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Solo To Studio

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What does it take to go from freelancing to building a design firm like Go Media? Do You Really Want to be a Studio? Before you embark on your journey to build a design studio, you should stop and ask yourself an important question: “Do I really want the [...]

Designing for the Film Industry: Interview With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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Designing for the Film Industry: Interview With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

Another great interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley over at Colorburned. Jeff shares his process and insight regarding his goal to design for movies and the film industry. Lots of inspirational and motivational advice for any designer looking to do the same, regardless of industry. Plenty of great Finley movie poster design as well.

Design Solution: Indie Coffeeshop Corporate ID

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Design Solution: Indie Coffeeshop Corporate ID

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Design Solution: we give an imaginary project at the Go Media designers, and ask them to give us an overview of how they would approach the project. Not so much a tutorial on how to create the artwork, but rather how to tackle all of the logistical details. This [...]

Don’t Be A Whore!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 10 Tips to help designers avoid being taken advantage of. If you’re freelancing or just starting your own design company, you may be in jeopardy of being a whore. That’s right. Some seemingly sweet client may come along, wine and dine you, bend you over the back of the [...]