http://helenguttridge.com/blog Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:39:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The folks over at Graphic Design Forums are giving away (amongst other fab prizes!) a copy of Adobe CS5 Premium Edition, worth in excess of £1500 (approx) Also up for grabs is....... A Pantone Color Cue® 2.1 (worth in excess of £330 approx) Two Design Week Magazine Subscriptions (worth £85 each approx) Three ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=180 Anthony Nolan Trust launches UK’s first 3D website Lifesaving leukaemia charity The Anthony Nolan Trust will next week unveil what it believes to be the UK’s first interactive 3D website. 3D technology has become increasingly popular and accessible over the last year, with films such as Avatar helping to ignite public imagination ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=177 It's my youngest's birthday on Wednesday, and being the lego mad lad he is, he wanted a lego cake. Feeling rather inspired after watching some amazing cakes being made on Ace of Cakes I decided to make my own. It was great fun making (and eating what was left over!) the ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=166 In today's throwaway society, what is more perfect than environmentally friendly furniture that is 100% recyclable? I'm not talking about empty boxes that double up as chairs either, but beautifully designed and crafted pieces that you would be proud to show off in your home. Now all you need is something to hang ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=138 You have just put the finishing touches to your newly designed logo and are ecstatically happy with it. Just as you hit send and post it off to the client, you tilt your head to one side............. Is it just me, or does the logo remind you of something else? Looks fairly ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=111 I'm forever looking at web pages thinking "ooo! I love the colour they have used there!" But when I come to try an replicate it in a graphics program, it looks nothing like the original colour. So I'm sure you can imagine my joy (yes I do lead a rather sheltered ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=107 In honour of International CSS naked day, I have stripped my site (though not my blog, as it took ages to perfect, so I don't want to balls it up) right down to it's bare bones. It's a day created to raise awareness of web standards, so for more information, or ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=99 Text only style logos Here follows a small collection of logos that are totally text based - no images, just type. Text logos are the simplest and yet probably the most difficult logos to design, as the designer is somewhat limited and the logo also runs the risk of being bland ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=58 Welcome to my new site which I have cleverly named......Helenguttridge! I wanted to keep my site personal, and not be some faceless corporate identity, like so many I have seen on the web. The best way to do this, I thought, would be to base the design (and therefor the name) ... http://helenguttridge.com/blog/?p=18