I have some website software, can I do it myself?

Each month, one or other of the web design magazines inlcudes a software CD-ROM that contains free or trial software that will give you the tools to design and develop your own website or logo.

The way we see it, this is like buying a chisel and a workbench and trying to make a cabinet: just because we have the tools, it doesn’t make us carpenters.

That’s not to say it is rocket science, and that you can’t learn how to put a basic website together, or design a logo from scratch, but there is a lot more to design that simply being able to use the tools.

Most designers worth their salt have a number of years’ experience in the field, and before that, most likely either a keen interest in design, or a design-led degree course, or both. So although you may be able to use the tools proficiently, there is a thought-process and an approach behind every design job, that we don’t think can just be simply taught or learnt - it is also something you feel.

The time taken to become proficient at desiging websites, performing a branding exercise or designing a logo is not something that the average business person will have to devote - their time is better spent running their business, and focussing on what they already know how to do.