God bless the client, no matter how much we can sometimes moan about them, if it wasn’t for the client our industry would become a very quiet, dull and boring place. It is true that I often do different creative projects just as a hobby because I love designing, painting, crafts, or anything else that my wild imagination feels like getting up to on my day off, but we all need clients if we are to survive in turning our love and passion for design in to a lucrative business.
However there is certainly one type of client that we shouldn’t even want to touch with a ten foot barge pole. Continue Reading »
Last week we were lucky enough to read an excellent tutorial by a designer Asher Abassi. In case you missed it or simply haven’t had the time to give it a try, Asher has provided a set of four Luma icons for Kaplang readers.
You may have already noticed that we recently added a banner to our blog in support of our chosen charity for 2010. Kaplang is very proud to offer its support to the Dyslexia Action charity over the coming year; we have lots of fund raising ideas already taking form and will update our 
There are hundreds of design blogs online, some come and some go, but there are the ones that continue to keep growing and keep offering invaluable information and resources for all designers. Whether you are a newbie or a much more seasoned graphic designer,these blogs which I personally follow all have something to suit you.
Francesco Mugnai is the editor of 
Most readers of Kaplang have blogs of their own. I know this because I try to personally connect with all of my readers so that I am able to learn what you the reader would like to see on this blog. I use services such as HootSuite to keep connected with all of my friends, followers, fans, and other blogs which I also follow myself.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how a Luma icon can be designed in Photoshop using really simple step by step techniques.
Brandon Cox is the editor of 
I must have been to hundreds if not thousands of business networking events over the years, and while networking I am guaranteed to find myself with a hand full of business cards within minutes of entering the room. Out of the thousands of business cards I am handed on a regular basis I do not find that many really jump out and grab hold of my attention.
If you have built a web site, you are probably familiar with the term “web page validation.” There continues to be controversy about the value of web site validation with many webmasters wondering whether or not “To validate your web page or not validate,” is the real question. With 100 million web sites online, is it possible that the web site validation process should now be considered an important part of Search Engine Optimization? Let’s take a look at what web site validation means today. 
