A Graphic Designer’s Best Friend My old Canon 300D / Rebel has been excellent for my everyday photography, it also has been an important tool for my creative business! This year (2009), I decided to take the plunge and grabbed myself a Canon 7D as an upgrade and an extension to my design business! After […]
Read more...May 30, 2010 | 3,696 views
I have been thinking about promoting my business locally, I have two objectives: 1. Minimal investment. 2. Last a long time. After a bit of research, I figured the best way to do this would be to get a personalised plate for my car… As always the case, after checking for availability, all the obvious […]
Read more...April 18, 2010 | 5,363 views
We visited Tainan for the second time, the purpose of the trip was to assist artist Tsai Yu with a photographic project, she wanted to have a selection of her antique collection professionally photographed. We arrived in her antique shop in the afternoon, and started to setup a corner as a temporary photographic booth. While […]
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Pictograms are widely used today in such place as international airports, railway stations or any other situations where the written word may only be available to a small minority. They are aso used widely in situations where space prohibits the fuller text version such as in the case of the computer screen icons etc. Although […]
Read more...April 11, 2010 | 5,316 views
We often talk about the term ‘logo’, but when it comes to the design of a company identity, there are a few terms that the general public wouldn’t normally use; terms such as a ‘monogram’, a ‘symbol’, a ‘logotype’ or a ‘pictogram’. I feel it is important to acknowledge these terms, for both the client […]
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Purpose We have been given an opportunity to meet with a Tainan local artist, Tsai Yu – a well known painter specializing in oil painting, Chinese calligraphy, jewelery design and ceramic tile works. Her work focuses on the pictorial aspect of the Chinese typography, using Chinese characters as images to play roles in her story […]
Read more...February 23, 2010 | 6,658 views
About Fo-Guang Shan Monastery Venerable Master Hsing Yun founded Fo Guang Shan in 1967. Since then it has evolved from a mountaintop bamboo forest to the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. Master Hsing Yun has inspired the selfless devotion of over 1,000 monastics as well as the ardent support of many lay devotees to assist […]
Read more...February 6, 2010 | 3,779 views
First of all, I would like to congratulate the busy beavers for their great effort in supporting the local communities in various fund raising projects, thumbs up!! Who are the Busy Beavers? Talented Arborists & Landscapers serving the Canterbury region, visit this page and meet the Busy Beavers. I first met Bryce when he came […]
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My good friends James & Ruby are getting engaged in Feb 2010, I took great pleasure in designing their engagement party invitation. The invitation needs to be special with a personal touch, and we want it to be different to the generic cards you buy at the shop. Since only 50 cards are required, each card […]
Read more...November 25, 2009 | 3,722 views
One of the earliest was the simple signature which gave credibility to documents and easily identified the owner. This was/is a unique drawing of the letterforms involved. One's name is insufficient, i.e. there are an awful lot of people with the name 'Smith', but is highly unlikely that two of them would sign their name in an identical form...
Read more...November 22, 2009 | 26,236 views
kudesign website update In order to keep a sparkling clean set of URLs, and SEO friendly, I have decided to change the permalinks structure of the kudesign site. In my previous configuration, each post had a long URL name: kudesign.co.nz/studio/2009/11/article-name/ This was due to the fact that my WP was installed inside a sub-folder, and […]
Read more...November 21, 2009 | 10,407 views
What are Chinese Name Chops (name seals)? What? Lamb chops? No, not something you bought out of a butcher shop, a name chop is developed in ancient Chinese times to symbolize and validate a person’s identity. A name chop is an artefact hand crafted out of a choice of beautiful precious stones; the full name […]
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Joseph is a passionate graphic and web designer, servicing clients globally, and likes to share his thoughts on this blog. Contact Joseph if you'd like to talk about a design project.
June 30, 2010 | 3,268 views