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Broaden your horizons by reading articles from our authors – web and graphic designers just like you – who share their thoughts, opinions, and knowledge covering all areas of design.

You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

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Design

We take a look at why design generalists are inferior to design specialists, and what freelance designers can do instead to boost their desirability to potential clients.

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

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Design

These rules of clean design are based on the ten principles by Dieter Rams but modified to fit with a more general goal of simplicity.

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

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Design / Freelance Design

We share a reliable process freelance designers can use to stop all those unethical requests from clients from getting out of control.

Taking Inspiration from the Humble Shopping Cart

Taking Inspiration from the Humble Shopping Cart

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Design

We explore the history of the humble shopping cart, taking lessons from its design and marketing that you can apply to your design process today.

Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs

Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs

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Design

Sushi has been popular in the Western world since the 1970s, when it was introduced to diners in the U.S. You probably have a strong opinion about it – either…

How to Handle Losing Your Motivation as a Designer

How to Handle Losing Your Motivation as a Designer

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Design

We share a technique you can use when you’re feeling burnt out and can’t bear to take one more step to complete that big creative project.

What Should New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning?

What Should New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning?

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Design

Today I’m speaking to those just getting started in design. Maybe you just graduated from design school, or you’ve read through all the fundamental lessons offered here and on other…

Doing Away With Bad Design Ideas & Moving on to the Good Ones

Doing Away With Bad Design Ideas & Moving on to the Good Ones

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Design

There’s a common saying in the fiction-writing world: kill your darlings. No, this isn’t some morbid encouragement to do bodily harm to your loved ones. Killing your darlings means that…

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

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Design

We talk about what you’re really supposed to be doing as a designer, and about the role your designs play in your client’s sales funnel.

Finding & Using Your Own Design Voice

Finding & Using Your Own Design Voice

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Design

Your design voice – or design style, if you will – is how you choose to relay information to your audience. That sounds simple, but for the uninitiated, it can…

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

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Design

From failure to success: how designers can learn from mistakes to improve their work and approach.

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

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Design
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