Special Friends
helping support The Design Center
These "Friends of the Design Center" are helping us continue
our tradition of quality content -- as we have, continuously since 1988.
You can help too -- just click here.
Also, don't miss our Partners -- who support your Design Center with substantial contributions!
Impact Bronze Signs
You've read our advice about brokering as a huge profit center for graphic designers. Brokering architectural lettering and signage is another area that can add thousands to your bottom line. That's where Impact Bronze Signs comes into the picture as a DTG Design Center partner. You can design, and install all kinds of metal signage from Impact, and broker them to your clients! And, it's easy, too! We thank them for supporting the Design Center... and you should too! Tell'em Fred sent'ya ... Impact Bronze Signs
Logo Design Team
The Logo Design Team is supporting your Design Center and offers DTG readers affordable custom Logo Design services by their professional logo design company. Initial design concepts within 1-2 business days -- plus your full copyright ownership and a 100% money back guarantee. Please be sure to thank them for supporting your Design & Publishing Center ... Logo Design Team - www.LogoDesignTeam.com
PrintSafari.com
In the U.S. and Canada, the folks at PrintSafari.com bring you friendly, fast and economic services for a wide range of printing products like flyers, business cards, brochures, letterhead, rack cards, greeting cards, and postcards. For instance, they are one of the best sources for hang-tags! We are glad to have them as a partner -- thank them for supporting your design center! PrintSafari.com
ThinkStock has a different plan
Our friends at ThinkStockPhotos.com have a unique "image pack" program that many graphic designers will find appealing. You order the package according to your projected needs, and you have a whole year to use them up. Take a look at their premium images, comprehensive collection, royalty-free photos, vectors and illustrations from Getty Images, iStockphoto and Jupiterimages. And thank them for supporting your design center! www.ThinkStockPhotos.com
Dreaming of a Design career?
A Digital Dreamer provides career and design school information for those wanting to become a graphic designer, animator, game designer, 3D artist and more. We're proud to have Digital Dreamer graphic design schools as a partner in the Design Center -- because, seriously, there's really no substitute for a quality education to be a top graphic designer! www.adigitaldreamer.com
Stock Photography, graphics and templates
Special thanks to Dreamstime for supporting DTG readers ... Dreamstime has an impressive library of distinctive yet affordable images from worldwide contributors covering all topics, licenses and budgets and offering free registration, membership and access to free image section, Dreamstime is a leader in stock photography and favorite choice for online photo shopping. Tell them Fred at DTG sent you : www.dreamstime.com
Ledet Adobe Training Centers
Thanks to Ledet Adobe training centers for supporting all our graphic design members and readers with Adobe authorized hands-on, instructor led, classes in training centers across the US. Classes include Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Captivate, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Acrobat, the complete Creative Suite and more...
Logo King logo designs
Logo King supports the readers of the Design Center with a huge selection of stock, ready-to-go, logo designs created an proven by professional designers. For company logos where tight budget is a factor, you can rely on Logo King to get you where you want to go! Logo King logo designs
Worldlabel.Com
Worldlabel.Com supports the Design Center and DTG Magazine year after year with Laser Labels and Inkjet Labels compatible with Avery and other brands for all types of printers ~~ address, mailing, shipping, CD, media, specialty and more... Learn more and Download templates
LogoBee.com Logo Design
LogoBee.com is generously supporting your design center. LogoBee is a multiple award winning, custom logo design and graphic design firm established in 2000. They also provide professional web design solutions for all types of businesses. Visit them and don't forget to thank them for supporting your Design Center! LogoBee.com Logo Design
Nothing beats a good background!
Just say thanks to Background Labs for helping support the Design Center! BackgroundLabs provides a wide variety of seamless backgrounds, patterns, textures and graphics for use in customizing your Myspace pages, blogs, and websites. We know that you will find the format and features useful. Background Labs
PrintPlace is passionate about printing
We'd like to thank all the folks out at the PrintPlace for supporting DTG and the Graphic Design Center! We use PrintPlace as a resource for quick turnaround, reasonably priced printing without sacrificing quality and client appeal. Their user-friendly, proprietary automated ordering system makes it easy! Give'em a try on your next project and we think you'll become a fan too! Go to : www.printplace.com
Design Center & DTG Life Supporters
Chuck Green
What can we say about Chuck Green, world-class graphic designer, author and now, blogger. His "Idea Books" have changed the lives of millions of graphic designers and artists all over the world -- and we are pleased and honored to be considered one of Chuck's friends. His Idea Books are one of the most significant resources for graphic designers, ever! Get to know him better, through his blog: www.pageplane.com
Doug Draws
Doug Cloud, is a graphic artist from Michigan with thirty-seven years experience in branding, character design, and illustration. He writes some pretty good tutorials and articles -- We're pleased he has chosen to be a friend to the Design Center. Take a look at his work at www.dougdraws.com
Maggie Macnab
For a number of years, we've cherished Maggie as a friend and contributor. She's the Golden Child of Logo design, and the Doctor of Symbology! You will never meet a more inteliigent or articulate person in this business. Never. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Maggie Macnab...www.macnabdesign.com
Michael Doret: Typography Genius
Michael is one of those rare talents that only comes along about once in a century. He ranks among the "greats" of type, typography and lettering -- we're proud and honored to have Michael as a friend! www.michaeldoret.com
Leslie Cabarga: PhD of Fontology
He needs no introduction. Since 1970 Leslie has authored over two dozen books on design, and as an illustrator he has drawn covers for Time Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, and National Lampoon. He's designed several dozen fonts, and is author of the all time BEST book on lettering: Logo Font & Lettering Bible. Ranking along-side of Michael Doret, he is a cornerstone of lettering, typography and logos. www.lesliecabarga.com/
Trish Schaefer: The Contemporary Native
From South Dakota comes this Native American Indian Commercial Artist who has been the jewel of the Design Cafe, as 'most frequent' ... she's a graphic designer and thoughtful author whom we are all lucky to have met! Girl, you got it going on! www.contemporary-native.com
George Engel : The Naked Serviceman
George Engel has been a computer guru probably longer than he will admit -- as a computer expert, he authored The Naked Serviceman book, about his journey through the history of Apple's Macintosh as owner/founder of an authorized Apple Service Center. He owned one of the first Apple II computers as well as one of the first Macintosh 128s. He hangs out with the Lakeland User Group in sunny Florida! Go get'em, George
Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion
Special thanks to Anne-Marie and her famous DesignGeek newsletter for her continued support of the Design Center and DT&G Magazine! Find HerGeekness here
R.H. Bunzl
R.H., from Virginia, is a retired CEO for a Fortune 500 Company. He's enjoyed the Design Center Newsletter since its first issue, and was our first registered Friend for 2004.
Todd Doty
Todd signified his support for the Design Center as our second new Friend for 2004. His passion is working in color and operates his own Graphic Design Services in California. Visit Todd at FlairForDesign.com/
Sharon Steuer
Sharon Steuer is a digital artist exextraordinary and author of "Creative Thinking in Photoshop" and the award winning "The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book" series. Visit her at: www.SSteuer.com
Richard Lynch
Richard Lynch has been a friend of the Design Center for some time offering help and support to many of our Photoshop 911 inquiries. He's author of the Inside Photoshop books, and most recently the "Hidden Secrets of Photoshop Elements" book. visit Richard at: HiddenElements.com
Mike Swope
Mike has been comrade, colleague and confidant to the Design Center providing reviews, articles and technical help of all kinds in both the web site and the CAFE list. Mike's digs are at: SwopeDesign.com
Joyce Evans
Joyce goes back nearly to the beginning of the Design Center and has been an invaluable comrade in providing a lot of content, reviews, critiques and moral support for the weary webmaster. Her talents spread far and wide as designer, author and trainer. Catch up with Joyce at JE-IdeaDesign.com
Kim Lombardy
Kim is a publicity officer for Perchpit books and has helped the Design Center immensely over the years providing contact with the authors and content help. www.Peachpit.com
Marin Darmonkow
Marin is font creator and typography colleague who has contributed greatly to the typography department of the Design Center. His company 'The FonTeam' has provided many font CDs for prize winners of our monthly drawings. Visit Marin at www.FonTeamInternational.com
Joseph Kling
Joseph was one of the first great supporters of the Design Center back in the mid '90s with articles, suggestions and all-important help in fielding Photoshop questions from readers.
Ronnie Lipton
Ronnie is one of my all-time best buddies in the world of graphic arts. She was one of the first to book me as speaker and seminar leader while she was Editor of In-House Magazine. (How long ago, Ronnie??? Way before the Web???) She is the author of four books and the director of a private firm that consults with organizational communicators on effective writing, editing, design, and marketing. An award-winning journalist and information designer, she taught journalism at George Washington University for more years than she cares to admit. I love'ya, Ronnie! Search Amazon for Ronnie Lipton
We thank these friends for supporting the Design Center, DT&G Magazine and WebDesign & Review. Their contributions help us continue to provide high quality online services free to hundreds of thousands of readers... nearly 40 million since 1988.
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