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Does Your Business Need a Style Guide? Four Questions To Ask Yourself

Does Your Business Need a Style Guide? Four Questions To Ask Yourself

Jane Murray - Tuesday, October 27, 2015

People tend to think of style guides as long, intimidating documents making everybody's life hard. In fact they should be viewed as just the opposite. A comprehensive style guide should leave you free to develop creative content and maintain brand consistency. If you're still not convinced you need one, ask yourself these questions. Read more

5 Types of Coffee Logos and How to Get Them Right

5 Types of Coffee Logos and How to Get Them Right

Jane Murray - Thursday, October 1, 2015

There are many reasons to celebrate a beverage that keeps a large portion of the world sane and functioning every day. One reason we're particularly fond of this caffeine fueled drink is its influence in design. Check out these 5 common coffee logo types, and find out how to ensure your design isn't a has-bean. Read more

Interview: Rijan Hamidovic from Sydney

Interview: Rijan Hamidovic from Sydney

Kevin Bradford - Friday, September 25, 2015

Drawing and making art since he was a child, Sydney based designer, Rijan Hamidovic, from Marrickville is a photoshop pro with a cheeky streak. He's built a successful as a logo designer on DesignCrowd and in this interview, we discuss the influence of his creative childhood on his design practice, the importance of mentoring and chilling out to creative development. Read more

5 Best Craft Beer Designs in Celebration of Oktoberfest

5 Best Craft Beer Designs in Celebration of Oktoberfest

Divya Abe - Friday, September 18, 2015

Hurrah! Oktoberfest is nearly upon us, bringing with it drunken escapades, amazing food, and most importantly, lots of German beer. What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of our favorite craft beer logos on the market right now? Read more

Famous Brand Logos As You've Never Seen Them Before

Famous Brand Logos As You've Never Seen Them Before

Jane Murray - Monday, September 7, 2015

A company logo might just be the most important design a business has to settle on. They're supposed to be the public face of the company, and represent its values, purpose and personality. That's why we're so in love with playing around with company logos. This post takes some of our favorite entries to company logo contests and puts them into one convenient list of amazing designs. Read more

10 Rainbow Designs to Celebrate US Marriage Equality

10 Rainbow Designs to Celebrate US Marriage Equality

Hanna Schenkel - Wednesday, July 29, 2015

When the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of legalizing gay marriage across all states, and immediately rainbow-colored celebrations started sprouting everywhere. Some of the world's most recognizable brands took to rainbow logos in support of the ruling. Here we selected some of our favorites, and also snuck in a few DesignCrowd logos that rock the rainbow all year round! Read more

10 DesignCrowd Packaging Designs Ready to Jump Off the Shelves

10 DesignCrowd Packaging Designs Ready to Jump Off the Shelves

Hanna Schenkel - Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Companies put a lot of effort into their packaging designs, and for good reason. For a product to compete on packed shelves it has to stand out in the best possible way. Our DesignCrowd designers know a thing or two about packaging of course, and we thought it might be helpful to show what we can do to wrap your product in something worthy. Enjoy! Read more

DesignCrowd's United Nations of Logos

DesignCrowd's United Nations of Logos

Jo Sabin - Thursday, April 30, 2015

Our designers at DesignCrowd come from all corners of the world, and bring all types of backgrounds and expertise to their creations. Here you will find a roundup of some of our most successful and popular designers from around the globe. Read more

5 Standard Logo Types: What's The Difference?

5 Standard Logo Types: What's The Difference?

Jo Sabin - Friday, April 24, 2015

In a recent article for StartupSmart, DesignCrowd community manager Jo Sabin spoke about the different types of standard logos. Everybody knows how important a logo is in representing a company, so knowing all your options before committing to a design means doing your business a serious favour. Read more

DesignCrowd Yearbook 2014

DesignCrowd Yearbook 2014

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, March 31, 2015

With more than 5 years and countless completed projects under our belts, it’s always a pleasure to look back at the many amazing designs the crowd comes up with. Here we showcase some of those designers who earned gold stars in their categories and as such made it onto the DesignCrowd Honor Roll. Read more

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