Stationery Creation for Branding Projects
File Preparation and Custom Grid Design 2
A course by Plácida , Design Studio
About the video: File Preparation and Custom Grid Design 2
Overview
“We continue to design the different pieces of stationery, in this case we start with the business cards.”
In this video lesson Plácida addresses the topic: File Preparation and Custom Grid Design 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stationery Creation for Branding Projects. Learn how to transmit the visual identity of a brand in its corporate stationery and packaging, based on its logo.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparation of the file and custom grid design We start with the card. We take with restricted proportions and create a square. We are going to fill that square with black and we are going to give it 5 mm, which will be our margin. For business cards, I always design with 5mm. We locate thanks to the help of our smart guide one of the squares in the upper left corner. Another in the lower right corner. We draw a rectangle that goes from corner to corner. With the Pen tool, P, we go to the center and with the Shift key pressed, we restrict movement and we draw a totally vertical line that go...”
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Course summary for: Stationery Creation for Branding Projects
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Design Management, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Packaging, Stationery Design

Plácida
A course by Plácida
Javier Zamora is the founder and creative director at Plácida, a graphic design studio specializing in corporate visual identity, editorial design, and packaging design.
Through graphic synthesis and effective communication, Plácida Studio has won three ADG-Laus awards, as well as being featured in editorials like Monocle, Gestalten, SB Creative Japan, Counter-Print, Sendpoints Publishing Co, Novum, Graffica, and Experimenta.
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