made the best of — not being the best (4)
- 03: The lack of common sense in following logo design trends (8)
- 01: A simple analogy on how much it cost to hire a graphic designer (0)
May 2009 (4)
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- 31: How great use of psychology in design tripled my intended donation (0)
- 25: Shortest logo brief ever: “just don’t copy other logos” (0)
- 22: Is mentioning “terms and conditions apply” a waste of ad space? (3)
- 12: Be careful when hiring a graphic designer! (5)
April 2009 (4)
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- 30: Is the overuse of geography in logo design clichés an exception? (4)
- 15: Modern psychology slowly dictates how and what creatives sell (2)
- 07: Is humour the new sex in advertising? (10)
- 03: The Magic Wand doesn’t really make Graphic designers magicians (0)
March 2009 (3)
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- 12: Asking for a client’s budget: an opportunity to ‘milk’ the client or not? (5)
- 05: The faces behind 20 famous typefaces (11)
- 02: Whose spotlight is it anyway, The designer or client’s message? (5)
February 2009 (5)
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- 19: Can a brand really ‘own’ a certain colour? (4)
- 12: Packaging protects your product; Great packaging protects your brand (7)
- 09: Words of wisdom from world-renowned graphic designer, Paul Rand (2)
- 05: Is your brand different? If not, why will someone buy it? (1)
- 03: The barrier between an average client and effective graphic design (3)
January 2009 (8)
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- 29: The retail experience is the brand experience (2)
- 26: The meaning behind 12+ Famous logo designs you will see today (16)
- 22: Beware of the discounting minefield (1)
- 19: Websites that I recommended to a junior graphic designer (16)
- 15: Price is the communication of the value of your brand (4)
- 12: iBurst, an internet service provider fails to make use of the internet! (9)
- 08: Quality is not an effective branding message (1)
- 08: Book review: The truth about brands (6)
December 2008 (2)
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November 2008 (2)
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- 20: Website intro pages, the good and the unnecessary! (0)
- 16: Letters are not just pretty faces, at times they can be such characters. (0)
October 2008 (5)
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- 27: Common website design sin, the lack of web analytics (2)
- 22: 19 design quotes that educates clients on the value of design (6)
- 19: IEC website punishes its visitors for NOT using ancient technology! (8)
- 16: 8 effective political posters (0)
- 07: How many concepts should creatives present to clients? (4)
September 2008 (1)
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July 2008 (2)
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- 23: My views on facebook’s advertising model (0)
- 01: The real bargain of ‘affordable’ designers? (6)
June 2008 (1)
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- 02: Interview by Neo Dhlamini (0)
May 2008 (3)
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- 29: 10 tips to greater logo design (8)
- 20: Logo design for Zonkizizwe Investments (1)
- 02: eAdvertising: pay per click or per exposure? (9)
April 2008 (1)
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- 11: Logo design for Black On Black (5)
March 2008 (3)
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- 31: The overall role of designers that seems to be forgotten (7)
- 17: Skout, for the love of designers (14)
- 02: How I kicked whites out of the Forum of Black Journalists without saying a word! (21)
February 2008 (3)
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- 28: A letter to my beloved potential client (4)
- 21: 2 reasons why clients will always expect to pay R99 for a logo (40)
- 18: Sabc one’s website gets hit by eGravity! (8)