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• Too old to be a designer?

  Written by Bill / on 05/03/2011 / 0 Comments

  Interesting discussion, are you "Too old to be a designer?" click read the full article and comments

  "I’ve been a freelancer for 31 years and while it’s great to be in business this long, there may be a downside.

  The design profession seems to have a youth bias that is not working in my favor. Whereas other professions (medicine, law, etc.) value experience, the design and marketing fields seem to think that if you no longer fall into the coveted 18-34 demographic, you are too old to be relevant or useful. Experience is often seen as a sign of ..

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• Worst Logo Competition

  Written by Bill / on 03/21/2011 / 0 Comments

  Great idea for a logo contest: http://howlowcanyourlogo.com/. Designers take a single company name and "design" the worst logo they can. Check out the full horror show in the gallery or jump to the winner's entry, it's Excellencio!

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• They'll like you, they'll really like you!

  Written by Bill / on 07/23/2010 / 0 Comments

  

  A past client of mine recently sent me an email with the subject line "Option for artists to become kown".
  
  Kown.
  
  I had to laugh before even opening the note, because I knew in a moment exactly what the email was about. It had to be about begging for free work under the guise that you'll get "famous" or in this case "kown".
  
  The misspelling is just so perfect in that it embodies the lack of respect that followed in the body of the email. My past client has so little regard for designers that even spell checking the email wasn't ..

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