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Addison Duvall (67 Articles)

Addison Duvall is the author of Food Identities, a blog that explores the crossroads of food, design, art, and culture. She’s written some things, designed other things, and eaten a whole lot of food.
How to Promote Your Freelance Design Services the Right Way

How to Promote Your Freelance Design Services the Right Way

Freelance Design / Web Design

Freelance designers, when marketing, can often drive the wrong kind of traffic to their websites, and can even drive the right kind away.

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

Design

We explore some effective ways to get those creative juices flowing so that you can get back in the flow and continue to wow your clients.

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

Web Design

Understand how to communicate the true value of your design services to clients, enhancing appreciation and compensation.

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

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…

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

Web Design

Tips for effectively meeting client needs without compromising your standards or creativity in the design process.

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Web Design

Knowing how to spot a bad business idea or tell when a particular business relationship looks rickety is an important skill every designer should learn.

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

Design

We explore the idea generation process familiar to many designers: the scribbled idea on a restaurant napkin process. It’s high-level stuff!

Is It Worth Having a Personal Portfolio?

Is It Worth Having a Personal Portfolio?

Design / Web Design

As information is spread so quickly through social media, are potential clients really going to take the time to visit your personal website?

How to Do Away With Bad Design Ideas & Move on to the Good Ones

How to Do Away With Bad Design Ideas & Move on to the Good Ones

Design / Web 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…

How to Avoid Design by Committee

How to Avoid Design by Committee

Design / Web Design

Most people have an idea of the perfect solution to their design problem. The downside is that so does everyone else with the same problem.

Why You Should Include Your Personal Passions in Your Design Work

Why You Should Include Your Personal Passions in Your Design Work

Web Design

Including interesting side projects in your portfolio can help you make the leap from forgettable, all-purpose designer to an industry superstar.

How Teaching Will Help You Become the Best Designer You Can Be

How Teaching Will Help You Become the Best Designer You Can Be

Design
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