James Barnard is a logo designer, freelancer, design educator, dad and owner of Barnard.co. He specialises in designing brand identities and logos with meaning.
James got his start in graphic design more than a decade ago, working in the publishing industry. He has designed creative content for some of the UK's biggest titles, including The Daily Telegraph, Grazia, Men's Health, Empire, Cosmopolitan, The Times and many more.
These days he runs his freelance logo design business from the Gold Coast, Australia, after emigrating from London in 2021. He has a ridiculous variety of skills in design software, which he aims to pass on to the next generation of designers through his social platforms.
-------------------------- In today's episode, we cover:
- Meet James and his origin story
- James's experience meeting Chris Do!
- Feeling comfortable in his process as a designer
- Favorite projects he's worked on
- Plagiarism check your designs
- Advice for anyone looking to get into design
- Creating educational content vs. content that will attract potential clients
- Predictions on the future of marketing on TikTok
- Feelings on using Instagram vs. TikTok
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Head over to barnard.co to check out his portfolio and services.
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