Something more to eat...

A few more tasty morsels from our kitchen.

We love food

Amongst the many things that we enjoy at childsdesign, we really enjoy working with food.
Here are one or two images that we've recently produced.

Our reputation grows further

We've recently been working with Lia Parkinson from
The Office on the Net.
Take a look at what she had to say about us on our testimonials page.
If you're in need of an extra pair of hands for your growing business we'd also like to point you at Lia's website (The Office on the Net).
Lia specialises in working with professionals, entrepreneurs, small businesses and start-ups that need assistance with administrative tasks that eat into your time and stop you from building your business further - visit the website to find out more about how she may be able to help you.

Customer Care

At childsdesign we try to look after our clients and we'll move mountains to help them if we can (we've got a large crane out the back).
If you don't already know about us, why not find out why everyone is saying what they are.
Read our latest testimonial here

Happy Clients

A testimonial from another of our clients, Eirian Baker of Genesis Thinking.
Have a look and see what they and some of our other clients have to say about us.
Read our testimonials

What People are Saying About Us

Read for yourself what people are saying about childsdesign's creativity, quality and service.
http://childsdesign.blogspot.com/p/testimonials.html
Or even better, why not give us a call, book in your next job and see what all the buzz is about for yourself.

Design Tip: Read It 60/40 Rule

Yesterday I attended a fantastic training course. 

As with most training courses it was accompanied by a powerpoint presentation, again, a fantastic presentation.

The only thing that let it down was when the attendees shouted, "I can't read that", to the presenter, as one slide came up.

Admittedly, only one slide of 50, but it had created a negative, in what was a very positive up-beat presentation.

This isn't the first time that I've encountered this in a presentation.

I have seen (or not) presentations that have been the exact reverse with 49 of the 50 slides completely illegible.

The problem was simply the presentation of text on a tinted background or panel.

It's a simple thing to sort out and as many of you produce your own powerpoint presentations, I thought I'd share a solution with you.

The 60/40 rule

It's not complicated.

It's not a thing that only 'designers' can do.

It's something that can easily be corrected in just about any presentation software.

Simply, the 60/40 rule works in this way:

Black text = 40% tint background

White text = 60% tint background

This same rule will work for colours too.

Dark coloured backgrounds = 40% tint

Light coloured backgrounds = 60% tint

I've put together an example sheet to show how this works

https://www.box.net/shared/bf01i1pr5l

As always, we're here to help if you need us.

Presentations – they're all just childs play

Design Tip: PDF Forms

What do you mean 'you've never heard of them!'.

A simple and easy way to turn your paper forms into email-able forms that can be filled in and returned in the same way – no faxes and no illegible handwriting. What's more you can import the data into a spreadsheet without typing a thing.

We know how to produce these, so why not ask us how they might be able to make things easier for you.

PDF forms – they're all just childs play.

Design Tip: How many different fonts?

• Limit the number of typefaces you use in any one job.
• The more fonts you use, the more your message is diluted.
• Use different weights, but don't over do it.
• Use different sizes, but don't over do it.
• Use italic or bold to add emphasis and expression.

Typography is an art form in itself.
Not every design company gets it right.
We're here to help.

Jewellery Images

Now the site has gone live we can let you see the images that we've been working on. childsdesign have been involved in creating all of the product images on the website.
If you're looking for quality images of your jewellery products at a sensible price, then please contact us as we're sure to be able to create something similar for you.

www.anonjewellery.com

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