12 Weeks of (2018) Good News
April 18, 2019
Is it too late to say ‘Happy New Year’? If you’ve forgotten last year already, we’re back with some good news in 2018.
The origins of placeholder text lorem ipsum
April 9, 2019
What do a 16th century printer and a 1st century roman statesman have in common? The answer is placeholder text lorem ipsum.
Graphic Design in the films American Psycho and The Grand Budapest Hotel
February 26, 2019
In the film American Psycho, Patrick Bateman and colleagues sit at a boardroom table comparing business cards. The cards themselves? They‘re downright awful.
Popular collaboration hub Slack recently completed a rebrand
January 24, 2019
There’s a lot of talk about whether the new logo looks like a swastika, a wet windmill, or even 4 ducks.
Google Images – Are They Free? NO! And What To Do About It
December 18, 2018
Google images are not free! So what do you do instead? Today I’ll explain why a sneaky cut and paste from Google is not cool – and can cost you a lot, as well as share better ways to get great images for free.
It’s Brand by Name’s 6th birthday! Let’s celebrate by looking back on some of the highlights.
July 1, 2018
It’s our anniversary! We’ve taken a look back over six years of working with a variety of clients to share our highlights and learnings. Strongly identifying our niche of event branding, brand identity, print design and infographics is definitely the main lesson learned.
Our two cents: beware the crowdsourcing
February 15, 2018
Contrary to what you may think, we love when clients use crowdsourcing websites for design work (sometimes). Before we explain why, let us clarify how these crowdsourcing design sites work. They offer rock bottom prices…
12 Days of (2017) Good News
January 5, 2018
Anyone got the blues at work today? Never fear, it’s time to get happy with our annual 12 days of good news.
36 Days of Type – Week Five
March 21, 2017
Week Five of 36 Days of Type begins… This week’s illustrations are all about numbers : featuring flowers, concentric rings, gingerbread cookies and a special colour combination for fans of the Spanish FC Barcelona team…
36 Days of Type – Week Four
March 15, 2017
Week Four of 36 Days of Type begins… This week’s illustrations feature the game of Snooker, a special letter celebrating St Patrick’s Day, dice and dominoes, the end of the alphabet and the beginning of the numbers…
36 Days of Type – Week Three
March 9, 2017
Week Three of 36 Days of Type begins… This week’s illustrations feature some of our fave childhood games and obsessions : bike wheels, Trivial Pursuit, cross stitch, checkers, Snakes and Ladders and Tic Tac Toe…
36 Days of Type – Week Two
March 3, 2017
Week Two of 36 Days of Type begins… This week’s illustrations feature vintage rulers, Tetris, Lego, and even a bike chain…
36 Days of Type – Week One
February 22, 2017
36 days of type is a yearly open call inviting designers, illustrators and visual artists to share their view on the letters and numbers from our alphabet. Running from February 21st through to March 28th 2017…
12 Days of (2016) Good News
January 1, 2017
There’s been a lot of negative feedback about last year. The New York Times asked “2016: Worst. Year. Ever?” We’re not sure we agree with their assessment…
Five tips for working with a Graphic Designer
March 16, 2016
Do something creative. Make the design pop. Can you jazz it up a little? I need some wow factor. Have you ever used these phrases…
