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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.
The Cupcake Method for Improving Your Design Workflow

The Cupcake Method for Improving Your Design Workflow

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Design

Ah, cupcakes. Who doesn’t love those little, round bites of deliciousness? With a history spanning many, many years, cupcakes have a rich legacy that includes chemistry, enterprise, and problem solving….

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.

Dealing With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

Dealing With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

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Freelance Design

We’ve all experienced when a client wants to make a change to your design that, as a designer, you can immediately tell will result in disaster.

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…

Testing Your Marketing Efforts as a Freelancer Designer

Testing Your Marketing Efforts as a Freelancer Designer

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Freelance Design

In today’s freelancing climate, one of the best things you can do in terms of marketing yourself is to think in what I like to call “Test Terms.” What does…

What Happened to the Great Plans For Your Design Career?

What Happened to the Great Plans For Your Design Career?

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Freelance Design

So your great plans of achieving your design career goals are have been flushed down the drain. What happened? Is there a practical reason?

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…

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

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Freelance Design

Incorporating the mise en place idea into your creative process allows you to prepare yourself to power through your work with less stress and fewer headaches.

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
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