Call me basic, but I live for the start of a new year and all the ‘wraps’ ‘trend reports’ and ‘word of the year’s that it brings. Being a graphic and packaging designer, my favourite of these annual reports is Pantone’s Colour of the Year.   Generally, I’m a bit of a defender of Pantone – are their swatch books far too expensive? Yes. Was it a cheeky move adding on a digital subscription service so that you can actually embed said swatches into your artwork file? Absolutely.

TELL ME I’M WRONG 😂 You can 100000% tell a designer’s personality by their file set up. Design is creativity meets logic, and most...

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Canva is not the enemy of designers! Do I love Canva for creating posters and print files?...

Okay hear me out; this is not something I’d really clocked or considered until I worked in Government. We, as the design team, would...

I recently had an enquiry from a prior colleague asking if I could provide them with a rate card. It was a phrase I hadn't really heard...