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A Woofoo Experience at Startup Weekend Women Chicago
Over the last weekend, I decided to check out the first Startup Weekend Women Chicago and hoping to just take a peek on what it's all about. Got there earlier and really didn't expect much until it…

Copyright Info For Your Design Work
It usually starts with a new client asking you to create a design for them, either for web or print. It's a great thing right? Of course, until they ask you to send them the original or source files…
2012 Journey
The year 2013 is now a matter of hours. A full year of 2012 has gone by us so quickly, a lot had happened and we feel that we achieved so much this year. We're hoping the next year will bring greater…
DesigningTips.com Interview With Ari Krzyzek
Woot! Few days ago we got a chance to be interviewed by Jay from DesigningTips.com. The interview has been published and we definitely hope it will give you more inspirations and insight about design…
Guest Author: New Facebook Page Best Practices and Useful Apps To Support It
We'll cover the best practices for the new Timeline for Facebook Pages and useful Facebook applications that you can use to help you improve your page with different types of content depending on…
iWork Pages Template Design Tutorial
I grew up in the era of PC and Windows, but that changed as soon as I got my first MacBook white back in 2007 (geez I'm old) So, we got the full iWork app and start using it. As much as I love them,…
Design Basics Project
Last month we completed the Design Basics Poster Series as part of the project called Design Basics. Design Basics was originally created as a poster series to study three main elements on visual…
Guest Author: 25 Save the Date and Wedding Invitation Designs by Web & Graphic Designers
As we go on and find ourselves meeting the one person we would like to spend our life with, we like to make sure that the celebration will be memorable. Starting by sending out Save the Date…
Facebook Page News Feed Tips
As many of you know Facebook has change the number of status updates from Facebook Pages shown in your Facebook news feed. It looks like if you don't regularly participate in commenting or like or…
The Two Worst Mistakes Your Business Is Making Right Now Online
Most likely, your business is making these two horrible mistakes online which cost you many clients, time/energy and brand image loss. Put these together and that means you're ROI goes down (bad…
AIGA Small Talk: Shedd Aquarium
Last Tuesday was a perfect day to be around downtown Chicago and visit the AIGA Small Talk event at the Shedd Aquarium. The event displayed how the in-house creatives on their Planning & Design…
An Introduction to Moo.com
Over the years, one piece of paper which contains a person's contact details has been popular among us. The one piece of paper that everyone in every business should carry with them. Yup, it's the…
Now Open: Chykalophia Store
It's a good day and we got awesome news. Chykalophia Store is now open online. We (mainly organized and run by Ari) opens Chykalophia Store to share and help others outside the coorporate design…
Every Pixel Matters
When you’re starting to set your goals, you want to have it perfect right? So does everybody else. The first time I decided to resign from the company I’ve work for and go freelance I imagined that…
Graphic Design Compilation of Halloween Artwork
When October comes and all the leaves are changing colors it awakens the Fall season and of course the Halloween season. I'm pretty sure you have seen a lot of Halloween theme artwork for the pas few…
You Start Here On Xheight
A month ago, founder of Lovedsgn David Bushell reached to me. He got a new blog idea where designers can learn and read the insight xheight authors experiences and advices about life and design. The…
Guest Author: 30 Creative Clothing Ecommerce Website Designs
There are many e-commerce sites being published online in every minute. Ranging from the small in-house company to the giant company, all of them are trying to compete and and sell their product…
Chykalophia Now On Etsy Shop
Good news for all Etsy fans out there! Chykalophia on Etsy Shop is now open. My Etsy shop will only focus on print design material. Ranging from Custom Wedding Monogram/Logo, Business Card Designs,…
Guest Author: Twitter Design – Inspiring Twitter Background & Resources
If you are a freelancer like me, you will probably find social media sites these days are your best friends. Facebook and Twitter are the most common social media sites being used to promote…
Giveaway: Wedding Invitation Design Set
Wedding is the word which made some people jump happily for you and congrats you right away. To some other it means serious (mostly for all the guys). Though, however it means to any other people is…
Guest Author Post: Beautiful Examples of Textures in Web Design
Whenever you visit website these days, every single one of them is trying to compete one and another. Despite the difference of products or services they offer, their mission remain the same: to…
Guest Author Post: 15 Famous And Successful Logo Redesigns – What Has Been Improved?
As we realize that we are now living in the Brand Era, where everything is branded and labelled we are more concern to companies we believe can help us, shops where we can get our supplies, or…
Guest Author Post: 25+ Sites And Resources To Learn Typography
Typography has been practiced and used in our daily life. Range from handwriting in a pocket notebook to the big advertising billboard. It’s sometimes typed using Times New Roman in 12 points for…
Guest Author Post: Tips and Inspiration on Creating a Great Website Footer
As most of us know, there are three important parts of a website’s design: the header, the content, and the footer. None of these should be ignored when creating a web design. Sadly it happens in…
Guest Author Post: 35+ Warm VS Cool Color Website Designs
A website resembles the identity of a company, a certain community, or even a person. Thousands of websites live out there on the internet these days, and their number increase every single second.…

Design in Fashion Industry - Nancy Zhang
Fashion inspirations may come from anywhere. There are hundreds or perhaps thousands of fashion styles in this world. From the beginning time, colonial time, the 80's, the 90's, the vintage style,…
Guest Author Post: 35+ Beautiful Examples of Creative Collage
With numerous graphic design software these days, creating aesthetic artworks is just a matter of artist’s or designer’s ideas, creativity, and concepts. The basic idea of design is to unite the…
Guest Author Post: Designing for iPhone
For most Apple lovers, having an iPhone or iPod Touch can be very useful and exciting at the same time. You can transfer your music playlist, take pictures or record a video, or keep e-books to read…

Design In Fashion Industry - Laura Laine
Design hold a great role in visually marketing any kind or type of product. This also applied in fashion industry, yet it has greater impact unlike in other industries. Fashion is commonly the key to…
Guest Author Post: 40 Creative Twitter Status Designs for Your Inspiration
This is my first post as a guest author for 1stWebDesigner.com. For you who is not familiar with the 1stWebDesigner.com yet, here a little bit about who they are. 1stwebdesigner is a design blog…

Photography Vs Graphic Design
Being a part of graphic design community and get involved with the creative mind and creations within it is enjoyable. The more creative artworks I see, the more blurry and difficult for me to…

Design Concepts: Review and Get Reviewed!
Every designers are taught to think about the concept first before creating any designs. Although some designers get inspired for the concept along when creating the design itself. The point is, you…