There are many warning signs when it comes to spotting a rogue design firm.

We've heard of horror story after horror story and stepping back to take it all in there are a few commonalities that seem to come up more often than not.

Below are some key red flag indicators to help you realize if you've been or are in the process of being punk'd by your current design firm.

MIA

Your design firm all of the sudden has gone missing in action right in the middle or within the final stretch ... Continue Reading

Every designer, artist, cook, etc. is influenced or inspired on some level by others in their field. Trends are often started this way. A look or design style starts as a seed and then blossoms across a field and sparks ideas, spin-offs, look-a-likes or those that fully without care steal the idea as their own.

Driving on the way to work today I was listening to entertainment news that involved the band Coldplay. Apparently they didn't just sample Joe Satriani's melody they completely ripped it off. Below is the video that compares ... Continue Reading

You can say what you want about perfectionists. While Effusion has been accused of pixel paranoia and designs having to be perfect before they are sent to any client, Axel on the other hand has taken perfectionism to a whole new level.

Mrs. Butterworth has nothing on Axel who has taken his own sweet time (about 15 years) to produce his fabled album Chinese Democracy.

It was an industry joke, "yeah we'll see that album when Hell freezes over."

Dr Pepper banking on this joke bet in March of this year that ... Continue Reading