Happy Holidays | Year in review
Wishing you and your family happy holidays and all the best for a successful new year. It has been a great year and I would like to thank you for your visits, comments, encouragement and constructive criticism, without which this would not have been possible.
I hope you’ve had an equally great year and wish you continued success for 2010.
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dache is now helvetic brands
For a while now, I have been contemplating a change of company name to better suit the evolution of the company as I see it. This was a conscious decision to better position the company on an international level and to allow the new name to communicate what services I offer. I therefore wanted to share with you some of the main changes which have been and will be made over the coming months.
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June: a month in review
Following on from my previous review article, I have had a busy few months. I have a few things in the pipeline but for now, you will find some of my most recent work which has been a varied mix of styles to add to my portfolio.
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February: a month in review
Introduction
As part of a new concept for the dacheboard, I will be publishing an article on reviewing my work from the previous month, by way of an information point and in order for me to monitor and assess my workload.
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LogoLounge Contest
As you all know, I am a big fan of the website LogoLounge and what they bring to the design community. The great collection of books as well as the logo database they offer to members is a highly recommend asset to anyone passionate about identity design. They are extremely innovative but at the same time classical in their values. One example of this is their attention to their audience.
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An Interview with David Pache
I was recently contacted by Ziggy Nixon to conduct an interview to be displayed on xymara as a feature. I hope that the content of the interview proves informative and interesting. I would like to thank Ziggy (James) for his great questions. Below you will find the article as published.
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Published in Web Designer’s Idea Book
I was very pleased to hear from Patrick McNeil of Design Meltdown with news that my website would be in his new book entitled The Web Designer’s Idea Book. Having just recently looked through the book, I was glad to see a screenshot of this site in the portfolio tab of the book. The screen grab is from August of last year and the site has changed considerably since but I would like to thank Patrick for mentioning my work in the book. If you own the book, it is on page thirty-five :^)
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10 logos published in Los Logos 4
I have always been a big fan of Die Gestaltens Los Logos collection and was very pleased when I learned some of my designs would be in the next volume.
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My portfolio in my pocket
Whilst out I was asked by friends if they could see my most recent work. Having checked on the iPhone how my site looked and felt, I decided I could really benefit from getting a more adequate system in place.
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10 logos published in Logolounge V
Earlier this year in May I was contacted by Bill Gardner’s team at Logolounge. In the email was an invitation to participate in the fifth volume of the world renowned compilation of identity design, together with a complementary membership. After submission of a selection of logos from my portfolio, the logolounge team started the judging process on an overwhelming 33,000 logos. Over this weekend I was very pleased to learn that ten of my designs will be featured in the next edition of the book and this is a great honour. The logos chosen are the following :
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Preview of my first iPhone app
This is the preview to the first of a couple of iPhone applications I’m creating. iPhilosophy (working title) aims to generate something to motivate you, cheer you up or even inspire you. Screen views after the jump.
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dacheboard launches
The new dacheboard launches today as a blog space where I will be posting my ideas and comments on current / past projects, art, inventions, music, gadgets and graphic design. I hope it will serve as a useful resource and look forward to having an interactive platform on which to communicate with you.
