
How to Deal with Difficult Clients
I often see memes and jokes where designers complain about their clients and although I sometimes find them entertaining, I don't always take the designers side... You can find some great examples of designers complaining in Clients from Hell. Managing Your Clients It all boils down to how you manage your clients. Your clients aren't stupid, don't make fun of them for not knowing what certain file types are or getting confused when you've tried explaining something. If someon

Art out of the Unusual
Doodles? Really? Today we look at the work of Stephen Lund. "What's so interesting about crude drawings over a map?" you may ask. What makes it awesome is that these drawings weren't created with a computer, or with hands... Technically you could say they were created by legs. Ok ok - not legs flailing around wielding a mouse or painting, but by cycling. Stephen Lund is a cyclist who started getting a bit bored of doing the same routes again and again. He wasn't ever motivate

Urban Dictionary by Trevor Wheatly and Jake Sherman
When I came across this collaborative photo series of large scale typographic sculpture installations by Trevor Wheatley and Jake Sherman I was inspired to repost it as a start to what will hopefully be a regular feature on The Salsa's blog - Inspiring creatives/projects. Have a look at some of their adventurous typographic installations (with some contextual behind the scenes shots). "Expect the unexpected is the motto of urban artist Trevor Wheatley. After all, all that is

Illustrated Poster: Helicopter Hole In One
Illustrated Poster: Helicopter Hole in One I don't know why it never occurred to me to use my illustration skills more heavily in my design work. The possibilities of illustration are nearly limitless. Anything you can imagine can be captured in a drawing and every person who draws it will create it differently. So I decided to illustrate a poster for this raffle. I don't think I've ever seen a more exciting raffle idea - sounds like a fun time! Design Brief: Design an eye ca