Hello! Haere mai! Farewell! Save $500! Don’t pet the hippos! No matter your message, to get it out in the public eye you’ll need effective signage. Whether you're planning an event, designing building signage, or creating wayfinding systems, getting it right can make all the difference...
We have always been proud supporters of Scouts NZ, and this year we had the great opportunity to help with organising their venturers event: ignite’23 by providing event promotion and design solutions. ignite'23 took place at the start of this year in Mayfield, New Zealand, hosting...
For those of us who can’t draw a straight line it can be mind boggling how designers continually come up with a fresh, new take on each project they work on. We asked one of our designers Mae where she gets her ideas from and...
If you are one of those people who likes to understand the how and know the why, then read on. Learn more than you ever thought you needed to know about the ins and outs of RGB and CMYK and how colour actually works when...
It can be tough verbalising your vision to a designer, so here’s some tips on how to ‘speak designer’ to make sure you get what you are after first time. In fancy marketing terms it’s called a brief when you explain your requirements to a...
So your son or daughter wants to be a graphic designer and it’s got you wondering what do designers actually do? At tgm Here at tgm our six graphic designers work flat tack creating designs to meet client briefs – this can be anything from creating a...
Of course grammar and spelling matters. It shows we care about the details and it ensures we get the right meaning across. The English language has some tricky rules and conventions so we’ve applied our love of good design to some of the commonly made...
What’s in a font? We’ve come a long way since comic sans dominated newsletters and party invites, but why do we have 300,000+ different fonts, who uses them all and how do you choose what font to use? Fonts have the ability to draw attention, engage the...
It was definitely a case of three heads being better than one when it came to Brooklands Zoo’s water education signage explaining the zoo’s new rainwater collection system and how the zoo team is using the water. “Between the zoo staff, Chloe from tgm and myself...
The TGM team is celebrating after picking up two gold and two silver awards at the 2019 Redshift Design Awards on Saturday night in Wellington for work they did with Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki, New Plymouth District Council's Resource Recovery team and...
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