One month later…

My new site design has been up for a month now, and it’s seen a huge improvement over its previous incarnation.
This has been partly due to a push by myself towards better self-promotion, but also hugely thanks to a number of great fellow designers, all of whom are quick and willing to help out at [...]

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Logo Design and Branding: Why should you hire a professional?

Whether your company is well-established or a fledgling start-up, it’s important that you present yourself in a way that will make the best impression to your potential and existing customers.
Successful logos and branding can put the customer in a specific mindset about your company, helping you to steer them towards your goal. Having a unified [...]

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Graphic Designers at Halloween

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I hope everyone had a great Halloween — I certainly did, I love fancy dress! I got to head over to Angel in north London to party with my housemate’s uni friends and take over the dance floor with my terrible Thriller moves!
I’d love to see other people’s costumes — if you want to show [...]

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How Not to Typeset a Book

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I’ve just submitted the PDF files of my latest client project to the publishers, and I’m breathing a big sigh of relief! ‘Ich Bin Der Mitternachts-Spezialist’ is only the second book I’ve typeset, though more accurately it was an extension of ‘I’m the Midnight Specialist’ which was published last year. I kind of threw myself [...]

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The Makings of a WordPress Design Blog

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This is somewhat of a follow-on from Jacob Cass’ article, 29 Great Wordpress Plugins That I Personally Recommend.
Jacob posted his article just as I was putting together this version of my website, and it helped me a huge amount in finding the right plugins to do what I wanted my site to do.
In that spirit [...]

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Rob Barrett Introduction