IamaSource is on designers' side, especially freelance that need visibility through the web to achieve more contacts.

Here there is Nicola Antonazzo from Italy that answered to our questions.

1. How did you approach the world of design?

I always loved color, lines, shapes, and I have always been fascinated by the world of communication, whether verbal or not. After graduation I joined Scientific IED in Milan. In the last three years I had the opportunity to approach the world of design.
I studied it, I struggled with it, and slowly I got it, but I think it is ...

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KillerStartups.com, website that reviews the best startups on the web, has reviewed IamaSource.com, crowdsourcing website about design and communication,  mentioning it as one of the best startups on the web. It was a goal we set long time ago and now the article is here, earlier than we expected. Follow the link below to read the review and give your vote to IamaSource.

We are honored about this review and we wanted to share  this good news with our designers! This is also thanks to you and the impressive quality of your artworks seen on our ...

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More recently, the neologism "through the line" describes an existing process as a mix of ATL and BTL, used to integrate a marketer's efforts and optimize returns from these separate investments.

But you can find also something out of these schemes and ...

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In this gallery we have gather together the best graphics resources on the 2010 FIFA World Cup taking place in South Africa in these days.
The collection is divided into three sections dealing with web design, video (motion graphics and computer animation) and wallpapers (graphic design and photo manipulation).

In the first section we have web included the web pages that well-known brand sponsors or partners of FIFA Word Cup have dedicated to this event.
Every brand refers differently to the theme of the football World Cup but at the same time color and joy are some ...

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As you have noticed, the IamaSource Crew has begun to send feedbacks to the first 500 logo proposals received in these early days of our contest.
In the coming days we will continue to send feedbacks to the many proposals that we are going to receive in order to have a continuous exchange of creative ideas with all the designers who joined to the contest..

How we have left feedbacks

1 - Comment on the single proposal

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In this collection we have selected the best typographic logos realized by talented designers.
 

The creation of a logo based solely on the use of a font requires a large capacity and very thorough knowledge of what you need to communicate.
The absence of an icon, which often associated with the brand name communicates and reinforces a message, makes the choice of fonts essential and unique.
These beautiful examples of logos are an excellent starting point and inspiration in developing a high-impact logo for your client.

Are you looking for other logos inspiration? Also check the initial logo collection here ...

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One week after its birth, IamaSource immediately breaks a record.
The creative competition (or contest, as we call it) for the realization of our logo, has achieved numbers that make us really happy and flattered by the enormous success of the portal "where creativity matters" as our tag-line says.

These are some numbers at the moment:

• 229 logo proposals in just one week
• 61 designers involved in the contest
• 302 comments and descriptions of the artworks

These numbers are going to rise in the coming days for the increasing of daily new subscribers and partecipants.
Besides the numbers the quality of proposals...

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Moving from working for the boss to being your own boss: the pros and cons of starting your own business.
To own your own business could be an exciting and hard experience: two sides of the same coin. There are no exceptions in the world of advertising, design and graphics.

For someone to own his business is the only way to do something gratifying.
For others to work as employee guarantees safety and a work-life balance.
Each person is different and has different points of views and aims.
Someone wants to put in his eight hours, go home ...

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After years of logos, brand identity and art design, here we are to summarize the key-point in order to create a perfect logo design. Of course this is not the bible of the logos, but there are here some guidelines to help you to focus the best tools for a strong impact design.

When the designer is developing a new logo frequently falls into temptation of starting to take shortcuts: to save time or to save money, or even both.
The problem is that both choices are not cheaper or faster, especially for a start-up or a small company when they ...

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