Graphics design overload?

I have been browsing through a number of books on contemporary graphics design recently and I must say: “more is better” seems to be the motto of many designs. Adobe Illustrator is powering complex gradients, elaborate ornaments and sophisticated hand-drawn effects. Maybe graphics…

So how many different types of slides are there?

I think there are 4 different type of visuals, Have I forgotten any? (The images below are taken — out of their context — from previous posts on this blog)

1. Big picture, big emotion slide. A huge image of a squeezed…

stickyslides.com without the blogspot

I am embarking on a rebranding exercise of my presentation design business and in the process, I am also sorting out the various URLs of my online presence. I will continue to host Sticky Slides with Blogger/Google despite the slightly “amateurish” look and feel…

Chart concept — negative lettering space

Here is a cute idea for a slide: negative lettering space. Computerarts.co.uk has a full tutorial how to create this effect here. It is easy to copy in PowerPoint: start with a word in a huge font on a page, set the font color light grey (or another color…

Do fonts display correctly?

I have changed the fonts on this blog to Helvetica Neue, they look great on every computer/browser that I have tried even if you do not have these fonts installed on your computer. Every, except for one computer/browser combination: my own Chrome browser on my own desktop (IE…