Rayad Design by Ilonggo Engineer

IT'S SAD TO SAY GOODBYE.
I'LL BE BACK SHORTLY.

Rayad Design started in 2019 and it has since been an opportunity for me to meet new friends in my clients. Most clients were from my colleagues who grew their businesses, who had no designer friends to create an amazing invitation for their wedding or birthday of their kids. Each design was a challenge and a learning opportunity for me.

I even established a website www.rayaddesign.com to showcase some of my work. It also incurred some investment but visitor volume didn't really make the domain survive. So now, it is gone.

This page also had several down times. For one, I am a one-man team in Rayad Design. I am an engineer working in the government at day and a passionate designer at night. Being an engineer will not really give you all the money other people expect, it requires hard work and that is why I turned this talent into something where I can get extra resources. These resources brought me to my dream destinations like Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. One realization is that, when you work so hard for something, you will definitely get it. Law of attraction.

Anyways, going back. This page will still be up and running but not on a regular basis. And clients will have to email me directly at [email protected] for transactions.

My portfolio will be gradually migrated to my professional website which I intend to maintain and grow: www.ilonggoengineer.com where Rayad Design will remain the same but with a different home.

At this point, I would like to thank everyone who worked with me. I am deeply honored to be able to add color and spice in your design needs. Keep safe and I hope we will continue to partner in your future design needs. I will be an email away.

Rayad Design will be back shortly.

P.S. All design rates will be updated on a project basis and will no longer rely on the details in previous posts in this page.

Congratulations to Iloilo City's very own The Central Echo of Central Philippine University for winning Best Nameplate Design, Modern Modular Design (Magazine) and Minimalist Campus Paper Design (Tabloid) in the 2020 Best-Designed Campus Papers of the Philippines Awards.

Even at regional level competitions of other award-giving bodies, this CPU-based publication has so far led the new generation of publication design, with fresh minimalist approaches, clean typography and high quality images and illustrations.

I have watched this publication grow through time since they reinvented their brand as early as 2012 and they continuously surprise me.

Are we, designers, a joke to people? Two factors to consider, either the institution finds design work to be that low in terms of compensation (a slap on our faces) OR it's because the people there had to contribute their own money (Di binigyan ng budget) since the government doesn't find visual and corporate identity worth the investment (for reference the SEA Games Logo, the new BSP logo, among others).