Tuesday, 27 November 2018

New website!

Hello, hope you are really well.
Wanted to share an exciting update - I now have a new website:


- let me know what you think!


I'll be using this website as the new home for my blog articles and journal
- will be great to keep in touch.

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Wednesday, 13 June 2018

The Branding Assessment Workshop

Branding Assessment Worshop

Exciting News!


I've teamed up with the lovely Clare from The Pistachio Club,

forming Pistachio Ink

a creative collaboration
to help support and encourage local entrepreneurs
and small businesses here in Dorset,
to infuse their brand with their personality.

Do you feel disconnected with your brand?

Are you ready to take your brand to a whole new level?

Discover how each aspect of your brand
helps you to authentically connect with your ideal client.

Want to learn more?


Join us at our upcoming workshop

'The Branding Assessment Workshop'

Thursday 28th June 2018

RINGWOOD, DORSET

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Designed for you...


Designed especially with entrepreneurs and small groups in mind, this logo package provides you with your logo, ready to use as digital design assets in formats that will work for you, with print and web ready digital files.

Your logo design is vector based and scaleable (you won't lose clarity and resolution) so using your PDF file you can have your logo printed onto a sticker or onto the side of a vehicle or building ...wherever your imagination takes you!

It is designed to grow with you…





What's inside your logo design package:

  • design consultation online & via email - this is where we identify your story: values / direction / feel and style / uniqueness...to generate the design direction of your logo keeping your logo true to your story

  • digital design proof, jpeg (with 2 rounds of amendments if required)
Your main two digital files will be:
  • full colour logo for print (digital file, cmyk, print ready PDF)
  • full colour logo for web (digital file, RGB, web ready, jpg / png)
Plus you will also receive these extras so that you have a complete design package to get you started:
  • full colour logo for specialist print (digital file, PANTONE®, print ready, PDF)
  • single colour logo for limited colour print / special finishes (e.g. foiling / stitching) (digital file, PDF)
  • high resolution jpg file for desktop printing
  • colour references (cmyk / PANTONE®)

...so you can start to establish your brand by using your logo across all your printed stationery, marketing material and online! 



Whether you are creating your own designs or outsourcing the design work, you can use your print ready pdf logo file to create your marketing material, business cards and more...


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Why PDF?


Most printers will recommend working with cmyk, PDF files (portable document file)
- because these files capture all the relevant information from the original design document, (including colour references / paths of vector elements / layout and formatting etc) they are compatible with many different systems and are high quality - perfect for print!


How about JPEG?

JPEGs are great for capturing your design at a set size (or smaller), they in-effect flatten your design like a photograph, complete with a white background, compressing the file. If you are creating stationery for desktop printing you may find it easier to work with the high resolution jpeg file in your applications as it is smaller in file size - perfect for letterheads and invoices (especially if sending by email).

However, if you need to enlarge your logo always ensure you use your PDF version for print.


PANTONE® references are a really handy design asset, ready for when you need them for specialist print and colour matching.

PANTONE® is a registered trademark of PANTONE, Inc. 

IMAGE CREDIT PIXABAY.COM

Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Thinking about a new logo?

Whether you need a logo for your business, a community group, product or brand - ensure you take that step this year with this special limited time offer and get a logo designed just for you, to help you to share your story with the world.

Perhaps you’ve been tinkering with a logo idea for a while, or maybe putting it off till you feel perfectly ready, or perhaps it’s become something you’ll reward yourself with once you’ve achieved a certain target…

Sound like familiar hurdles?

It is completely understandable. Logo design is a big decision and an investment so you want to make sure it’s the right choice. The market is saturated with varying options and a multitude of price points, which is great for choice but it creates a looming grey area when trying to find that perfect fit for you…

So you do some research, then more research…and a bit more… (especially if you are anything like me - when it comes to decision making I want to know all the details and options not only for now but as something that will evolve and grow with me).

Research can be empowering and help you to make informed decisions but it becomes a trap when it stops you from moving forward… you start to feel out of depth and overwhelmed with all the information… Where do you start?





Let’s shed some light through this grey mist:
- ultimately you want to love the end result and share it with the world, after all it is your story and your identity

We'll start by focusing on you, your business, idea, product, or group

  • your values and aims
  • your key audience
  • look / feel / style
  • tone of voice
  • what makes you unique
  • what experience you want to provide

- all of these will generate the design direction of your logo design - the solid foundations - keeping your logo true to your story.


Ready to take that step? Let's get designing.


IMAGE CREDIT PIXABAY.COM

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Happy New Year

New Year - New You!

Get your new year off to a great start and achieve a new you with a logo designed just for you!




For a limited time only! Secure your new logo design work, ready for when you are during 2017 

Happy New Year!

Book now and let's make that change.

IMAGE CREDIT PIXABAY.COM

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Beautifully wrapped up

Make someone feel extra special with a beautifully wrapped gift...

gift wrap workshop

What do you do with those awkward shaped presents or how do you add a bit of pizazz? Gifting and wrapping is one of my favourite activities in the run up to Christmas:
  • you can disguise a gift to keep your loved ones guessing
  • create a multi layered 'pass the parcel’ style wrap with a note or a treat inside each layer (might be best to stick these in place so they are seen)
  • wrap your gift in tissue paper then inside the second layer of your chosen gift wrap add some glitter or artificial snow to guarantee a White Christmas! (kids (and big kids at heart) will love this one! ...but it’s not for everyone - choose wisely…)
  • if the gift is HUGE and will need roll upon roll of gift wrap, add a bow and tag, and send them off on a treasure hunt to find it
  • for small gifts or gift vouchers, why not pop them inside a cracker - job done!
We’ll be looking at a variety novel options and festive ideas to create gorgeous gift wrap at our Christmas Workshop on 14th December 2016 - don a Christmas hat or jumper for some extra festive fun (optional!). Bring along 2 or 3 gifts to work with… learn techniques, create and be inspired for all your Christmas gifts (and gifts throughout the year!)
- you’ll be the perfect Santa’s little helper...

FIND OUT MORE & BOOK your place here: www.inkshed-designstudio.co.uk/workshops