Insights
Favourite Illustration Books
An Illustrated Life Anthologies and collections are always excellent for showing the huge variety in the ways illustrators visually describe things. A lot of this happens online now,…
Favourite Design Books
Ambrose / Harris : The Basics Design A fantastic set of books that focus on describing, unpacking and giving examples of a specific design element. These books include…
Our new egg Michelle
We’re delighted to announce that a new egg has joined the ranks – this time in the form of the wonderfully talented illustrator Michelle Barnett. Michelle can be…
The Importance of Nothing
Why is white space important to a designer? A tool to aid communication and allow space for typography and colour to take prominence.
Favourite Design Books
The Brand Handbook by Wally Olins A small, concise and perfectly formed guide to branding – written by the master of corporate identity Wally Olins. What is branding;…
Celebrating 1 Year as an egg man
What a year it has been. As of February the 1st, this soft boiled egg has hit the one year mark as part of the a dozen eggs…
The year ahead
The a dozen eggs design predictions for 2016 include the rise of user experience, increased rollout of flexible branding and the rise of animation.
Why are brand guidelines important?
Brand guidelines are created in order to establish consistency when a logo is applied. A set of rules to check decisions against can be a very wise move in large organisations with big design teams.
Purpose of a helmet
Not that long ago in a galaxy really very close, a film was announced to be released… the seventh episode of the ‘galacticaly’ epic Star Wars story. Without…
Subconscious influence
I have recently moved house. Not only that, but I have moved cities. I am now currently part of a community based just outside Bath in a manor…
The web development process
The a dozen eggs web development process starts with content, identifying audience and goals of the site before thinking about site structure & navigation.
Introducing: Danny
We are excited to announce our web team is growing and introduce you to Danny Suthalong, the latest addition to the a dozen eggs team. Speech marks left…