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About N.Design Studio

N.Design Studio was founded by me, Nick La, a Toronto based freelance illustrator and web designer. I am also the creator of the popular blog Web Designer Wall, Design Jobs on the Wall, IconDock, and Best Web Gallery. My main focuses are designing stock icons, illustrations, and beautiful CSS websites. My work has been featured in many online portals and design publications such as: Computer Arts, Web Designer Magazine, Practical Web Design (.Net magazine), DIGIT, and Web Design Index.
Client & Work Highlights

* Vector Illustration
Adobe - Illustrator CS4

Designed a series of library symbols/icons that is available in Adobe Illustrator CS4.
* Web
PBS - WIRED Science

Worked with PBS.org and designed a Facebook app for WIRED Science (details).
* Bitmap Illustration
Canada National Post

Collaborated with the National Post’s web design team for their redesign in 2007.
* Logo
Web Designer Magazine

Contributed numerous of tutorials and magazine covers for Web Designer.

Background

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a visual artist. I was fascinated with drawings, paintings, and art in general. During my high school years, I was introduced to Adobe Photoshop by my art teacher and I fell in love with it instantly. From that moment, I knew I wanted to be a graphic designer.

I attended Humber College for a two-year "Advertising and Graphic Design" program where I learnt about Photoshop, Illustrator, typography, advertising, color and design theory. After graduating, I realized advertising was not something I wanted to do for life. I started reading books and online tutorials where I gained most of my web design knowledge. With my background in visual art, I was able to create unique and artistic web design.

This site, N.Design Studio was actually one of my college projects where I just wanted to showcase my work online. Now, I’m very happy that I turned my passion into a career and business.