Freelance Vs. In-House: Which Produces The Best Designers?
One of my favorite things, besides design, food, and writing about design and food, is perturbing my fellow designers with strange questions. You guys…
One of my favorite things, besides design, food, and writing about design and food, is perturbing my fellow designers with strange questions. You guys…
Today I’m going against the grain and asking you a question which you may have been wondering yourself lately. Over the past few years, there’s be…
Many people dream of becoming wealthy by doing the thing that they love. Designers, by and large, get into design because they simply love it. But eve…
Ideas, ideas, ideas. Creative professionals are brimming with them. There are many ideas we have each day that we know we may never get to actually fo…
Depending on your individual opinion, Helvetica is either a classic, truly neutral English typeface with universal appeal and functionality – or it…
Some people think that traditional branding design is becoming irrelevant in the age of social networking, new media, and the “personal brand.” I …
Design versus art. What’s the difference, and how does it affect your career as a designer? We all know there is a difference, and those outside our…
Designers love to complain about “superficial” design trends that they don’t feel have any staying power or contribute anything meaningful to th…
Theft of ideas happens all the time in the creative industry. When you come up with something fresh and exciting that attracts attention, it’s inevi…
Designers, put your hands up! Today, we’re busting the widely held myth of the style, that elusive ‘je ne sais quois’ that creative professional…
Lots of people, many designers included, think a “brand” is just a nice looking logo. Wrong. So, so wrong, designers. A brand is about a lot more …
Today, we’re going to have a little crash course in creative direction. After you’ve been designing for a while, you may find yourself in charge o…