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On Tastes, Trends and Personal Styles

On Tastes, Trends and Personal Styles

Design / Web Design

The most important thing a designer needs to have is a good taste. A good taste at identifying great work. It doesn’t matter if your work doesn’t match up with…

The Art of Hating Your Previous Creative Work

The Art of Hating Your Previous Creative Work

Design / Web Design

A cool side benefit of being a designer is that, the longer you’re in the game, the larger your portfolio becomes. That portfolio will, in turn, help to establish you…

10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame

10 Reasons Why Your Design Skills May Seem Lame

Design / Web Design

The design field is pretty crowded. If this is your “calling,” then you have to accept that you are in competition with a lot of creatives that may know more…

Inspiring and Creative Designers’ Video CVs

Inspiring and Creative Designers’ Video CVs

Design

In this job market, having a great CV is more important than ever. More and more people are competing for each job, so it is obvious that a standard double-sided…

The Benefits of Creating a Design System

The Benefits of Creating a Design System

Design / Web Design

Styleguides have been around for years and have always been important to the visual identity of a company, but the rebrand of the term has given a new dimension to…

What Has Happened to All of the Web Design Ideas?

What Has Happened to All of the Web Design Ideas?

Design / Web Design

We all know that most design clients are fairly predictable in tastes and not exactly thrilling to work for. I am sure you are not clapping your hands in excitement…

What Do You Do When the Project You’re Working on No Longer Excites You?

What Do You Do When the Project You’re Working on No Longer Excites You?

Design / Web Design

Inspiration and passion are a designers’ daily bread. Without them we crumble, wither and are reduced to mere pixels pushing hacks. But the problem with passion and inspiration is they’re…

How to Become a Designer Without Going to School

How to Become a Designer Without Going to School

Design / Web Design

Humans have been creating art for thousands of years, with the oldest known human-made works of artistic expression dating back 40,000 years to caves in Indonesia. But despite nearly 40…

How to Involve Decision Makers in the Design Process

How to Involve Decision Makers in the Design Process

Design / Web Design

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…

simple method design skills

A Simple Method for Developing Design Skills This Year

Design / Web Design

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 / 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
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