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Was asked by a friend the other day over coffee how we get ideas for clients, or what is the process that leads us to create a design for the client. This quote below from Paul Rand is a great summary and description of what I sometimes call ‘creating order out of chaos.’ “The designer ... Read more

Recently our Graphic Zen site got hacked. Why people do it, I’ll never know. What I do know is that the Graphic Zen site was gone, the WP database was hosed and two years worth of work, blog posts, images, etc. was down the drain, right? Wrong. Thanks to WP Twin which we’d run only ... Read more

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Graphic Zen would like to welcome Richard “Chad” Villapando to our development team. Chad is a talented and experienced website coder and will be one of the lead developers for our web division. He’s developed a wide range of websites using HMTL, CSS and WordPress including sites for start up companies and small businesses. Chad ... Read more

Looking to save some money on product creation tools? This guide will show you where to get photo editing software, PDF converters and editors, form fillers, image editors, background makers, logo generators, word processors, spreadsheets and more! We used to sell this guide, now we’re going to be giving it away on our site. Download ... Read more

Looking for photo editing software? Don’t want to shell out the big bucks for Photoshop? Try Sumo Paint. If you’re expecting online image editors to be anemic, you’ll be surprised by the extensive features of many of the nominees like Sumo Paint. Sporting a toolbar, image navigator, swatches, and layers, Sumo Paint does more than ... Read more

We’ve always used the analogy that building a website is like building a home. Imagine that you’ve just purchased ten acres of beautiful land, and you hire the best builder in the area to construct your home. You drive the builder out to your land and point to a spot and say, “Build the house ... Read more

The font is a critical factor in creating a website. For one, it will either make it easy or difficult for your readers to read the content of your website. Another thing is that, it also says a lot in the overall design of your website. It is therefore important to choose a font that ... Read more

A good graphic designer is able to create great designs long after the latest design fads have passed. It is true that becoming good at web designing takes years of experience. However, it is also rooted in learning the fundamentals well. Time has proven that the basics work and they should always be the most ... Read more

Can vehicles be considered art? Watched an episode of “Top Gear” the other night and the hosts entertained the topic, going so far as to set up their own exhibition of what they considered art at a local museum. Of course, it was Top Gear so it was all a bit cheeky, and they caused ... Read more

Created a new look for Meridian Food Bank recently and will be utilizing it on their new website as well. The client stressed that it was important to keep the “bowl theme”, because that was a strong memory for he and his wife from their missionary work. “Too many empty bowls.” he said, during our ... Read more