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	<title>Design Deliberation by CobaltCow &#124; Nathan Sarlow</title>
	<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog</link>
	<description>A candid look at the world of design</description>
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		<title>Meet Jeff Pollard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was first introduced to Jeff Pollard as a possible candidate for Brand A Brander 2. Jeff was recommended as a pro that may be overlooked (which he would have been) because of his non-existence on any form of social media &#8211; which is where I have formed most of my brand design connections.
It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/meet-jeff-pollard/</link>
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		<title>Leveraging Exposure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You've designed a logo (or website) for a brand that's about to get some huge exposure. Make sure you ride the wave along with the client.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/leveraging-exposure/</link>
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		<title>The user flow &#8211; Linear Vs Mesh Structure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this post I'm just going to look at the user flow options of linear or mesh structure.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/the-user-flow-linear-vs-mesh-structure/</link>
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		<title>Do you have protection? (legal that is)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legally protecting yourself (as a freelancer or agency), is one of those things that sound good, but few people actually do anything about.
We place in the &#8216;it must be expensive&#8217; or the &#8216;I&#8217;ve been fine without it so far&#8217; basket, and it stays there and looks at you with geico-cash eyes &#8211; begging for your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/do-you-have-protection-legal-that-is/</link>
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		<title>Brand A Brander II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brand A Brander is a way for logo designers to get an 'outsiders look' at their company. Given a short brief, logo designers attempt to re-brand each other.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/brand-a-brander-ii/</link>
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		<title>5 tips for presenting your design concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been presenting electronic design concepts for around 12 years now (which almost makes me a veteran of digital concepting I think). Back then I was using Paint Shop Pro and these days I rely heavily on Adobe Photoshop, but regardless of the software you use, once you have your end result there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/5-tips-for-presenting-your-design-concept/</link>
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		<title>Logo Design Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An insight into my personal research process for a logo design.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/logo-design-research/</link>
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		<title>A-grade branding &amp; marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are loads of companies around the world that have great logos, even more that have run great advertising campaigns, but very few have set an exceptional standard and kept it there over a number of years. Here is a list of my top 5 brands that I feel have not only set the ultimate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/a-grade-branding-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Signature Moves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After doing a self-review of my recent web design work I noticed a few little things that I have been adding frequently into my designs without even really thinking about it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/signature-moves/</link>
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		<title>The blog &#8211; take 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With blog attempts 1 and 2 failing miserably, Design Deliberations is kicking off in a new direction of inspiration and uniqueness.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cobaltcow.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/the-blog-take-3/</link>
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