STUDIO.GRAFICO.POCOMALO.STUFF
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DESIGN RULES
"luoghi comuni" sulla vita del designer, dedicato ad amici e colleghi
If you have time, you are not a designer.
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Design is suffering.
God is in the details.
Rounded corners are too hard.
Use DaFont.com to find a more original typeface for this logo.
Moderation in all things and all things in moderation.
Good artists copy, great artists steal. (Picasso)
A good logo will help your business. A GREAT logo will help MAKE your business.
Everybody is a designer.
[insert buzzword] is the new black.
Always use an invisible grid and invisible guides.
Everything needs to be balanced.
If you can't hide it, make a feature out of it.
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Design is suffering.
God is in the details.
Rounded corners are too hard.
Use DaFont.com to find a more original typeface for this logo.
Moderation in all things and all things in moderation.
Good artists copy, great artists steal. (Picasso)
A good logo will help your business. A GREAT logo will help MAKE your business.
Everybody is a designer.
[insert buzzword] is the new black.
Always use an invisible grid and invisible guides.
Everything needs to be balanced.
If you can't hide it, make a feature out of it.
The internet is for porn.
Trust no-one.
All clients are bastards.
Eat more fish.
If we remove everything we will gain 0.000001% in margin.
It's easier to convince the client to like your design, then to design something your client will like.
If you cannot use it,
then call it art.
Design the design of the design.
Design is what the designer decides.
Garbage In, Garbage Out.
WYSIWYG.
Gradients are bad.
A good copy is better than a bad original.
Good taste is the key.
Never use more than two different typefaces.
Trust no-one.
All clients are bastards.
Eat more fish.
If we remove everything we will gain 0.000001% in margin.
It's easier to convince the client to like your design, then to design something your client will like.
If you cannot use it,
then call it art.
Design the design of the design.
Design is what the designer decides.
Garbage In, Garbage Out.
WYSIWYG.
Gradients are bad.
A good copy is better than a bad original.
Good taste is the key.
Never use more than two different typefaces.
When in doubt, leave it out.
Never use stock images.
Try using stock images first.
Sometimes you have to create bad design to please your clients.
Never use Photoshop to create a logo.
Simple is hard.
"There's too much white space, what is it for?..."
Don't use all caps.
Never pretend to be the target of other people's work.
Power is nothing
without ctrl+z.
A giraffe (or a camel) is a horse designed by a committee.
Never trust Helvetica.
Just use it.
Never use the spacebar to align text.
Never use stock images.
Try using stock images first.
Sometimes you have to create bad design to please your clients.
Never use Photoshop to create a logo.
Simple is hard.
"There's too much white space, what is it for?..."
Don't use all caps.
Never pretend to be the target of other people's work.
Power is nothing
without ctrl+z.
A giraffe (or a camel) is a horse designed by a committee.
Never trust Helvetica.
Just use it.
Never use the spacebar to align text.
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