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How to Involve Decision Makers in the Design Process

How to Involve Decision Makers in the Design Process

Design / Freelance

At some point in your design career, you’ve probably been in a meeting with a client discussing design for their website or product, and the conversation starts to turn toward…

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A Simple Method for Developing Design Skills This Year

Design / Freelance

There’s no shortcut or hidden trick to improving your design skills – ask anyone in design or any other field, creative or otherwise. But there is a simple way. It’s…

Proofing Tips for Print Design Perfection

Proofing Tips for Print Design Perfection

Design / Freelance / Print & Graphic Design

Many of the articles on this site are aimed at the digital space, such as design for the web, mobile and apps. And let’s face it, most design in general…

Collaboration Between Designers and Copywriters

Collaboration Between Designers and Copywriters

Design / Freelance

Once upon a time, the assembly line revolutionized productivity. Instead of one worker or a small team performing all the steps to create a product, each person specialized in one…

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

Design / Freelance

They’re the kinds of problems you can’t seem to think your way out of. Whether it’s a unique layout for your site, a concept for a blog post, or an…

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Design / Freelance

Striking out on your own as a freelance designer can be incredibly exciting and rewarding, but to be successful, designers who go this route must hone much more than their…

Typical Oversights When Designing for Print

Typical Oversights When Designing for Print

Design / Freelance / Print & Graphic Design

It is this crucial aspect that many designers forget to consider when designing for print. There are a number of problems that may pop up which can make your final…

8 Super Common Mistakes That Beginner Designers Make

8 Super Common Mistakes That Beginner Designers Make

Design / Freelance

Beginner web designers and developers frequently look at their creations and say things like “this kind of stinks, but I don’t know why!” or “this looks like the zombified version…

The Design Principles of Simplicity

The Design Principles of Simplicity

Design / Freelance

We live surrounded by millennials that are growing up with extensive access to mobile devices and laptops. It is a common thought that millennials are not brand loyal. Nonsense! In…

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Design / Freelance

Gone are the days when publishing houses were the gatekeepers of the book industry. We are in the midst of a revolution, and the book industry is being turned upside…

A Case for Using Gimp

A Case for Using Gimp

Design / Freelance

Before I start answering the question of whether GIMP is a Photoshop alternative or not, I have to make it clear that the GIMP project hasn’t been developed with the…

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

Design / Freelance
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