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		<title>Copa do Mundo 2014</title>
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Já gerando polêmica, a Copa do Mundo de 2014 que será no Brasil nasce em clima quente, pelo menos no mundo do design. Após o lançamento da marca que irá representar o evento internacional os profissionais de design gráfico, e também muitos leigos no assunto, ficaram loucos e fizeram borbulhar comentários no Twitter. Um dos [...]]]></description>
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<p>Já gerando polêmica, a Copa do Mundo de 2014 que será no Brasil nasce em clima quente, pelo menos no mundo do design. Após o lançamento da marca que irá representar o evento internacional os profissionais de design gráfico, e também muitos leigos no assunto, ficaram loucos e fizeram borbulhar comentários no Twitter. Um dos pontos de vista mais diretos e que na minha opinião merece respeito é o de Alexandre Wollner, designer gráfico super respeitado e com quase 60 anos de mercado, onde ele diz que a marca da Copa de 2014 &#8220;é uma porcaria!&#8221;.</p>
<p class="autor">Em entrevista para a Terra Magazine ele dá o seu parecer:</p>
<p><strong>Terra Magazine - O que você achou do logotipo da Copa 2014?</strong><br />
<strong>Alexandre Wollner</strong> - É uma porcaria. Uma porcaria e uma coisa  muito antiética. E as pessoas que estão reclamando participam também de  coisas antiéticas. Só porque não participaram estão brigando com todo  mundo. Aqui no Brasil não tem condição nenhuma de, profissionalmente,  falar o que é design. Tudo isso são oportunistas, é publicidade!</p>
<p><strong>Você está falando da crítica sobre quem foram os jurados que  escolheram o logo?</strong><br />
Você imagina o júri que escolheu&#8230; Que é isso? Não tem o que se  comentar. Já houve concursos semelhantes que muitos profissionais  participaram com um prêmio assim de R$ 15 mil. Eu tenho certeza que esse  prêmio aqui foi uma barra de chocolate suíço. É uma coisa só pra  aparecer, uma coisa de prestígio.</p>
<p><strong>Muita gente criticou. O logo ficou entre os assuntos mais comentados  do Twitter porque muita gente não gostou mesmo. Por que você acha que  teve essa rejeição?</strong><br />
Não se pode gostar de uma coisa dessa. Você pode ver. Olha bem para o  desenho: é uma cara com a mão no rosto dizendo &#8220;que vergonha&#8221;. Sabe  quando você fala &#8220;que vergonha&#8221; e põe a mão no rosto? O desenho foi  aleatório.</p>
<p><strong>Falando de design, o que é que um logotipo tem que representar? Como é  a pesquisa para criar um logo como esse?</strong><br />
Tem que respeitar a cultura do país que está representando. Se não  respeitar, não tem significado nenhum. A cultura do país tem que ser  feita pelo país, pelos profissionais do país. Pode ser que tenha sido  feito por um brasileiro, mas não foi feito por especialistas, gente que  faz a representação visual do país.</p>
<p><strong>Você gostou do logotipo desta Copa, da África?</strong><br />
Também foi ruim. Não sobrevive, fica efêmera. Acabou a Copa e você nem  vai lembrar mais. Uma simbologia não fica só no sinal, ela fica em tudo:  na comunicação, nos equipamentos que você produz. Nessa Copa da África,  os edifícios dos estádios são maravilhosos, mas você não vê nenhum  sinal em volta. Fica uma coisa parada.</p>
<p><strong>Então que outras criações você acha interessantes?</strong><br />
A única Olimpíada que deu resultado e que mudou a nossa cultura foi a  Olimpíada de Munique de 1972, que resultou nos pictogramas que hoje são  usados (em 72, ficaram famosos os desenhos que representavam a silhueta  de vários atletas praticando esportes olímpicos). Em todo lugar, em todo  o mundo se usa a mesma coisa. Foi usado em São Francisco, foi usado no  Japão. Foi distorcido um pouco na Espanha. Mas já deu um significado de  representação cultural de um país. Foi a primeira Olimpíada em que  decidiram não usar a bandeira. Não adianta usar a bandeira da Alemanha  porque não é só a Olimpíada da Alemanha, é do mundo todo.</p>
<p>(Imagens da comunicação da Copa de 1972)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.sofiasevero.com.br/wp-content/blog/munich-1972.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.sofiasevero.com.br/wp-content/blog/munich-1972-pictogramas.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>Falando nisso, esse nosso logo é verde e amarelo, as cores da  bandeira.</strong><br />
Não precisaria ser verde e amarelo. Poderia ser laranja, preto&#8230; O país  vai patrocinar, mas o país não vai ser o vencedor da Copa. Pode ser que  seja, pode ser que não seja. Só com verde amarelo é fácil. Qualquer  coisa faz verde e amarelo. Verde e amarelo é um dos elementos do sinal  do Brasil, mas não é o sinal do Brasil.</p>
<p><strong>Então você acha que não houve bons designers participando do  concurso?</strong><br />
Não é o designer que tem que fazer. Ele tem que participar, inclusive  como coordenador. Mas não é só designer que aparece. Aparece estilista  de uniformes, aparece a publicidade. E o designer deveria coordenar  essas coisas. Não é só fazer a marquinha. É um complexo muito maior. Uma  coisa muito profissional que aqui no Brasil não tem essa cultura. Então  ganham as agências de publicidade, que estão destruindo todas as  marcas.</p>
<p><strong>Eu gostaria que você falasse um pouco mais sobre o que você chamou de  falta de ética. A ADG (Associação dos Designers Gráficos do Brasil)  reclamou que havia um combinado com a Fifa e que não foi respeitado.</strong><br />
É essa que é a falta de ética. Não respeitam os profissionais, o  profissionalismo. E quem dirige os profissionais também não se  manifesta. Isso deveria ter sido feito com mais responsabilidade, porque  é importante.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Muito interessante o posicionamento de Alexandre Wollner quando fala que a representação visual do Brasil não pode se limitar apenas ao verde e amarelo. Ora, um país tão rico como o nosso, com uma cultura tão diversificada, uma miscigenação de jeitos, idiomas, hábitos e uma tremenda criatividade para a criação do novo, de novas formas de perceber as coisas ser resumido ao verde, amarelo e a taça do campeonato é realmente muito pouco, eu diria até que praticamente nada.</p>
<p>Não subestimando de forma alguma as pessoas que participaram do júri, mas esse processo de seleção onde não participam especialistas na área da comunicação, representa uma das situações mais críticas em que nós, profissionais capacitados para trabalhar, entender e desenvolver uma marca e projetos visuais dessa natureza passamos todos os dias. Muitas vezes acabamos lidando diretamente com clientes sem cultura alguma, sem percepção visual, sem entendimento da importância que o design exerce dentro das empresas e pior ainda, sem a mínima vontade de entender. Aí fica realmente complicado.</p>
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		<title>Conservação do orgulho de ser brasileiro</title>
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&#8220;O Brasil possui uma das biodiversidades mais ricas do mundo, as maiores reservas de água doce do planeta e um terço das florestas tropicais que ainda restam. Estima-se que aqui está uma em cada 10 espécies de plantas ou animais existentes.&#8221; (www.wwf.org.br)
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<p><strong>&#8220;O Brasil possui uma das biodiversidades mais ricas do mundo, as maiores reservas de água doce do planeta e um terço das florestas tropicais que ainda restam. Estima-se que aqui está uma em cada 10 espécies de plantas ou animais existentes.&#8221; (</strong>www.wwf.org.br)</p>
<p>O meio ambiente e a cultura brasileira têm sido uma das coisas em que eu mais tenho pensado, principalmente quando estamos em clima de Copa do Mundo, um momento onde o orgulho de ser brasileiro brota nas vitrines, nas camisetas, nos discursos do povo. Muito bonito esse sentimento, mas seria ainda mais emocionante se este mesmo orgulho nascesse, vivesse e morresse com todos nós. Se esse orgulho fosse declarado por cada um dos brasileiros <strong>todos os dias do ano</strong>, com Copa ou sem Olimpíada, o orgulho de ser brasileiro vai muito além. Está na diversidade cultural, na miscigenação de raças que formam um povo único, criativo, emotivo, acolhedor, alegre, positivo. O orgulho de termos em Terra Brasilis toda essa riqueza ecológica manifestando uma das biodiversidades mais ricas do mundo. Orgulho de viver em um país livre, tropical. Orgulho de ser natural daqui, &#8220;Feito no Brasil&#8221; e não &#8220;Made Somewhere&#8221;. Temos problemas, temos sim, e muitos problemas, alguns capazes de nos envergonhar tanto que chega a dar vontade de chorar. Mas que país não possue seus problemas? Que nação não sofre por corrupção política, falta de caráter, problemas sociais?</p>
<p>Só tenho um desejo nessa Copa do Mundo, que ela traga muito mais que um troféu, que ela traga e deixe registrado em nossos corações o orgulho de ser brasileiro, hoje e sempre.</p>
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		<title>Ingresso para o Design Forum Superfície</title>
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Olá. Gostaria de divulgar que tenho um ingresso para o Design Forum Superfície, evento que ocorrerá em São Paulo no dia 04 de agosto de 2010. Quem estiver interessado, por favor, entre em contato comigo para conversarmos.
Saiba mais sobre o evento clicando aqui.
Obrigada.
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<p>Olá. Gostaria de divulgar que tenho um ingresso para o Design Forum Superfície, evento que ocorrerá em São Paulo no dia 04 de agosto de 2010. Quem estiver interessado, por favor, entre em contato comigo para conversarmos.</p>
<p>Saiba mais sobre o evento <a href="http://www.designforum.com.br/designforum2010/designforum_superficies.html" >clicando aqui.</a></p>
<p>Obrigada.</p>
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		<title>Arte, Cultura e Criação</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artigo que escrevi para uma das atividades da pós que estou cursando no Senac em Artes Visuais: Cultura e Criação.
Arte, Cultura e Criação&#8230;
Ou, ainda me arrisco em dizer&#8230;
CULTURA, Arte e Criação.
Faço isso não pela importância de um termo sobre o outro ou pelo surgimento antecipado de um sobre o outro, de forma alguma. Sugiro essa [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Artigo que escrevi para uma das atividades da pós que estou cursando no Senac em Artes Visuais: Cultura e Criação.</p>
<p><strong>Arte, Cultura e Criação&#8230;</strong><br />
Ou, ainda me arrisco em dizer&#8230;<br />
<strong>CULTURA, Arte e Criação.</strong></p>
<p>Faço isso não pela importância de um termo sobre o outro ou pelo surgimento antecipado de um sobre o outro, de forma alguma. Sugiro essa ordem apenas pelo fato de, ao meu ver, a Cultura se tratar de um campo de estudo com tal abrangência fenomenal capaz de abordar a vasta gama de conhecimentos, experiências, vivências e aprendizados responsáveis pelo combustível no processo criativo e na produção nas artes.</p>
<p>No final do século XVIII, o antropólogo inglês Edward Tylor (1832 - 1917) conseguiu sintetizar dois termos que seriam os mais apropriados naquela época para definir Cultura. O primeiro seria a palavra Kultur, do alemão, caracterizando todas as questões espirituais de uma sociedade, e o segundo o termo francês Civilization, definindo todas as conquistas materiais de um determinado povo. O novo termo definido por Tylor seria o Culture, que, “tomado em seu amplo sentido etnográfico é este todo complexo que inclui conhecimentos, crenças, arte, moral, leis, costumes ou qualquer outra capacidade ou hábitos adquiridos pelo homem como membro de uma sociedade”.</p>
<p>Arte. Linguagem na qual o ser humano, alimentado de sua cultura e disposição para a expressão do novo, consegue gerar novas ideias que possuem o poder de causar algum sentimento no observador do objeto de arte. Sentimento esse que não necessariamente será bom ou agradável, mas definitivamente irá tirá-lo do seu local comum, abrindo portas para novas reflexões, novas percepções e até mesmo novas relações com esse mesmo ambiente comum no qual está inserido, devolvendo à Cultura um novo saber, um novo modo de ser e de pensar sobre a realidade.</p>
<p>Criação. O ato de criar, de gerar, de experimentar e de transformar. Transformar o mundo conhecido em uma nova combinação de ideias, até então não pensada. A criação é capaz  de tornar físico a expressão artística, as inquietações e reflexões do artista.</p>
<p>O processo criativo é o meio por onde a Arte, para se tornar Arte, se alimenta da Cultura para gerar novos saberes e experiências, devolvendo esses saberes novamente para o meio cultural ao passo que, o observador do objeto de arte tendo capacidade de analisá-la, absorvê-la e digerí-la, consegue gerar novas reflexões e relações de sua personalidade com a própria Cultura na qual está inserido. Um desenvolvimento em formato espiral que é capaz de fornecer conteúdo ao mesmo tempo em que recebe novas incorporações, características de um processo dinâmico e infinito.</p>
<p>Muitos assuntos e questões foram abordados no Fórum Introdução. Produção de conhecimento, manifestação de conceitos, verbalização de reflexões e até mesmo de inquietações se deram constantes o tempo todo. Essas manifestações foram gerando em mim, ao passo em que eu avançava nas leituras, novos questionamentos e novas relações que possibilitaram o surgimento de um novo jeito de pensar sobre o assunto e o seu fazer, o fazer cultural e artístico. Percebi que o processo entre a geração de conteúdo dos meus colegas e a minha percepção, reflexão e geração de novas concepções, transformaram minha personalidade de alguma forma. Então fiquei pensando: “Não poderia esse momento também ser considerado uma forma de expressão artística?”</p>
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		<title>Design Forum Superfície</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[O 2º Design Forum Superfícies – As Superfícies que estão nas  Ruas, traz novamente a debate as oportunidades e os campos de  aplicação para o designer de superfícies. Em um só dia os principais  profissionais deste setor tão abrangente, que atuam desde o segmento  têxtil ao automotivo, passando pelas cerâmicas e [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O <strong>2º Design Forum Superfícies – As Superfícies que estão nas  Ruas</strong>, traz novamente a debate as oportunidades e os campos de  aplicação para o designer de superfícies. Em um só dia os principais  profissionais deste setor tão abrangente, que atuam desde o segmento  têxtil ao automotivo, passando pelas cerâmicas e revestimentos, pisos,  acabamentos, indo para os vidros, papéis, metais e outros que nem se  imagina ter a atuação de um profissional de design.</p>
<p>O evento irá apresentar à indústria e ao  mercado a importância da sua aplicação em diversos segmentos, tão  difundida no mundo todo, e ainda pouco conhecida no Brasil.  Profissionais de diferentes áreas poderão assumir uma função  importantíssima dentro das empresas que podem decidir uma grande virada  em seus negócios.</p>
<p><em>Fonte: www.designforum.com.br</em></p>
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Geração Y - Nascidos entre 1980 e 1999
O batismo dessa geração se deve a um fato curioso. Quando a antiga União  Soviética exercia forte influência sobre países de regime comunista,  chegava a definir a primeira letra dos nomes que deveriam ser dados aos  bebês nascidos [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trecho do livro Geração Y de Sidnei Oliveira.</p>
<p><strong>Geração Y</strong> - Nascidos entre 1980 e 1999</p>
<p>O batismo dessa geração se deve a um fato curioso. Quando a antiga União  Soviética exercia forte influência sobre países de regime comunista,  chegava a definir a primeira letra dos nomes que deveriam ser dados aos  bebês nascidos em determinados períodos. Nos anos 1980 e 1990 a letra  principal era a Y. Isso realmente não teve muita influência no mundo  ocidental e capitalista, mas posteriormente muitos estudiosos adotaram  essa letra para designar os jovens nascidos nesse período. Surgiu assim o  termo <strong>Geração Y</strong>.</p>
<p>Esses jovens estão chegando agora à vida adulta e ao mercado de trabalho  e, portanto, começando a interferir de maneira mais direta nos destinos  da sociedade. São extremamente informados, mas também possuem um  componente importante de alienação, pois ainda não conseguem ou não  sabem lidar com toda essa informação de forma produtiva.</p>
<p>Eles nasceram de famílias estruturadas em um modelo mais flexível, no  qual o convívio com os país é bastante diferente do que havia nas  gerações anteriores. Ter pais separados deixou de ser uma raridade para  se tornar uma possibilidade sempre presente e, como consequência  natural, ter irmãos de pais diferentes não é mais um fato absurdo que se  conta de um vizinho ou de um amigo na escola. Agora, um jovem pode ter  em sua formação influências múltiplas de pais, tios e avós diversos, não  mais apenas de sua estrutura original. E, mesmo quando não tem pais  separados, esse jovem tem de aprender e lidar com outra situação: a  ausência não apenas do pai mas também de mãe em seu dia a dia.</p>
<p>Ficar longos períodos longe de casa era uma atitude constante dos homens  já nas gerações anteriores. Essa atitude sedimentou-se de tal maneira  que ser ausente ganhou contornos de comportamento exemplar, pois a ação  era justificada como grande esforço dos pais em proporcionar um padrão  de vida digno à sua família. Acrescentam-se a esse cenário as revoluções  vividas pelas mulheres, que conquistaram maior autonomia. Estabelecendo  relacionamentos conjugais muito mais independentes financeira e  emocionalmente, elas passaram a priorizar a realização profissional.  Ainda assim, abandonar seu papel na família não era uma opção razoável -  nem elas estavam dispostas a se omitir como mães.</p>
<p>Isso criou uma circunstância ambígua: as mães procuraram compensar sua  ausência oferecendo instrumentos educacionais que levassem os filhos a  se tornar mais competitivos no futuro e, apesar de ter a figura materna  menos presente, nenhuma geração anterior recebeu tantos cuidados, tantos  estímulos e tantas informações que pudessem levar os jovens a uma  qualificação mais elevada.</p>
<p>Cada pai e mãe passou a se empenhar com muita energia, buscando  proporcionar a seu filho a melhor escola, o melhor curso de línguas, a  melhor escola de natação ou futebol, e diversas outras atividades dessa  natureza.</p>
<p>Aliás, uma novidade nessa geração ocorre justamente com os cursos de  línguas, que antes eram quase que exclusivamente de inglês. Hoje vemos  uma grande procura por outras línguas, algumas até exóticas, como o  mandarim da China. E se isso acontece não é porque o inglês saiu de  moda, mas porque de alguma forma os jovens da Geração Y desenvolveram,  espontaneamente, uma grande intimidade com a língua inglesa por outros  meios, como os videogames (que em sua maioria apresentam comandos nessa  língua), os filmes e as músicas que tocam nos aparelhos domésticos e  pessoais. A impressão mais forte que temos é de que eles já nascem  sabendo falar inglês.</p>
<p><em>Fonte: www1.folha.uol.com.br</em></p>
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Por Bill Gardner 
When gauging the relative merits of the 35,000-plus logos that have been  submitted from all over the world to the LogoLounge.com site in the  past 18 months, it would have been supremely helpful to have some sort  of magical scanner-like device that could objectively compare, classify, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Artigo do site www.logolounge.com.</p>
<p><em>Por Bill Gardner </em></p>
<p>When gauging the relative merits of the 35,000-plus logos that have been  submitted from all over the world to the LogoLounge.com site in the  past 18 months, it would have been supremely helpful to have some sort  of magical scanner-like device that could objectively compare, classify,  and quantify the success of each design. But likely such a device could  only spot the obvious visual trends.</p>
<p>For example, some directions in design are driven by certain tools.  Illustrator’s Swirl and Pucker tools as well as Scriptographer would  emerge as likely suspects this past year. Also, that design can be  heavily influenced by current events would become evident quickly:  Witness the enormous crop of O-shaped logos inspired by the 2009 U.S.  Presidential elections that have emerged in the last year.</p>
<p>But it’s only the human eye—combined with the eight-year track that this  LogoLounge Trends Report has now blazed—that could reveal actual  movement. Here’s what I discovered after reviewing the thousands of  submissions: Transparency in logo design has become a bona fide design  tool, like type or color, not a trend. It’s too ubiquitous anymore to be  considered a direction: It just is.</p>
<p>Also, brightness in hue has become pervasive, likely due to the public’s  eye being thoroughly trained now for light-projected, on-screen color.  We now live in a RGB, not a CMYK world.</p>
<p>Text is ever more important in identity design. Driven by the delinquent  dollar, clients and designers are working hard to make identity  messages more succinct and/or direct, and incorporating actual words  into logos makes the message all the more immediate. Some logos are  simply stuffed with information.</p>
<p>Use of color is even more unrestrained now—which is somewhat  counterintuitive given the flu-ish economy. Rainbow-like color has moved  out beyond any preexisting symbolism and is often used to represent the  concept of full spectrum, more choices, or additional capabilities.</p>
<p>A highly encouraging trend is the emergence of innovative, fresh design  emerging from Eastern Bloc countries. Designers there seem to have a  freeness that some Western designers have lost: They are more prone to  submit a whole range of dramatically different logo designs to a single  client, approaching the same problem from many directions. All trials  may not be successful, but the effort and exploration are there.</p>
<p>Scandinavian design has also seen a shift of late, to a lighter, fresher  approach in design. The clean line and contemporary feel has always  been there, but designers are moving past even these factors. There’s a  real feeling of freedom and exploration here.</p>
<p>What else is especially noticeable this year?</p>
<ul type="square">
<li>There is plenty of optimism shining through in many designs—or at  least clients are trying to bravely declare through their identities  that they aren’t the slightest bit afraid.</li>
<li>There is significantly more warping, faceting, and animation.</li>
<li>Circles upon circles upon circles, especially nested inside each  other and of diminishing sizes, are everywhere, as are building objects  from circles.</li>
<li>&#8220;Greeness&#8221; is still pervasive, but it no longer apparently has to be  expressed by the color green: Any fresh palette will do.</li>
<li>Finally, there is another significant development. For many years,  successful logos were built from beautiful shapes. They were usually one  color, or perhaps they incorporated a few colors. Now, designers have  begun to look at the actual surface of the shapes as an entirely new  canvas that can be addressed in myriad ways. Good draftsmanship and good  ideas are still crucial to the process, but surface effects now add  entirely new levels of meaning.</li>
</ul>
<p>Every year, it’s worth noting that this is a report on trends, not a  recipe book of styles. It is also not a finite list: There are other  valid trends out there that are not mentioned here.</p>
<p>The report should serve you as an ongoing view of where logo design is  headed. The word “trends” in itself can have a very negative cast, but  in truth, trends aren’t bad. They reveal our growth. It’s our take on  them that allows us to move even further forward.</p>
<p class="title">Cubist<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_cubist.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>It should be no surprise that designers have again gone to the well of  fine arts to draw upon technique for inspiration. As Pablo Picasso and  Georges Braque discovered as the founders of the Cubism movement, there  is a certain visual pleasure in the reduction of images down to their  essence. In logo design, this same tenet applies, and a good marriage of  concept and style emerge. Illustrating an image in a simple series of  facets is really a glorified and more aesthetically pleasing version of  an image reduced to a handful of pixels.</p>
<p>Illustration software which uses the Delaunay Raster process  automatically creates spatial and color averaging that makes this  technique broadly accessible. Illustrator Jonathan Puckey uses this  process with stunning results on photographic images, and a similar  animation style has become a signature look for a number of companies in  their commercials. In identity design, hand rendering of these facets  is pure cubist eye candy.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Iconologic, US Virgin Islands    2. Z&amp;G, Brandogolik    3.  Gardner Design, Graphic Impressions    4. Andrei Bilan, Kubis</p>
<p class="title">Spores<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_spores.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Microbial hitchhikers with all the tact of a sticker or cockle burr,  these logos are a scaled-back version of a radiant star, and they  typically start to take on three-dimensional qualities. They tend to be  suspended in space or give the appearance of an underwater mine placidly  floating in wait. (In fact, any of these logos could be a perfect  candidate for animation.) Despite such dire comparisons, these logos  still maintain an attractive, mathematical and mysterious quality that  allows them to work well.</p>
<p>In some, the points emanating from the central object seem to have a  tentacle-like quality, reaching out to convey a sense of connectivity  and of serving multitudes. This same group of logos tends to exemplify  how order can be applied to complexity. They show an ability to verge on  the edge of chaos but still be held together with the perfection of  nature. The aggressive surface of this style certainly requires a client  that is able to be faithful to the complex nature of the forms.</p>
<p class="credits">1. MYDE, Smart Communication Technologies 2. KITA International | Visual  Playground, KITA 3. Seamless Creative, 1025 Photography 4. BrandBerry,  Anvexa</p>
<p class="title">Ghosts<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_ghosts.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Attracting attention in a visual world is a designer’s most challenging  task. Encouraging someone to really look is hard; forcing them to engage  is harder to the nth degree. These Gaussian-like logos compel the  viewer to take the second look if for no other reason than to confirm  what they are seeing. The effect of the soft-edged translucent nature of  these marks could well be considered a subtle act of confrontation.</p>
<p>That an image is appropriate to the objective is imperative, so this is  not permission to just make any logo fuzzy. Remember, however, that  there is mystery in leaving something to the imagination. The slow  reveal or partial reveal can be much more engaging than the literal,  all-out full reveal. The technique seems to have its greatest success if  the image in question is obvious enough through silhouette that the  viewer is not left confounded. Color is also a critical clue as we tend  to identify objects by color before shape.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Julian Peck, Futbol California 2. Iconologic, America’s Natural Gas  Alliance 3. Supersoon Good Design, Swiss Heat Transfer Technology 4.  Strange Ideas, Shadow Farm</p>
<p class="title">Tendrils<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_tendrills.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>There is just the right amount of whimsy and human intervention in the  draftsmanship of these logos to make them a pleasure to absorb. In past  years, the LogoLounge trend reports have discussed logos with floral  flourishes, dingbats and typographic elements bringing life to and  skirting the edges of the mark. This group, however, helps place the Si  Scott-inspired wisps of fancy into context. Far from being drafted with  geometric perfection, these tendrils have a natural gnarl to their  wandering, like a real vine.</p>
<p>Humans have been involved here, and that is the message. As beautiful as  these logos are, they were not created by a soulless machine. They were  created to glorify the brusque reality of imperfection. These marks are  important because they show the importance of embellishment that  customers associate as an above-and-beyond concept. At the same time,  the hand-hewn message reinforces that this is an authentic offer, as  different as a handwritten note is from spam.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Derrick Mitchell Design, LLC, Easthaven Baptist Church 2. RawType,  Jacob’s Well 3. Sabingrafik, Inc., Rosenblum Cellars 4. Dale Harris,  Blank Expression</p>
<p class="title">Shift<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_shift.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Perfection is highly overrated even when imperfections are crafted  perfectly. Transparent overlays of color often resembling a  misregistered CMYK or RGB letterforms are the hallmarks of this trend,  although significantly overlapping kerning and turning on the  transparent mode qualifies marks for this category as well. Colors are  usually clear and clean to allow the murky overlaps to be even more  evident. The purposeful layering gives a nod to connectivity between  different entities as they come together for a common good.</p>
<p>This trend is a bit of the celebration of diversity that shows a merging  for common good. From another perspective, it could be a single entity  splitting out into multiples. Because these are brighter, with elements  of pure chroma colors, they tend to occur often in the entertainment or  literature corridors. Though the images are static, the shifting  elements give a sense of motion to the viewer. This instability draws  the eye and can create the impression that these marks represent a work  in progress.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Asta form, Sheriff Studio 2. Go Welsh, Penn State Architecture 3.  Effusion Creative Solutions, musicplace.com 4. Liska + Associates  Communication Design, Becker and Becker</p>
<p class="title">Parts<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_parts.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>This trend give insight into the comment &#8220;one of something ugly is ugly,  but many of something ugly is beautiful.&#8221; Take any one of these ugly  things—or, in this case, the iconic representation of your parts—and  assemble these into an ideal construction. It’s an element in which many  parts come together to create a common goal. From a distance, the image  is the larger whole. But on closer inspection the image is revealed to  be an amalgam of molecular images.</p>
<p>A diverse group of logos here show some very different takes in  achieving similar objectives. &#8220;We the people form this nation&#8221; and  create a map of the United States. A hundred or so divers come together  to create a school of fish forming the outline of a shark, and yes, it  is for a diving school. In each case, a nice visual balance was found to  help the reader make the jump from the whole to the parts that came  together to compose the result.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Kuznetsov Evgeniy, Russian Team 2. Ten:pm Media, Advanced Armament  Corp. 3. Chris Rooney Illustration/Design, Ramsell 4. Hand dizajn  studio, Diving Club Big White</p>
<p class="title">Pixel<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_pixel.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>For your amusement, take a screen capture of the portrait favicon at the  beginning of the address for <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.marthastewart.com');">www.marthastewart.com</a>. Then park the minute picture  of Martha in Photoshop and enlarge to fill your screen. This view of a  16 x 16 square of pixels as if through a microscope can be revealing.  Nothing is as it seems once you knock it down to its atomic core. In the  world of RGB, on-screen images, the pixel is the lowest common  denominator. So these are logos that speak to their digital pedigree,  but which are willing to say, &#8220;This is our very essence.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pixels seem to be a natural building block when dealing with digital  products. They convey naturally the concept of many elements coming  together to create a larger result. Because of the medium, the colors  are often high in chroma and representative of diversity, but even in  the HD City logo, you can see the effective use of the subtle range of  tints even within a single color. There is no mistaking the association,  but the challenge is to avoid being trite and discovering a new way to  present a solution crafted using these tiny tools.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Eight a.m. Brand Design , C2 MEDICAL SPA 2. Eightday Studio, Antioch  Community Church Norman Corp. 3. Gyula Nemeth, HD City 4. Andrei D.  Popa, City Tower</p>
<p class="title">Hexahedron<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_hexahedron.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Stephen Doyle created such an intelligent design with his new identity  for The Cooper Union, and the attending animation of the elements  tumbling together helps further sell the concept. It’s just two cubes  with three transparent, colored faces, representing the letters C and U.  But a great sense of space is alluded to, which leaves the viewer with a  sense you could navigate the space and imagine what this mark would  look like from various angles. In short, it invites you to participate  and become comfortable with it.</p>
<p>Other identities based on transparent cubes in various arrangements all  have an implied sense of space and almost challenge us to interact with  the marks. This may rise from the optical illusion  aspect: The greater  the participation  level the design creates for the consumer, the more  chances they have to buy into the ownership of the logo. The greater  their level of ownership, the better the level of loyalty.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Doyle Partners, The Cooper Union 2. Kristin Spix Design, Phelps  Stokes. 3. Tom Hughes Design, Zink, Inc. 4. Adstract Art, Civiquip  Industries</p>
<p class="title">Dust<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_dust.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>When you speak loudly and fail to modulate your tone, your voice becomes  a monotonous drone.  When you lower your tone and speak in a hushed  whisper, every head in proximity will turn an ear to pick up the  conversation. This group of marks understands the importance of   subtlety. The whisper is created by a stippled effect that, depending on  its density, creates different levels of tone within the logo. Yet  because each speck is a hard-edged vector image, any appearance of color  gradation is only an illusion.</p>
<p>Again the eye is drawn to these not just for the design but because they  are confronting the viewer with something they have not seen before.  The soft feathering of edges lends a different tactile nature to these  marks that makes them unique. There is something a bit magical conveyed  with this technique. The Galaxy Garden logo gives the feeling of some  special charm being cast amongst the stars of the heavens, and the  Atmosphere logo seems to isolate every particle we inhale.</p>
<p class="credits">1. RedBrand, Atmosphere Design House 2. Strange Ideas, Galaxy Garden 3.  Tannehill Design, GSL Fine Lithographers 4. Identra, Cognida</p>
<p class="title">Peepshow<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_peepshow.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>It’s the image inside the image that makes the sale. A pedestrian  solution suddenly becomes a thing of beauty or interest if there is a  great and compelling story showing through from behind the scenes. These  logos tend to use vector-edged colored fields in their solutions that  are lively and engaging. The contrast levels are kept minimal to avoid  making the fill area visually jumpy. This adds a new field in which to   play out concept or set the visual tone for a client, and it also  establishes pattern as part of the visual vocabulary of the visual  brand.</p>
<p>Iconologic successfully developed a series of Coca-Cola icons for use at  the Vancouver Olympic Games. The iconic Coke bottle silhouette was  fractured into fields that reflect the stacked stone logo of the games.  These broken elements could have been rendered with simple color or  gradation, but instead these areas use the blues and greens of the  patterns developed for use at Olympic venues. It’s a nice sense of  connectivity and a smart use of color.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Iconologic, The Coca-Cola Company 2. Dalius Stuoka, Trava 3.  Wizemark, MonkVibe 4. X3 Studios, Media IQ</p>
<p class="title">Festoon<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_festoon.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Anyone whose childhood included a springtime visit to a hardware store  remembers the electric fans and window air-conditioners replete with  tassels blowing horizontal at attention, thus assuring us that our own  homes, too, could become a summertime den of arctic chill. These logos  maybe are a bit less about the chill and a bit more about the blowing.  Wind tunnels of streamers often in motion and flapping at gale force  describe an invisible image underneath, or they may just be in full  motion to define a pleasant breeze.</p>
<p>The key to most of these solutions is the tapering of the graphic  element to a diminishing point and also the overlapping of the  streamers. Generally, these are transparent so there is a color change  where they overlap. There is a bit of free spirit and lack of control  that comes in as part of the equation. Looking like untamed horizontal  licks of flame, these designs convey a sense of joy or festivity that  serve well in a lighthearted, feel-good application.</p>
<p class="credits">1. BrandBerry, TravelWorld.su 2. Burocratik - Design, Leite &amp; Leite  3. Factor Tres, Gaby Luna 4. Rpd Design, Osorio City Hall</p>
<p class="title">Stains<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_stains.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Imagine hand-drafting the great logos of our age on blotter paper with a  juicy brush, and you start to get a feel for the logos in this genre.  All are beautifully drafted and probably more than ever require great  sensitivity to allow the blur of the technique to not detract too much  from the essence of the image. Designers have been using stains on  napkins from a coffee cup or a glass of burgundy for years, but this  group moves beyond the simple spillage and plays out the art of the  stain to new heights.</p>
<p>Paradox Box Design created a series of beautiful animal stains for the  Begucci Cafe in Russia. Kangaroos, snails, cheetahs, walrus and more  were each crafted in a caffeinated dark roast. The snowboarders shown  here were also created as a series by Burton Snowboard. There is motion  when a blurred edge comes into play; the grainy immediacy of these marks  creates an impression of authenticity. It’s another example of breaking  with traditional design technique and gaining that second and third  look from the consumer.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Paradox Box, Rinat Tuhvatullin 2. Suprematika, Rucksack, the backpack  online shop 3. Demographic Inc., Blood Brothers 4. Burton (Snowboards)  Corp., Burton Snowboards</p>
<p class="title">Burst<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_burst.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>Fireworks no doubt win hands-down in a look-at-me contest. The  accompanying audible boom is certainly a factor in drawing your  attention to the flash, but the burst and emanating jets of light are  visual adrenaline. What better centerpiece could you choose for an  identity geared toward excitement, activity, or pleasure? All of these  marks, and there were a number of them this year, deal with the imagery  in their own unique way. But all of these still capture the fleeting  image at its full glory.</p>
<p>Color and lots of it in every bright hue and full tilt spectrums were  evident everywhere this year. These marks describe a penultimate moment  and define it with motion, distribution and brilliant flashes. Trying to  describe this effect in the fewest strokes is challenging, but the  LaQuinta logo by LatinBrands and the Logistigo logo by Porkka Kuutsa   are both great solutions with simplicity kept intact.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Sakideamsheni, Expo Georgia 2. Latinbrand, La Quinta 3. BrandBerry,  1945-2010 4. Porkka &amp; Kuutsa Oy, Logistigo Oy</p>
<p class="title">Wallpaper<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_wallpaper.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>After watching monochromatic vines, flora, swirls, and flourishes incase  anything and everything for the last several years, a truce to the  over-embellishment seems to be closer than ever. But the decoration and  fascination with print pattern has found a new incarnation and in full  blazing color as well. Silhouettes and shapes are coming to life with  substantial gusto, and they are relishing the attention. There is no  apologizing for the color being used in this category.</p>
<p>A profile of a woman’s head is no more than that until you imagine what  is inside the head. Blend the demure with the flamboyant, and her  thoughts leap off of the page. A personality has been defined. These  silhouettes don’t typically require much more than solid draftsmanship  as the real story is being told with the panoply inside the shape.  Obviously, any identity that relies this heavily on diverse color is  going to find a challenge when reproduced in one color, but who lives in  a one-color environment anymore?</p>
<p class="credits">1. Nectar Graphics, Mes Amies, Ladies Fineries 2. Koodoz Design,  Tullamore Estate 3. Dirty Design, Nectar Homes 4. Kreativer Kopf, Schoen  und Wider Druck</p>
<p class="title">Box-Up<br />
<img src="https://www.logolounge.com/article_images/artpics/art_logotrends_boxup.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="400" align="top" /></p>
<p>The use of text as part of a visual brand identity has become more  critical than ever. Not just the name of the company must be spelled  out, but there are other key points of importance as well—what the  client makes, the motto, the location, the founding date, the point of  differentiation. Even when this additional text is not included, the  wordmark and the symbol at the very least require a lock-up  to define a  visual relationship between the two. A lock-up is always a balancing  act that respects the needs of both elements. Enlarging the pair in an  effort to make the wordmark larger can make the symbol too large.  Reducing the symbol to a more modest size will make the wordmark  illegible.</p>
<p>More designers than ever have taken a cue to capture the two elements  together in a literal box. Take everything you need to communicate and  pour it into an ice tray. No possibility of confusion for those that  can’t respect an identity lock-up. It’s all there together in one  package, no directions required.</p>
<p class="credits">1. Schwartzrock Graphic Arts, Pugleasa 2. Sudduth Design Co.,  Wilmington-Gordon 3. Fargo Design Co., Inc., Jackson Trading Co. 4. Sigg  Design, Swiss International Hotels</p>
<p class="title">Other Noteworthy Trends</p>
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<td width="271" valign="top"><strong>Extrusions</strong>: Flat  outline forms, whether transparent or solid, that have been extruded  mechanically to give dimension.</p>
<p class="credits">Plastic A/Deksia Designs, Grand View  University</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong><strong>Quilts</strong>: </strong>Imagine the surface  of a logo covered with geometric transparent facets, layered together  like the panels of a quilt.</p>
<p class="credits">Niedermeier Design, Clear Bags</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong><strong>Melting</strong>: </strong>Points on a logo  are allowed to drip and stretch away from the primary shape, as if  gravity was temporarily turned off.</p>
<p class="credits">Milou, rain bows</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong><strong>Contort</strong>: </strong>Graphics or  halftone imagery is warped as if looking at a reflection in a fun-house  mirror. Sometimes the original image is almost lost when contortion is  compounded.</p>
<p class="credits">Sparc, Inc., LaunchAgents</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong><strong>Rainbowed</strong>:</strong> Any use of the  full-color spectrum rotation on a logo. Often this occurs when the mark  creates a wreath-like effect and the color is able to circle back into  itself.</p>
<p class="credits">Rise Design Branding Inc., Star Creative</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong><strong>Spirogram</strong>: </strong>A mark crafted  of many repetitive very thin lines, but not necessarily like the  rosettes created by a Spirograph. The volume of lines helps create the  mass of the logo.</p>
<p class="credits">Interrobang Design Collaborative, Inc.,  Zero2sixty Creative</p>
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Além de gostar muuuito das novas tendências de 2010 para o design de marcas, principalmente aquelas inspiradas no cubismo (particularmente acho as artes uma das fontes mais interessantes para a criatividade), acho interessante comentar algo que li, em um outro artigo, quando Anka Asril, da Malásia, falou no cuidado que se deve ter na hora de analisar e utilizar essas tendências. Do ponto de vista dele tendência não deve ser percebida como um roteiro de formas, cores e valores a serem seguidos por todos, é necessário levar em consideração que tendências vêm e desaparecem, criando novas necessidades para o design de marcas no ano seguinte. Porém, a marca permanece viva durante anos, seus conceitos e objetivos se mantém de acordo com as características da empresa e de seu negócio. Uma marca deve ser criada para ter longevidade, se manter forte e atual durante toda sua existência, sendo redesenhada apenas quando as novas necessidades empresariais do cliente solicitem mudanças e atualizações.</p>
<p>Sendo assim, acho extremamente válido, nós designers, nos informarmos do que anda sendo atualmente produzido mundo afora no design, fotografia, cinema, artes e tudo o mais, mas não podemos esquecer de que uma marca deve ser única, deve se relacionar diretamente com a empresa, seus valores, serviços e necessidades, portanto&#8230; não sigamos roteiros!</p>
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		<title>25 Ways to be More Productive as a Designer</title>
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If you have a long commute try making the most of your time. Read a book, get a laptop to start work ahead of time or plan out your day.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>1. Make the most of your commute</strong></span></p>
<p>If you have a long commute try making the most of your time. Read a book, get a laptop to start work ahead of time or plan out your day.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #333333;">2. Keep a task list</span></strong></p>
<p>Keeping a task list will ensure you remember everything you need to do. Organize your task list by importance and cross things out as you accomplish them, but accept the fact your task list will probably never end.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>3. Become familiar with Adobe suite keyboard shortcuts</strong></span></p>
<p>Learning essential keyboards shortcuts for programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator can actually end up saving you many hours in the long run.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>4. Keep your computer software up to date, virus and spyware free</strong></span></p>
<p>Since designers use computers on a daily basis, it is important to make sure they are running at their peak performance, so be sure to patch up your computer at least once a week.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>5. Seek out sources of design inspiration</strong></span></p>
<p>Inspiration is a huge part of any artistic career and there are plenty of places to find inspiration such as design shows, museums, online portfolios and graphic design galleries.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>6. Become more involved in the design community</strong></span></p>
<p>Joining design forums, commenting on blogs, writing articles and speaking at seminars are just a few of the ways to become more involved in the design community.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>7. Go to design events, shows and learning seminars</strong></span></p>
<p>Each year there are many design conferences, events and training seminars. If you work for a company they may even pay for you to go, so you can keep your skills sharp and network!</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>8. Read books on design history and theory</strong></span></p>
<p>The number of books out on design are astonishing, so pick a topic that interests you such as design theory and get a few books to read in your spare time. One great book is “How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul”.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>9. Read interviews on other graphic designers</strong></span></p>
<p>Interviews are often extremely insightful and reveal many secrets and great tips about other successful designers. Its amazing how much you can learn from even the shortest of interviews.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>10. Join graphic design organizations</strong></span></p>
<p>Joining graphic design organizations can have many benefits and is a great way to get access to resources and network. The Graphic Artists Guild and AIGA are just a few of the organizations you should consider joining.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>11. Learn to accept constructive criticism</strong></span></p>
<p>This is a common issue with many design students and even professionals. The sooner you stop taking constructive criticism personally the sooner you will be able to improve as a designer.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>12. Don’t be afraid to ask for help</strong></span></p>
<p>If you don’t know how to do something, don’t waste time pretending you do. Kindly ask some one for help so you can get on the right track sooner.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>13. Learn to outsource work and tasks to others</strong></span></p>
<p>If you bit off more than you chew its often a better idea to outsource work to some one you trust then to stress yourself to death. The final project will often turn out better if you work as a team and delegate tasks to others.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>14. Use Google Reader and follow design blogs</strong></span></p>
<p>Google Reader is a great online RSS reader that will allow you to easily follow all your favorite design blogs.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>15. Use Google Calendar to keep track of important events</strong></span></p>
<p>Google Calendar is an awesome free piec eof calendar software to help your organize all your important events.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>16. Set your email client to check for new emails less often</strong></span></p>
<p>Checking emails every 5 minutes can be very distracting. If you check at set times you will get a lot more work done each day.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>17. Create standard contracts ahead of time for clients</strong></span></p>
<p>Its a good idea to have a lawyer help you create a set of standard contracts ahead of time so you are prepared ahead of time and don’t have to worry or waste time having contracts created later.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>18. Create a standard invoice and estimate template</strong></span></p>
<p>Having a nicely designed invoice and estimate template is professional and can be customized easily for any new client. be sure to print copies for yourself for filing purposes so you can refer back if needed.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>19. Create mailing labels</strong></span></p>
<p>Typing for so many years has really degraded my hand writing and having pre-made mailing labels not only takes care of my ugly handwriting, but it also saves time.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>20. Organize all your paperwork once a week</strong></span></p>
<p>Nowadays the paperwork can pile up fast and if you let it go, getting it back under control can be a nightmare. use folders in a file cabinet that are labeled to organize all your important papers.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>21. Organize your computer files once a week</strong></span></p>
<p>Organizing your computer files i arguably even more important then organizing your paperwork. You should have a folder and sub folders for each client and create backups of your files every day on multiple external devices.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>22. Develop a standard computer file labeling system</strong></span></p>
<p>Labeling your files in a specific way will make it much easier for you to navigate and search for files when you need them quickly.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>23. Try to keep your weekends work free and relax</strong></span></p>
<p>its easy to get consumed with work and keeping your weekends work-free is a good way to ensure you won’t burn out or have a meltdown. So don’t forget to enjoy life on the weekends!</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>24. Exercise on a regular basis and go out for fresh air at lunch</strong></span></p>
<p>This one always makes it into the productivity lists, yet many people still don’t do it. It can be difficult to fit in, but even 20 minutes of exercise 3 times a week can make a large impact in your overall health.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>25. Do hand exercise every few hours to help combat carpal tunnel syndrome</strong></span></p>
<p>Using the keyboard 8 hours a day for years on end is an easy way to mess up your hands, so doing hand exercises a few times a day can go a long way in preventing potential long-term damage.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a while without posting anything here I&#8217;m back with a very good tip.

I found this amazing website yesterday, Just Creative Design, from Jacob Cass and in my opinion this is the most organizing, interesting and complete website for a graphic designer. Here you can look for articles, discussions, theory, the best links and lots [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a while without posting anything here I&#8217;m back with a very good tip.</p>
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<p>I found this amazing website yesterday, <strong>Just Creative Design</strong>, from <strong>Jacob Cass</strong> and in my opinion this is the most organizing, interesting and complete website for a graphic designer. Here you can look for articles, discussions, theory, the best links and lots of inspiration.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s worth to take a look and add on your favorites list for further searches.</p>
<p><a href="http://justcreativedesign.com/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/justcreativedesign.com');">http://justcreativedesign.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Heading to the most cosmopolitan city in Europe </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Searching for new challenges, landscapes, experiences, victories and anxious to use for the very first time my Italian passport, on the 14th of July I’ll be living Brazil on destination to London, England, city that carries two thousand years of history, where 7,5 million people live, speaking about 200 different languages, more than any other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span lang="en">Searching for new challenges, landscapes, experiences, victories and anxious to use for the very first time my Italian passport, on the 14th of July I’ll be living Brazil on destination to London, England, city that carries two thousand years of history, where 7,5 million people live, speaking about 200 different languages, more than any other country in the world.While the good news don’t come and the goodbyes seem to never end, I leave here a bit of history:</span></p>
<div><span lang="en">“Important for almost two millenniums, the city is one of the biggest financial centers of the planet, and its participation on politics, culture, entertainment, fashion and arts ratified the status of global city. The city is one of the most peopled metropolis in Europe. Its population is one of the most cosmopolitan in the world, absorbing the culture, religion and languages of several kinds of people. London is an international connection of aerial transportation and a common touristic destination, including sightseeings such as the Parlament, the Tower Bridge, the Buckingham Palace, the British Museum and the National Gallery.”</span></div>



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