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Just Creative Design
justcreativedesign.com
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Graphic Design Portfolio, Freelance Graphic & Logo Designer from Newcastle, Australia
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3 Inspirational Pinterest Marketing Campaigns

As the user base of Pinterest, a “pin board-based” image and inspiration social media site, continues to explode, we are now seeing a shift toward using Pinterest for creating brand awareness and eng...

1 day ago

Top 10 Australian Logos of All Time

I was intrigued by an article put out by Desktop Magazine (#282) that listed the top 10 Australian logos of all time based from an online readers’ poll and votes from an expert panel. I’m still...

4 days ago

Recent News

I often share short news snippets on Twitter & Facebook however this news doesn’t often make its way to my blog so here is a quick run down of some recent news. New Work I’ve posted s...

24 may 12

Pricing Your Work Right as a Designer

The article in Computer Arts Magazine, Issue 200. Photo by Luisedtr. I was recently asked by Computer Arts magazine to answer a series of short questions on pricing yourself as a designer. You can fi...

22 may 12

Costa Rica Photos

In April, I spent two weeks in Costa Rica, traveling around Guanacaste province. I took about 900 photos on my Sony NEX 5N (a great portable cam!) and have have finally filtered through them. Feel fr...

16 may 12

Win a HP ENVY 14 Spectre Laptop

Win this HP ENVY 14 Spectre. Details below. I was recently invited to attend a ‘top secret’ event held by HP. They emailed me and asked if I would like to attend an exciting ‘hunt&#...

04 may 12

Digital vs Traditional Offset Printing: Pros & Cons

Every design project is different. When it comes to making a final decision on which commercial printing process to choose, designers must take into consideration the quality and volume they desire a...

01 may 12

Pinterest: What, Why, How and Who? + Tips & Pin Optimisation

This article is a product of getting into Pinterest and clients coming forward saying, “What is Pinterest?”. In fact, there is a lot to learn from Pinterest and it is worthy of analysis which I will ...

24 apr 12

The Ultimate Web Design Workspace for Photoshop

I’ve been using Adobe Photoshop on a near daily basis, since 2006 and over this time I’ve learned quite a number of tips & tricks. I’ve optimized Photoshop for performance, lear...

18 apr 12 1 person likes this

JUST™ A Competition

With my recent rebrand and website update, came a few nifty features and one of them is the ‘hidden’ drop down menu in the top right corner of the website. On each reload, there is a new ...

03 apr 12

7 Facts and Myths of HTML5

This is a guest article contributed by Vail Joy. As Opera evangelist Bruce Lawson puts it, “Everyone’s talking about HTML5”. It’s perhaps the most hyped technology since people started pu...

27 mar 12

JUST™ Launched

After a soft launch on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ yesterday, I am now ready to share with you the new JUST™ Creative responsive web site. Feel free to explore and let me know your thoughts. Below ...

21 mar 12

Logo Design Process Podcast

A few words from Wes McDowell about a recent Podcast I did with Deep End Design… – Last week I had the pleasure of being able to sit down with Just Creative’s Jacob Cass and talk lo...

12 mar 12

How To Get More Mileage Out of Twitter by Repurposing Content

This is a guest article contributed by Brad Shorr. – Smart marketers squeeze every possible benefit out of their digital content. But even top-notch companies overlook opportunities to repurpos...

05 mar 12

JUST™ Rebranding!

In the next few weeks I will be launching my brand new responsive website, along with a new domain, business name, profile picture, brand and logo. My old business name ‘Just Creative Design...

29 feb 12

New Web Design Work

I often share my new work via Twitter but often forget to share on my blog so I thought I’d share some of my recently launched website designs. Each site has been developed by Ammirati unless o...

18 feb 12

Scope Creep – How to avoid, manage & kill it.

Scope Creep. No it’s not that guy that’s been sitting in the corner of the cafe staring at you. In fact, if you don’t know how to deal with scope creep, it could be much worse. Scop...

14 feb 12

6 Creative Ways to Use Delicious Bookmarks

This is a guest article contributed by Rebecca*. – Delicious is a popular social bookmarking site which you can use for saving your favorite website links. The process is termed as bookmarking....

06 feb 12

The 2011 Logo Of The Year

After a month of voting on the Top Logo Designs of 2011 the voting has now closed and I am pleased to announce the 2011 Logo Of The Year. The 2011 Logo Of The Year Fork & Knife Restaurant by Nick...

02 feb 12

Flywheel Takes Off

Flywheel started with a simple idea… make indoor cycling epic. To make that happen Flywheel partnered with Ammirati (the agency where I currently work) who re-imagined the Flywheel brand experience. ...

31 jan 12

Accessibility & Integrity

I was recently humbled and amazed at an email I received through my brand identity questionnaire and I just had to share the story, not only because it opened my eyes to something amazing, but someth...

25 jan 12

How to Keep Start-up Costs Low

This is a guest article contributed by Daniela Baker*. – The success or failure of a business depends on how wisely you allocate start-up funding. As a solo-preneur you can monitor every expens...

20 jan 12

3 Great Ways To Attract Higher Quality Clients

This is a guest article contributed by Lior Levin. – You have probably been in a situation where you felt like a client was not willing to pay you enough or did not appreciate the quality of wo...

11 jan 12 1 person likes this

A New Profile Picture & An Upcoming Re-brand

For the first time in over fours years I have updated my profile picture, which you will notice on the left side bar of the website and across my social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Dribbble, e...

07 jan 12

Top 12 Logos of 2011 As Voted By You

These are the top 12 logo designs of 2011 as voted by you (the awards that won Logo Of The Month) on my other site Logo Of The Day. What logo do you believe should win the 2011 Logo Of The Year? Cast...

03 jan 12

Tools & Resources I Use Every Day as a Designer – Part Two: Software & Apps

I’m always fascinated to see where and how other people work and I wanted to share my personal set up, focusing on the tools & resources I use every day as a designer. I recently posted part one...

22 dec 11 1 person likes this

Tips For Living A Long-Term Freelancing Life

This is a guest article contributed by Alvina Lopez* looking at some crucial topics to consider if you are planning to live a long-term freelancing life. – If you’ve just begun your journey int...

15 dec 11 1 person likes this

Gift Ideas for Designers & Creatives

This article was put up a few years ago but it’s still relevant so I thought I’d re-share. If you really want to please your designer friend for the holidays / Christmas / birthday I sugg...

09 dec 11

7 Strategies to Make Facebook SEO Friendly

This is a guest article contributed by Richard Larson. – Facebook represents a fantastic marketing opportunity for any business via shares & referrals, however, just like Wordpress and othe...

05 dec 11

Tools & Resources I Use Every Day as a Designer – Part One: Hardware

I’m always fascinated to see where and how other people work and today I wanted to share my personal set up, focusing on the tools & resources I use every day as a designer. Part one will b...

29 nov 11

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