Today I was ordered to design a logo for a product we are planning to put on the market. Therefor I can’t tell you a lot about it.

Anyway, when designing the logo I ran short off good idea’s and concepts. Someone however came with the idea to try a new style of designing. Not the simple and clean approach but a more kind of arty approach. Me getting a bit nervous of the idea (it isn’t exactly the style I like most you know) began to make a test design about a brand who makes tasty drinks . I finished it just a few moments ago. Oh yeah! I ain’t that pleased about the used font either, will fix that in a later stadium.

And here it is! Keep in mind it is the first try of this new style. I got all the graphics from SXC and used a letter explosion which I got through a magazine that came with a handy DVD full of free stock photo’s and vector packs!

The last few months I keep hearing about Mash Ups and what they can do. In short it’s just a page which uses technology from other web services and sort of combines them on one. Take Google Maps for example. Use this tool to show visitors where they can find your products or to show them news at the location it happened. This would be a nice mash up in my opinion.

Wikipedia shows a very nice explanation and links to up to date documentation. I Quote:

In web development, a mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool. The term Mashupimplies easy, fast integration, frequently done by access to open APIs and data sources to produce results data owners had no idea could be produced. An example is the use of cartographic data from Google Maps to add location information to real-estate data, thereby creating a new and distinct web service that was not originally provided by either source.

Of course it goes a lot further then I stated above.  However for that you’ll need a lot of programming experience. And it will be hard to make a professional mash up. I know this is new to the web, but developing goes quickly and new mash ups are launching as we speak.

Something entirely different then my last few posts. No tutorial this time or a portfolio update, just my perspective on things that are currently happening or like I like to state don’t happen at all. First of all, I really don’t get all the panic around this so called credit crisis. Most of the people are having the same problem as I have. Okay, due to large investments to people who can’t pay it back the trouble started, but where’s the trust. I mean filter out all the rotten apples and make a fresh start! The company’s that survive the filtering do earn that trust. Of course it isn’t that black and white but it probably should be!

Yesterday I decided to upload the very first track I made in FL Studio. I recently found it again and uploaded it on my Slam DNA profile.

This song is made on my old PC which I sold a few years ago. I used a usb to midi adapter to connect my old GEM PX3 to the computer. It worked like a charm! Maybe an idea to try and make it work on the laptop I currently use.

This track isn’t downloadable at the moment and you can only listen it through here. Like to have some critisicm and tips of course on how to make this type of stuff more professional then it is right now.

Ever wondered why there has to be a project plan in advance of a design? Well, how about if you hadn’t any. Then you wouldn’t be able to design specifically for the kind of visitors the website will attract. That’s just one reason why a plan comes in handy when beginning to design a website. And not only website, but almost everything you will design in your life probably needs a good plan to begin with. Below I’ll try to explain it as simple as I can in my English.

The goal for every web design I make is to impress the visitor. Of course every one has a goal of its own, but in my opinion the methods to use are the same. The most common problem you can run into (the way I view it) is the taste of your visitors. Every one’s taste differs, so it’s hard to make a good, impressive and functional design.

Of course it’s possible to buy a pre-made template from for example templatemonster, but it isn’t your own creation then. Certainly, you can customize it in any way you like and maybe you’re that kind off designer. Maybe I’m to, who knows. However I always use a short list when designing a web page.