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Archive for the ‘Graphic Design’ Category
An Open Letter to Rick Warren about Spec Work
Editor’s Note: We closed the comments on this post as they took a turn for the worse. We explained our reasoning for closing comments and the rationale for this post ...
Free Church Graphics
Recently, we discussed North Point’s creative process. But in case you’re looking for something more pre-packaged, we wanted to let you know about a number of churches and a few ...
Inside the Creative Process at North Point
Many of you have heard of North Point Community Church or their lead pastor Andy Stanley. They were one of the pioneers of the attractional church model, and to this ...
3 Tips for Getting Better Freelance Design (A Parable)
I walked into my local coffee shop, excited to be meeting with a prospective client who had contacted me only days before. I introduced myself to Jill (not her real ...
Seth Godin Says: Learn Some Design!
All right church marketing professionals, Seth Godin is calling out you and your secular brethren. He makes this argument: Ten years ago, you had a wide range of excuses for being ...
Why Criticism Is A Good Thing
One of the challenges to working with the church is some of the very opinionated feedback you receive from the pastor, committee, etc. When you get criticism what do you ...
Thinking Before Clicking: Returning to Graphic Design Basics
The New York Times offers a reflection on what graphic design looked like 30 years ago. It was all T-squares, X-Acto knives and rubber cement. You had to do it ...
Sitepoint on Design in Modern Church Marketing
Recently, the online media organization Sitepoint (a secular organization) tackled the issue of design in modern church marketing. They hit heavily on topics of the overuse of grunge-style design, the ...
Quit Stealing Designs
Yesterday, I received in the mail an event advertisement from a rather large youth ministry organization. On the cover, I recognized a tutorial from PSDTUTS.com. You might think, “Oh, that’s ...
Note to Boss: Stop Asking For Comps
Last week I wrote a note to designers and creatives about how they should stop providing multiple design comps. Today I direct the same message to the other side–the people ...
Note to Creatives: Stop Providing Comps
Graphic Designers: If you haven’t kicked the habit already, stop giving two to three design comps (or more) when you present key art ideas to your client or boss. Not ...
Lessons In Not Sucking, Communication In Print
This is part two in a series on Lessons In Not Sucking. Today we discuss communication in print. This is all in the context of marketing so it’s important to ...
The Art of the Critique
Sometimes there’s something that’s just so good in the Church Marketing Lab that it needs to migrate to our front page here. This is one of those occasions. User “wiseacre photo” ...
Design Matters: Creating Powerful Imagery for Worship
For anyone involved in the world of church design, marketing and branding (whether new or a seasoned pro), I’d like to recommend a book for you to check out called ...
Cute, Clever and Cool
One of my daily blog reads is Signal vs. Noise from the folks behind 37signals. Not only do I use a few of their products (personally and professionally), I really ...
