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How to Find & Use Your Own Design Voice

How to Find & Use Your Own Design Voice

Design / Freelance

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…

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

Design / Freelance

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

How to Avoid Design by Committee

How to Avoid Design by Committee

Design / Freelance

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.

Separating Your Personal & Commercial Design Work

Separating Your Personal & Commercial Design Work

Freelance / Web Design

Is there a difference between so-called “commercial” work and work that’s done purely for the joy of creating? Should they be separated?

How to Balance Client Needs vs. Building Your Portfolio

How to Balance Client Needs vs. Building Your Portfolio

Freelance / Web Design

Is our work focused on our clients or ourselves? How can you tell the difference? We try to identify who those fancy design features is benefitting.

Taking Trips Outside of Your Design Comfort Zone

Taking Trips Outside of Your Design Comfort Zone

Web Design

We explore why projects outside of our sweet spot can cause such discomfort and discuss those things we can do to meet these challenges with enthusiasm.

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Freelance

Have you ever found yourself totally in love with a design mockup you created, only to see your client pick it apart? Even worse is when they advocate for changes…

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 Case for Slowing Down the Design Process

The Case for Slowing Down the Design Process

Freelance / Web Design

The benefits of slowing down the design process, leading to more thoughtful, creative, and satisfying work.

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.

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.

How to Develop a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs

How to Develop a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs

Design / Freelance
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