+++ SUPER IMPORTANT NOTICE, I USUALLY, ALWAYS MAKE A HUGE EFFORT TO CREDIT IMAGES. I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT IF IT’S FROM YOU. JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I’LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. CAUSE I OBVIOUSLY LOVE YOUR WORK +++ Today I did an intense workshop with my mentor & dear friend. She made me smile when she …
Branding for a Wedding
Wedding Branding?! Pfft.. My wedding was back in 2008. At that time, I had no idea what sort of a wedding I wanted. I just knew that I wanted fairy lights and perfect tunes. So when my sister got engaged in early 2013, I was pumped. Assuming that I’d have a lot of reign over the visual – I was …
Disruptor
A little bit of awesome for you today! Today I attended a Business Chicks event (highly recommended if you want to take your learning to another level) and heard Mark Bouris speak and as usual, I walked out thinking “damn I need to write about this!”. The main thing I wanted to talk about was what he calls a “disruptor”. …
How we price our design services.
Header image is by our lovely intern, Shiva Source This is a post on how we price our design services – it’s applicable to service based businesses that are wondering how best to price their services as well as anyone keen on having our agency on their service list. It’ll give you an idea of how we work. First …
How to make a business decision
Before I start – I just wanted to credit Leslie Wood for her gorgeous image in the big box above – she’s my newest Pinterest discovery. She has an etsy shop here and you can connect with her on twitter here. When there are so many factors to consider – sometimes it can be hard to make a strategic decision for your …
The Bullshit Design Stops Here.
(Our featured image is from Camille, a cool talented designer in Brisbane who is capturing lettering lady Aurelie) How do I know if I should go to crowdsourcing to get my design job done? Note: I am so proud and honoured to work with the clients we have. They respect our knowledge and our history. Writing this has made me …
Why Failure is What You Need.
Fail. Then Fail Again. Actually keep failing till you’re not afraid of the word anymore. When we lost money in Kish+Co, I stopped taking risks. I hadn’t run a business before, so while I saw the profit that could be made, I hadn’t seen the hard side of it. And …
Corporate Flyers & Powerpoint Slide Designs
I’m starting to find… Then when a potential client reads about us on the website and then approaches us, they often turn out to be a super awesome relationship. Tiana is one of those. She works with Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and often needs simple output work. (Which funnily enough, we love – it gives us a break …
Marketing Plan
Don’t have a Marketing Plan? Not sure about what you could do to grow your business? Did you just land yourself a new marketing job and you don’t really know where to start? Would you like to try your hand at social media as well as traditional methods of marketing? Here is where its at. +++ This is the handy resource …
Marketing to students with social media, posters and facts.
The Faculty of Science at Monash was looking to promote a regular session for students (and everyone) where they can hear about what science researchers are up to in accessible way, in just 10 minutes per presentation. We needed to create artwork which would work in a poster, powerpoint, facebook and web format. And if you could imagine, we’d need to update the …