An interesting read
For next level design inspiration, insights, advice and #TeamLaunch news, check out the articles written by the team below.
Is ‘The dispute between Max Bill and Jan Tschichold of 1946’ relevant to graphic designers today?
Jan Tschichold and Max Bill are arguably two of the most influential graphic designers of the 20th century, having a considerable role within the expansion of modernist design principles. In this blog we explore the relevance of their views in our roles today as designers.
SME Hertfordshire Business Awards Winners!
We are an award winning design agency! At the end of September we attended the SME Awards for Hertfordshire as finalists for “Young Business Person of the Year” and won the GOLD award!
A Reflection as an Intern
This blog is all about life as an intern for Launch Studio. Throughout the blog I talk about my role as an intern and share some useful tips that I’ve learnt so far which might be valuable to you too, read more to find out!
My 5 favourite Google Fonts
Google Fonts is an incredible asset for graphic designers, with a plethora of amazing free typefaces to use. Here are my favourite that have been sourced from here.
5 minute guide to the best web builder for your business
We’re always being asked which web platform is the best. Here’s the breakdown of what we recommend.
Overcoming Creative block – 3 ways to help you push past the wall
Creative block can be hard to overcome, especially when you want to and know you capable of designing. However, it happens to the best of us. In this blog we offer three tips on what we find useful to overcome this.
Canva’s role as a design tool
What do professional graphic designers think of Canva? We let you know.
Typography’s relationship with music genres
The use of graphic techniques within the music industry and its promotion are inextricably linked — with the use of colour, shape, and in particular, typography shaping our perception of music genre. In this blog we explore typographic differentiation within album cover design.
Ways to make your portfolio standout to employers
When it comes to designing your portfolio there are many things you can do to elevate it and make it stand out from the crowd. In this article we have listed five steps that we think can help you create the best portfolio that reflects you and your work and catch the attention of a potential employer.
Typefaces and feelings
As discussed in our previous blog post tackling the topic of Comic-Sans, typefaces are designed for specific contexts and purposes. A type designer will take into account the size and medium in which a typeface will be used to inform the design process. There is another aspect that informs the design and choice of a particular typeface and this is its ‘feel’.
Comic Sans is misunderstood
As a designer you often get asked the same questions, one of those being ‘what do you think of Comic Sans?’. The general consensus, it seems, from non-designers is that Comic Sans is an inherently bad typeface. I would argue however that is not, it is just misused.
UI fundamentals every designer should know
All of our UX & UI projects should serve the user, helping them achieve their goals by using your site or app. With this in mind there are a few essential fundamentals we have thought of to help elevate your projects to the next level.
Quick ways to elevate your Squarespace site
As we’ve previously stated we are big fans of Squarespace at Launch Studio. There are plenty of well-designed Squarespace templates that you can use for your site. However, if you are looking to elevate your brand further and make your site stand out amongst competitors, try adding custom code to achieve this.
5 ways to instantly improve the user experience of your website
We’ve got a list as long as our arm as to how you can optimise the user experience of your website and improve the way visitors interact with your site, but for the sake of time, we’ve picked out 5 themes that we see time and time again – and that will make the biggest difference.
Self-care tips for designers working from home
Working from home has characterised the working world as we know it over the past few years. Here are some of our top tips to maximise your output as a creative and to help make life a little easier whilst remaining at home.
Books we loved in 2021
The Launch team have each selected 2 of their favourite books that they read in 2021 – educational reads, design inspiration, motivational texts… You name it, we’ve read it! Check out the list and the team's thoughts here.
5 font pairings for 5 different projects
As graphic designers, the use of typography is fundamental in our practice. It can elevate our designs from simply art, serving both aesthetic but functional merit. In this blog we look at some of the recent font pairings we’ve enjoyed experimenting with.
Why we recommend Squarespace to our clients
As soon as a client approaches us wanting a new website, we recommend Squarespace. We have a list as long as our arm as to why – but, for the sake of time, read our top 5 reasons here.
The psychology of colour
Did you know that colour increases brand recognition by up to 80%? It can be used to make a statement, draw attention, create engagement, set a mood… the list goes on. It can affect our behaviour, but, above all, it influences how we interact with a brand.
Launch’s brand values
We frequently work with our clients to define their brand values (as well as their brand vision, mission, the list goes on!) so we thought it was only right that we share ours!
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