July 2016 - 1-Stop Design Shop

Designer Cookies

Graphic designers will love the Pantone ones, but the other cookies are also amazing! This graphic designer uses her own design skills to craft colorful sugar cookies. Holly Fox describes herself as a “Pantone loving, lipstick wearing, jewel collecting gal that’s not afraid of a little leopard”. A graphic designer by trade, the LA-based creative – originally from Chicago – ...

Museum of Broken Relationships

Some people will come up with some crazy ideas that are considered art and/or design work. There is a museum started off as a traveling exhibit displaying failed relationships and their ruins. The purpose of this museum is to overcome an emotional break up by expressing it through art. Now it has a brick and mortar location in LA, but ...

Blogs Are Important

It’s simple, if you write great content, then people will share it. This can bring viral popularity to your website. So how do you write great content? Well, that all depends on your target audience. You need a great title, an enticing introduction, and sometimes a great image or bullet points to break up the paragraphs. You have to ask ...

Perks of Being a Graphic Designer

When you are a graphic designer, no two days are the same. Every day is a different challenge of your creativity; it keeps your brain muscles moving. Graphic design can also take you in so many different directions, whether you’re freelance, working for an agency, or working in house, you will never get the same job description. Just how each ...

Google Security Alerts

Google has announced it is expanded its set of security alerts in Google Analytics. Now the software will alert site owners if their site has been hacked for spam, leaving it in violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. If your site has been hacked by a third party, Google Analytics will flag your domain immediately and point you toward the resources ...

Some Music Won’t Help Your Creative Block

Many people enjoy listening to music while working, but is the type of music your listening to blocking your imagination and creativity? A lot of people say that Classical music can really help you to focus at work, but it turns out that if you don’t love Classical music, then it isn’t going to help. Rock is also a very ...