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Visual Design: Best of DesignCrowd 2014

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 22, 2014

DesignCrowd is now a community of over 400,000 designers worldwide offering design expertise in over 40 design categories. To recognise our designers many professional talents we asked our customer support team (aka the Justice League) to nominate their favorite designs from this year. We hope you enjoy the range and quality of designs on display made for enterprising business owners like you by DesignCrowd. Check out the best of DesignCrowd designs now!  Read more

42 Flag Graphic Design Ideas

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Flags are designs that use various symbols, ornaments or decorations meant for signaling and identification. But their minimalist and ornate style has crept into logo design, posters, icons, textures and is a trend in graphic design. Enjoy this collection of 42 'flag' inspired designs to inspire your next design project! Read more

5 Visual Design Trends Brand Managers and Designers Should Embrace Now

Jo Sabin - Thursday, November 13, 2014

Breaking away from the every-day and creating an outstanding campaign is far more achievable when graphic designers and brand managers are in the loop with current trends. A close look at the most successful ad and web designs since the start of the year reveal five key trends to embrace now: real-life photography, motion video graphics, flat page designs, soft colour schemes and bold, textured fonts. Get the low down on top trends here! Read more

Daily Design inspiration #5: Logo & Packaging Design for Snackfood Company Soma Organics

Jo Sabin - Thursday, September 4, 2014

Checkout this inspiring logo design by Doraschall. Each day, we choose a design that is amazingly beautiful created by one of our highly talented designers like Doraschall. These designs stand as inspiration to all designers and businesses, from north to south and east to west. Get your own fantastic design today, on DesignCrowd.  Read more

How to Protect Your Logo To Ensure It's Really Yours

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Protecting your brand identity by trademarking your logo is more important than ever. Learn how to go about trademarking your logo here.  Read more

Small Business? Learn How Small Design Contests Can Make You a Winner

Clancy Clarke - Friday, June 27, 2014

Graphic design for a small business can be expensive. Discover how you can leverage design contests to save you money and get a super creative logo.  Read more

Design Crowdsourcing, Can It and Has It Worked? These Big Brands Think So

Clancy Clarke - Friday, June 6, 2014

Crowdosurcing design is not just for small business - see how these big brands have utilised crowdsourcing and made it work! Launch your own crowdsourcing project now! Read more

Top 50 Designs of 2013 ... Crowdsourced on DesignCrowd!

Jo Sabin - Friday, December 20, 2013

At DesignCrowd 2013 has been a big year of milestones for DesignCrowd customers and designers. Like any startup we love numbers. So we thought we'd share some big numbers from our growing marketplace and showcase the top 50 designs from 2013.  Read more

Web Design: 20 Incredible Freelance Web Designers from India!

Jo Sabin - Thursday, October 17, 2013

Indian web designers dominate the top web designer rankings on DesignCrowd. We've hand-selected a few of our favorite and some new freelance designers and studios for this collection. In this show case you will see web design examples for consultancies, online shopping sites, handmade crafts, stock traders, football communities and furniture websites to name a few.  Read more

Packaging Design: 5 Awesome Aussie Freelance Packaging Designers

DesignCrowd - Thursday, October 17, 2013

Packaging design is ubiquituous. Just visit your local supermarket and you'll be bombarded with a million products shouting for your attention. Any company looking to launch a product on the market for consumers or busniess needs a professional packaging design to leave a great impression and prompt a p Read more

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