10 Reasons You Need a Brand Strategy

10 Reasons You Need a Brand Strategy

So you’ve started a business. You have an idea that works, investment capital and a small customer base. You also know you’ll have to get the word out to acquire more regular customers. However, before you start marketing your business, you need to...
Why You Need an EPS Logo for Your Business

Why You Need an EPS Logo for Your Business

As a business owner, you likely aren’t doing your own graphic design work. Instead, you’ve probably hired someone you trust to create the digital assets you require to make your business look good. No doubt you’re considering a logo too. However,...
Design Day for GOOD

Design Day for GOOD

A Day of Graphic Design Volunteerism Design Day for GOOD is a collaborative initiative composed of volunteers, designers, communicators, marketers, and design thinkers led by Cyan Bold Design and hosted by Staples Studio Kelowna in partnership with the Graphic...
How to Create Abstract Colour Blobs

How to Create Abstract Colour Blobs

INTRODUCTION: Why even create abstract colour blobs? When I started my career in graphic design there were a lot of Photoshop tools that I thought I’d never touch. If it didn’t clone, stitch, fill, recolour, warp, stretch, squish, enlarge, shrink, mask,...
Damask for the Masses: Part III

Damask for the Masses: Part III

What Makes Flipping the Bird So Punk Flipping the bird, the single-digit salute, giving the finger or flipping someone off—no matter how you phrase it, the gesture is the same. Middle finger extended to the sky with the other digits in flexion or converted into a...