The Design Boat

31st December 2014 - No Comments!

The end is only the beginning

I like to take stock of how far I have come and plan how far I need to go. This year I needed a little encouragement to sit down and contemplate. There are just some years where the one thing you long for hasn't happened. Read more...

25th November 2014 - No Comments!

Colour palette: Mocha choca lotta!

18th November 2014 - No Comments!

Guest post: Phil Bacon, Wise business advice

Hi I’m Phil, I’ve worked in several different companies as a marketing manager, marketing director and as a managing director, I even ran my own company, a direct marketing consultancy, for a few years. Most of these positions involved marketing into very small niche markets. Read more...

31st October 2014 - 1 comment.

Guest post: Mia Parsons, Owner of Knitaboo

Tell us a bit about yourself
I am a full time working Mum building an amazing side business called Knitaboo. Knitaboo is an online shop that sells hand knitted and crochet items for little ones.
Knitaboo was birthed out of making my daughter some knitted items when she was small as I didn't always like the knitted items that you could buy in the shop. Read more...

16th October 2014 - No Comments!

Font spot: Daul 300

I love this font. It is good either has a heading, sub heading or as body copy. I love the roundness and the cleaness of the lines. It would be really good as body copy for a magazine or a a newsletter. Read more...

14th October 2014 - No Comments!

Colour palette: Lazy morning brunch

15th September 2014 - No Comments!

How to build confidence as a start up: State of Mind

I was shocked to discover the speaker was unable to communicate how to build confidence. He himself had suffered anxiety throughout his business life until one day he ‘realised’ he could ‘control his thoughts’ that he was able to change the way he thought and control his anxiety. Read more...

5th September 2014 - No Comments!

Font spot: Thirsty Rough

You can purchase it from MyFonts.com

29th August 2014 - No Comments!

Will I ever be successful?

As a young business I have a dream that I am pursuing. I want to help businesses build better businesses through branding. And so far each project I have completed has helped that business do better, whether thats just giving the business confidence or seeing their profit margin increase. Read more...