Design Top Tips

Explore quick tips and advice on design including branding and fonts to social media, book design, publishing and website design

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Design a carousel

Have you seen those nifty slides which are appearing all over LinkedIn? If you head over to Canva, pop in some text into a Instagram post template, export to a PDF - job done. Sort of. This post is a carousel with tips on how to design one so you can avoid the most common mistakes.

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Building trust with design consistency

Brand consistency is about making sure your values, ideas, and identity are showcased in a uniform way so that they are clear. This makes our brand easily recognisable to clients which helps them to engage with your business. This post explains why guidelines can save you time, create inclusion and engagement.

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How to get, and give, meaningful design feedback

How you direct the question and handle the responses matters. How you feel about it matters too. After all, this is putting your brief to your designer to the test. How well do you know your clients?

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Type tips for social media marketing

Do you remember MySpace and the crazy font options? Some scary stuff appeared on screens written in Comic Sans bright green, so much so, that social media platforms limit the options. Whilst it makes for a clean interface, it doesn’t help with strengthening brands. So how do you stay on brand and not go font crazy?

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