Who Should Care More About Your Design, You or Your Client?
The question of who ought to care more about a commercial design project is a surprisingly divisive one.…
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Design Gone Wrong: What to Do When Clients Turn Against You
It’s a designer’s worst nightmare. The perfect working relationship between you and and an awesome client suddenly turns…
How to Turn Skepticism Into Success: An Experiment
An experiment that helps you learn from something you initially turn up our noses at or were skeptical…
How to Quit Acting Like an Amateur Designer
Everyone has at least one designer friend who just gives off an air of unprofessionalism. Perhaps it’s even…
Developing A Creative Ritual (For Higher Productivity)
Many of the world’s most successful creatives had peculiar habits and rituals that they used to make some…
Designers: Do You have Too Much Ego For Your Own Good?
Ego and design go together like chocolate and chili peppers (seriously, it’s delicious – the Aztecs were really…
5 Reasons Why Designers Need a Mentor
What is a mentor? Plenty of people think it’s some formal, master/apprentice agreement that lasts for a certain…
Frankendesign – When Re-Using Old Designs Makes Sense
Do you all know the story of Frankenstein’s monster? A mad scientist attempts to create a living creature…
Designers: When To Customize Type For Logos
Typefaces exist for a reason. They make our job as designers much, much easier, as we don’t have…
How Separate Portfolios For Your Creative Work May Just Help
We designers love to experiment with different styles. It’s practically expected if we wish to stay ahead of…
Design Trends: Do We Follow Them Without Realizing It?
Quick – what’s the hottest design trend right now? Whether you answered ‘flat design‘ or something similar, it…
Designers: 7 Ways To Be More Prolific
With the demand for design increasing every day, so too is the number of designers out there competing…
How To Give Back To The Design Community
We’ve all seen example after example of perfectly rendered designs that tickle our imaginations, and sometimes even make…
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…