So you’ve got a great project that you’re finally ready to launch, but you need a couple things to make you look legit. A website, press kit, packaging, maybe even a business card. You have some money set aside, but you have no idea how much is enough and you certainly don’t want to break…
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I was reading this article from InVision about estimating the ROI in design, and it reinforced that good design does have a quantifiable benefit. Sometimes spending money on design-related products or services seems like a bonus, used when a company has extra room in the budget that allows for the splurge. It’s seen as something…
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It’s a good question, one that requires a lot of thought and deliberation. Obviously, I might be a little bit biased as a designer, but instead of giving a blanket statement like – “everytime,” I thought I’d dig a little deeper and answer the question thoughtfully, as if I weren’t wearing my creative hat and…
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In our tech-obsessed world, it’s becoming increasingly important to also be intentional about tidying our digital data as much as possible. I’ll divided this article into 2 main sections: WHY (the real benefits) and HOW (practical tips).
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I didn’t grow up in a particularly creative family, and I remember being jealous of my fellow design students who had artists, designers and musicians as parents. I was certainly not one of them, although they did encourage me. My earliest recollections…
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I’m quite picky when it comes to my email subscriptions; I’m hesitant to subscribe and quick to unsubscribe. Like most of us, I simply can’t be bothered reading things that are just sub-par because my time is valuable to me and I get tired of automatically deleting unopened subscription emails. I’ve distilled my top three…
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Time for me to spill the beans. Even designers need a little bit of help sometimes. Ok, a lot of the time. When I was in school, our instructors taught us to be purists and do everything ourselves. Copy, illustrations, photography, the whole nine yards. In fact, we really frowned upon the word ‘template’ (and…
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