March: Designing Women
Again we top the record for content and special events! In celebration of Women In History Month, once again we bring you some of the most influential names in the creative industry -- Those Designing Women!
Designing A Digital Portfolio
Our featured guest this month is Cynthia Baron, MBA in Marketing, Technical Director at Northeastern University, designer, author and lecturer. We're discussing the pros and cons of designing a digital portfolio that will get that job!
Designless in Seattle
So you think it will be easy to get that job in the design field? Bright, young Seattle designer Melissa Mason takes us along on yet another job interview in pursuit of a big agency design job. She relates the experience which leaves her still Designless in Seattle
March "The Luck of the Designer"
This month our readers competed for prizes by sharing their lucky or unlucky experiences in the design business. Come along and meet the winners and read their winning comments in the Creative Networking department
Don't forget to register to win our April Prizes, in: "The Color of Spring"
Feature: Why Black & White?
Featured guest writer Robert Bruce Duncan provides us with a rich commentary on the virtues of black and white photography. Must reading for all graphic designers and photographers. With introduction by Scott Kilborn of Ace Camera Magazine and AceCam.com ... Why Black & White?Those Designing Women
- Creative Katz - Catherine Morley, one of our original Designing Women makes a return return appearance this month with new stuff and new energy behind "Katz Design Group"
- Sandy Wright - is a progressive thinking designer and strategist in McKinney, TX, USA. Sandy says: My purpose is to share my artistic vision through the emergent opportunities that exist in today's explosive technology evolution Visit her at Lyric Marketing & Design
- Meeting the Client's Needs - Canadian powerhouse designer Gina Geick has a good eye for colour and space, but more importantly a good ear for listening to her clients' needs and expectations. . . visit her web design studio, GAWD Productions
Creative Latitude
Catherine has also been nurturing a web site which recently has become a blockbuster in the design community attracting some of the most influential names in the graphic design industry: "Creative Latitude
Got Photoshop Questions? Who do you call?
This month we open the doors of Photoshop 911's new blog. Now you can follow along as the Photohsop 911 team fields questions and problems -- you can comment on posts, and even lend a helping hand where needed! It's growing almost daily, and you don't want to miss it... Who do you call? Photoshop 911
Famous Names in Typography
A reader in Canada wanted to have names such as Garamond, Bodoni and Jenson put into perspective. So here is our understanding of The Famous Names in Typography
Feature Web Sites for March:
There are quite a few new sites this month, from standard business sites to a few you might just call bizarre... give them a look in the Web Reviews Department ->Web Site Critiques for March
Web designer and popular author/reviewer Mike Swope files these two site critiques: one claiming to be the "Best Stock Photography Site" -- and another where the site design possibly damages this iCi et la Photography site's very mission!
Then, reviewers Bennie C. Taylor and Fred Showker double-team a web site and tweak existing graphics and concept to improve the: "Air compressors in India" web site.
&Else News & Reviews
... including: Mail Box: Reply to Our Spam Column; News: Scanning Across a Network; News: Check your Search Engine Rankings; News: CSS Course in a Book; News: Those Krazy Web Plaques; Photoshop Tutorials and an ISO: Illustrator Wanted (Help Wanted Ad); along with all the news and happenings in the Design Center for the month.
Photoshop 911 Call Reports
Here comes this month's batch of reports from the Photoshop 911 call line. The most interesting is how one user solves the problem of removing the background from multiple shots of a rotating product for a 3D video... there are seven others, and you'll want to read them all:In the Photoshop 911 FAQ department
A New Kind of Threat
Dispite all the news about legal actions against spammers the online email marketing industry seems to have no end to creative methods of sucking email users into their webs -- you'd better watch out, they're coming to get YOU: Avoiding New Spam Traps
Design: Best "Beginner" Design Books
here's the ultimate guide for anyone just starting in design, students, and old pros who want a shot-in-the-arm for superb graphic design... Graphic Design Student Book List
BEST OF 2003
Our Annual "BEST OF" Awards have been posted in all categories from Photoshop to Typography, to Web Design and Desktop Publishing. There's something for everyone in this year's line-up Best of 2003
Thoughts on Computing's Past
Naturally, when welcoming a new year we sometimes look back to where we've been. These two articles reach back to the dawn of the computing years, before the internet, and still ring true today.
- Cary Lu talks about Computing's Holy Wars
- James Redelfs: Personal Computer Software and Ethics
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