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		<title>Logo Design Process For Cosmos Transport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently completed a logo design for a logistics company named Cosmos Transport. This is my first blog entry explaining my logo design process. I hope it may provide you insight on what it takes to come to the final logo you see above. The first thing I like doing after receiving a brief is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2010/05/24/logo-design-process-for-cosmos-transport/</link>
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		<title>Transformed Online Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transformed Online is a clean approach to a blog site. Probably the most minimalist site I have done so far. This style was chosen to draw the visitor to the most important part of the site: the content. With that said, my major focus was on the typography of the site. By keeping everything simple, easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2010/03/01/transformed-online-website/</link>
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		<title>iPhone Site For Kingdom of Heaven Ministries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why not? The media rich device that is the iPhone, is also a good place for a media rich website. Besides, it&#8217;s less work  for the end user when they don&#8217;t have to zoom in to read everything. That&#8217;s right, the iPhone friendly version of reino12.com is here. Though this mobile version of the site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2010/02/26/iphone-site-for-kingdom-of-heaven-ministries/</link>
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		<title>Nuevos Comienzos (New Beginnings) design concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the entry to the new year, I was asked to design for a campaign about New Beginnings (Nuevos Comienzos). It was to take place throughout all of January. New Beginnings, is about a fresh start to a new year, a reinvention of one&#8217;s image and lifestyle. In order to communicate these ideas I felt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2010/01/27/nuevos-comienzos-new-beginnings-design-concept/</link>
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		<title>CCE Website Redesign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since my last post. For this new year I figured, why not start talking about what I have been up to. I am honored to have been chosen again by CCE to design their website. Though the old design was good (not just because I made it) and suitable for them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2010/01/18/cce-website-redesign/</link>
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		<title>3 Ways to Get Your Design Unstuck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets face it. Sometimes there is nothing more intimidating than a blank piece of paper to a designer. The situation is that you're stuck and have a huge task at hand. You have to create something and it must be your best work, better than whatever you have previously done. The problem is that your mind is as blank as the piece of paper in front of you. Your design is stuck and lucky for you I may be able to help if you read on.]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2009/08/08/3-ways-to-get-your-design-unstuck/</link>
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		<title>Updates to my printwork portfolio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.  Just wanted everyone to know about the update process that is taking place in the printwork region of my portfolio. If you have visited in early July you may have noticed only a few work examples. Well this number is increasing rapidly.]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2009/07/25/updates-to-my-printwork-portfolio/</link>
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		<title>Design Concept Behind &#8220;El Favor de Dios&#8221; (The Favor of God)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago I was able to complete a theme design for a month-long campaign that Kingdom of Heaven Ministries is hosting. The theme is "El Favor de Dios", for my non-Spanish readers its: "The Favor of God". After much thought, I was finally able to come up with a concept I was comfortable with for this theme. The question I kept asking myself was "what symbolizes favor?".]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2009/07/13/design-concept-favor/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello there! My name is Jose Palacios and welcome to my site! Here you will find examples of all my work in the world of web and print. I have tried to include as much detail in the description of each piece to kind of give you a glimpse of the thoughts behind the design. There are some areas on the site that I am still working on, but they will be up and running soon (I promise!). Well I won't keep you here any longer, so go and see what I've done! I'll be here all day anyway.]]></description>
		<link>http://ciosfx.com/2009/06/23/just-a-test/</link>
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