We’ve all heard all the complaints about Millennials– how they have zero attention spans, unrealistic demands, iPhone addictions, and too much privilege. Marketing to them requires immense creativity, unparalleled customer service, and all the latest and greatest technologies and platforms.
And then there’s Gen Z.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Style Guide, Consumer Engagement, Content Creation, Gen-Z
Do you ever have those days where you find yourself getting side-tracked, not being productive, and sometimes just feel like you are not getting anything done? If you feel that way pretty often, the following tips are perfect for helping you stay on track and get things done productively and efficiently at work.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Learning, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Process, Productivity
Logos are an important part of any company or business, as they are the identity of the company. It is essential to have a strong and memorable logo.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
Composition is one of the most important elements in design. Having a dynamic composition will make for a more successful design overall because it is more interesting and will draw the audience’s attention. Composition is the art of organizing elements in a design into a harmonious and pleasing whole. It is important to take into consideration how objects are placed in a design or work of art.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
The brand portfolio needs to support and reflect the business strategy. When you are building a brand, you must understand the business model in each product/service market in which it competes. Which leads to 2 basic questions:
Topics: branding, Brand Development, Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
Most people tend to think that being a graphic designer is a solitary job. You hide out in a room and work on your computer, magically creating these designs and sending them off to clients. While this may be true, it does not have to be. One of the best parts of being a graphic designer is being able to collaborate with other designers.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
Gestalt is a psychology term which means "unified whole". It refers to theories of visual perception developed by German psychologists in the 1920s. These theories attempt to describe how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
One of the most important things to have in a business, whether it is a small family owned business or a huge corporate entity, is a brand style guide. A brand style guide is essentially the DNA of a business. It holds the framework for every aspect of the business as a brand.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design, Style Guide
As a designer, one of the most tedious things to work with can be typography. A design can either be made or broken depending on the typography. Many designers fear using typography or just have no purpose behind their choices at first, but you just need to learn how to use it effectively.
Topics: Typography, Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Design
Starting a new project can be difficult at times; especially in those occasions where the project may not inspire you as much as others. Some projects may come easier to us than others based on our interest level on the subject matter.
Topics: Creative, Team, Resources, Customer Experience, Learning, Graphic Designers, Agency, Marketing, Tools, Creative Team, Creative Brief, Essentials, Mood Board, Mind Map
