Web/Mobile App Monetisation & Revenue Generation Strategies

All business survives on net profit. In accounting terms, here is how you calculate Net Profit. i.e. (Total Business Revenue) – (Total Business Expenditure) = Net Profit In the business world, there are two types of industries Service and Product. So if you are in the service industry, you survive on a paycheck by paycheck …

Best Design Advice that I ever received

Best advice I ever received about designing logos and symbols is use humanistic elements / curves / lines in your design and totally avoid mechanical drawings. As mechanical drawings can be taken care by computer itself. This advice was given to me by Shirbhavikar sir and Pawar sir when I was doing BFA Applied Arts …

Colour Behaviour Study of Japan / True Black on Real Life Physical Paper & on Computer Displays or Screens

I am now documenting some thoughts about black colour behaviour on Physical Paper & computer displays or screens. I was from a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) – Applied Art background, so we had subjects like Illustration, Calligraphy, Typography, Print Media Design, Logo & Symbol Design, Branding & Identity Design. We used to design our …

How Odd Numbers are out & Even Numbers are in for Web Designer & Icon Designer or even for any designer

While I was designing Icons for my client, I realised that it is true in website design as it is in Icon Design: you can work in odd numbers, When you have even numbers like 14px Square or 16px Square, you can easily fit a round box inside it, but in a 15px Square Icon, …

Design Schools or Design Institutes in India

India’s Education System (mainly Mumbai University from where I belong) is based on 10 + 2 + 4 years of graduation program. For applying to graduation program in Art you need to have following qualification, You must have 10 + 2 passed certified program that means you must pass Secondary School Certification (SSC) & then …

Why we don’t do Pilot Projects or so called Free Mockup Designs? & Why Pilot Projects & Free Mockup design doesn’t work?

Few collection of thoughts from my experience of design freelancing & pursuing design processes & doing design oriented business for living for last more than 4 years. When somebody asks for Mockup before starting any paid & finalised project, Following situations can be seen & felt by designer Now you can understand why we don’t …

Sex Don’t Sell Product or It’s Just Communicates a wrong message, Here is why…!!! A Story of Airline called Kingfisher, ‘King of Good Times’.

There is or there was one airline in India called ‘Kingfisher’, Who tried to market it’s airline through bikinis’ & girls on bitches. This will give you hint what I mean. Kingfisher started it’s work in Year 2005 & Today in Year 2010-11 It called itself bankrupt of INR 7,000 Crore of Debt. All marketing …

What is Adobe Photoshop & How to use it?

Introduction Adobe Photoshop is a Modern Image Editing & Manipulation Program. This programs dominate the Market by large margin that any other software is finding it difficult to be competent to stay in market & compete against it. With Photoshop CS5, It now supports 3D. It has plugin supports. So Versatility of Photoshop has evolved …

Design Inspirations: Getting Inspired…!!! to do design & finally learning from it…!!!

Today with broadband connection on my iMac & connected to the World Wide Web fearlessly with my own website & design blog… Switching from one website to another, reading blogs, going through Twitts, reading Facebook updates… Sometimes I feel It’s really easy to get inspirations through web if you do it right… Not like olden …

How to learn to Design & Develop for iOS Devices like iPhone & iPad

Here are two free ways to learn to design & develop for iOS devices like iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch. Apple Developer Videos I know you definitely know Apple’s Website but there is one website dedicated to developers only called developer.apple.com As you may know Apple has ‘World Wide Developer Conference’ i.e. WWDC every year …