Graphic Design


Book Review: Web Bloopers

Web Bloopers by Jeff Johnson Morgan Kaufmann 329 pages $49.95 How To Avoid Common Web Design Mi...  Read story

Choosing a Web Designer

So you need a website, or want to redesign your current site. It's time to hire a Web designer. But there are so many designers and design firms out there...  Read story

Shortsighted

Ms. Julie Brumlick has proved one thing: She's a terrific public relations agent ("Hot Type," Spotlight, September). As a type director for a very l...  Read story

Do-it-yourself Publishing

The new desktop systems can save you time and money. And you control the copy from beginning to end.  Read story

Humbled CEO Seeks Help

When Inc. 500 CEO John Waters, of Waters Design, filed for bankruptcy in 1992, he realized he lacked the business savvy needed to run his company. A...  Read story

The Pentagram Papers

In a time of stifling labor shortages, how can a company get and keep industry superstars? The folks at architectural-design firm Pentagram think they know: ...  Read story

Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing, sometimes abbreviated as DTP, is a technique for preparing and printing professional quality products using microcomputers, software, ...  Read story

Re: Design -- Not Just a Pretty Typeface

Often overlooked as "cosmetic," a company's logo can be one of its hardest-working assets.  Read story

If The Corporate Image Calls For A Facelift

Three companies find that paying attention to how they look can boost sales as well as egos.  Read story

Royalty-Free Design Templates for Macs

Dec. 4, 2006 -- StockLayouts, a Beaverton, Ore.-based graphic-design and production company, has released an online library of royalty-fr...  Read story

Drop that Desktop Publishing Software and Step Aside

Trendy fonts and cheesy clip art make me grumpy. Thumb through your local paper and note the epidemic usage of the "comic sans" font and those annoying li...  Read story

HP Unveils New Graphic Arts Products

The new printers are designed to reduce digital printing costs.  Read story

Network

Readers react to articles in Inc. Technology , 1999, #4, including "Cell Wall," by Jeffrey L. Seglin; "Make Way for Duck Links," by Leigh Buchanan; "...  Read story

Branding and Cashing Out

When to use stock photos; how to minimize taxes when selling a business.  Read story

Corporate Logo

A logotype, commonly referred to as a logo, is a graphical symbol created for an individual company or product. It is designed to communicate quickly, and...  Read story

Scarlet Letters

The letter about Julie Brumlick is way off base. Scarlett Letters is an example for other small companies competing in volatile industries. Brumlick and ...  Read story

Finance;

The cost of going public is coming down, thanks to the advent of desktop publishing, the new technology that allows you to produce camera-ready copy on a ...  Read story

Web Designer as Business Owner

Melody Drew began designing Web pages in 1997 and officially started her Web design business, Melody's Pages , in...  Read story

Marketing;

With the harbingers of recession multiplying, now is the time to be watching your customer mix, lest you get caught with too many eggs in too few baskets ...  Read story

Birth Watch

New business offers mail-order pregnancy calendar full of relevant facts and tips.  Read story

The Price of Ignorance

How much should you pay for a premium Web site? If only there were a simple answer.  Read story

Barter: A Potential Cost Saver for Small Businesses

Small companies are turning to barter when they want to conserve cash or jump-start sales. More than 440,000 businesses in North America traded through an...  Read story

Hot Type

Scarlett Letters markets to one group of art directors -- the young go-getters.  Read story

If You Build It, They Will Shop

Tools for creating and souping up an online store  Read story

Best of the Net: Power Brokers

When it comes to presentation software, most users agree there's one clear standard. We've found some Web-based resources to help you make your point.  Read story

Working with Student Contractors

You can obtain professional-quality Web work at low cost by working with college students. Students have acquired many of the design or programming...  Read story

The Electronic Grapevine

It's not what you know, but whom you know - and whom they know, and whom their friends know, and who their friends' friends know. That's...  Read story

Duh-sign of the Times

Web design isn't about flashy graphics and features. The best sites appreciate the value of simplicity.  Read story

Hiring a Web Designer: Advice from Award-Winning Sites

We spoke to Inc. Web Award winners to learn how they chose designers for their exce...  Read story

Time Management;

So you just don't have the time to go through periodicals, looking for the articles and ideas that are important to your business. Maybe you should take a...  Read story

Forgo The Logo

Ad agency advises growing companies against logos, asserting that name recognition is better.  Read story

The Next Great Retail Idea: PR?

A North Carolina entrepreneur sets his sights on creating the H&R Block of public relations.  Read story

null

Founders of professional service firms have a choice to make: Do they want to be the company, or do they want to build one?  Read story

Acquire Web Content from Outside Sources

You can acquire both text and graphical content from outside sources for your site through syndicated companies that share their content. Obviously this c...  Read story

Advertising: Agency to Client - Do It Yourself

A quick look at a sofware developer who hired an ad agency to bring their ad projects in-house.  Read story

New Design Program Offers Ready-Made Brochures, Letterheads

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

HP Launches Small Business Contest

Businesses that would benefit most from a new brand image vie for prizes.  Read story

Logoworks to Offer Blog Designs

The new designs aim to help businesses build customer interactivity.  Read story

Contributors

Blake Taylor For this issue, creative director Blake Taylor led a comprehensive redesign of Inc. , starting with the most basic element: ...  Read story

On-line: Who Owns a Web Site?

Two Web site experts explain how to avoid someone stealing your home page.  Read story

  • 1
  • 2