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Addison Duvall (72 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.
As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

Design / Freelance / Marketing

Let me start off by asking you a question. How many of you have switched toothpaste brands over the course of your lives? How about deodorant, shampoo, or motor oil…

Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design

Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design

Design / Freelance

We discuss the importance of ditching the unnecessary when developing design concepts, and why it’s so hard to do in the first place.

The Secret to Successful Food Packaging Design

The Secret to Successful Food Packaging Design

Design / Freelance

We take a “field trip” into the design process behind some of the industry’s most successful and effective food packaging designs.

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

Freelance / Web Design

Useful tips for good designers so that they can market themselves to the exact kind of clients that best suits their niche and services.

The Personal Process of Choosing the Right Design Tool

The Personal Process of Choosing the Right Design Tool

Design / Freelance

Tips on how the tools you use as a designer can help improve your creative process and aid you in creating work you can stand behind.

10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs

10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs

Design / Freelance

Regardless of whether you bake or not, you can take a lot of the same knowledge pastry chefs draw upon every day to improve your design work.

How to Let Go of That Failing Creative Idea

How to Let Go of That Failing Creative Idea

Design / Freelance

To help you not quit working on that creative idea, we explore some methods that you can use to finish every design project you start.

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

Freelance

We discuss how you as the designer can nip most design by committee in the bud, and show you how you can use it to your advantage.

How to Handle Indescribable Uniqueness in Design

How to Handle Indescribable Uniqueness in Design

Design / Freelance

We discuss weird and indescribable uniqueness in design, share how you can handle it, and whether or not it’s necessarily a good thing.

It’s Task Management, Not Time Management

It’s Task Management, Not Time Management

Freelance / Web Design

We share some essential tips that designers and developers should use to help manage their time so they can work more efficiently.

Why You Should Further Educate Yourself as a Designer

Why You Should Further Educate Yourself as a Designer

Design / Freelance

Some methods for further educating yourself as a designer, and apply what you learn to become better at what you do and more desirable to clients.

What To Do With All Those Spare Creative Ideas

What To Do With All Those Spare Creative Ideas

Design / Freelance

There are many ways you can deal with all those spare creative ideas. Here are some suggestions on what you can do with them.

Finding a Niche as a Designer Isn’t an Overused Cliché

Finding a Niche as a Designer Isn’t an Overused Cliché

Design / Freelance

Focusing on a niche as a designer will help you strengthen your personal brand and attract highly targeted, highly desirable clients.

How to Develop a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs

How to Develop a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs

Design / Freelance

Using personal stories and experiences, designers should master the skill of developing mythology by crafting a narrative that captivates followers.

Those Things You Must Do When Ending a Freelance Design Project

Those Things You Must Do When Ending a Freelance Design Project

Freelance / Web Design

There are important things you should do when ending a freelance project, and today we go over what they are and why you should do them.

Why You Should Fire Your Worst Design Clients

Why You Should Fire Your Worst Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

As a creative professional, you need to know what you are capable of by creating new opportunities, and not be afraid of eliminating what’s not working.

Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User

Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User

Freelance / Web Design

We talk about simplifying your designs using the Pareto Principle to ensure that you make the best possible decisions for your clients.

How Simple, Classic Design Should Work

How Simple, Classic Design Should Work

Design / Freelance
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