http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk Freelance Graphic Design, Logo and Brochure Design near Kettering, Northamptonshire Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:55:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was lucky enough a little while ago to be found online by a company called Auto-Maskin (pronounced Auto Machine), a Norwegian company with its marketing department based in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Auto-Maskin produce systems for the marine industry and other industries. I was asked to come up with some concepts ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/new-brochure-design-for-auto-maskin-kettering-northamptonshire/ If you are a small or medium size business looking at commissioning a new logo design there are a few things worth considering. If you already have an existing logo design you may want to consider how well recognised it is. If it is already quite well known it may be ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/logo-design-for-the-smallmedium-business/ If you need to design something inhouse for your company here are a few tips that can help with your graphic design Colour palette Keep your basic colour palette to a minimum perhaps stick to two key colours, which will help to give your design a cohesive feel. If you need inspiration ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/graphic-design-tips-for-non-designers/ If you are not used to commissioning brochure design there is some brochure design terminology which might be of help to you. 1. NUMBER OF PAGES This refers to the number of sides to a brochure rather than the number of leaves. So for example the diagram below shows a 4 page ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/brochure-design-terminology/ Last year I was asked to design a direct mail brochure, DL leaflet, poster and presentation for Perkz Ltd based in Northamptonshire. Perkz offers an online employee benefits scheme, this allows business owners to offer an incentive/discount scheme to their employees to help encourage loyalty. My brief from Perkz was to ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/brochure-design-case-study-by-roskell-design-northamptonshire/ There are many benefits to using my freelance graphic design design services: Over 15 years experience in the design industry - more than many designers working for local design agencies in Northamptonshire. Experienced in a wide variety of design areas including: logo design, brochure and leaflet design, packaging design, exhibition panels. Lower overheads ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/the-benefits-of-using-roskell-design-a-freelance-graphic-designer-based-in-northamptonshire/ Last year I was asked to design a new logo for In4systems, a company which creates property management software. The final logo design and stationery is shown below, but I would like to show the process I go through when design the logo. As my previous post about the logo design ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/logo-design-case-study-by-roskell-design-northamptonshire/ I was delighted just before Christmas to be invited by Computer Arts Projects Magazine to contribute an article with my views on logo design. My logo design article appears on the inside back cover "Last Word" in The Branding and logo edition of the magazine which was out in February. It ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/logo-design-article-computer-arts/ Stage 1: Questions and Answers About the Required Logo Design The process of designing a logo involves several stages. Once a budget is agreed with a client, the logo design process begins with a series of questions to find out the type of logo required. The type of questions I would ... http://www.roskelldesign.co.uk/logo-design-process/