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Lisa Congdon’s Top 10 Tips for Being a Business Boss
Lisa Congdon writes books, makes art, and dominates in her design business. She gives us her top 10 tips on how to be a business boss and make the most of your creative talents.
8 Business Mistakes Freelancers Make: Tips from Ilise Benun
Ahead of her talk at HOW Design Live, marketing expert Ilise Benun spoke to us about the biggest mistakes a graphic design freelancer can make.
Where Are We Going? Graphic Design Trends 2019
Four experts share their take on the upcoming grapic design trends 2019. The new year is waiting and here's what to look for, designers!
In Praise of Independent Holiday Card Design
We feature a few designers who are keeping the art of holiday card design alive.
Toronto Transit Commission Gets You Where You Want to Go
Toronto Transit Commission create a clever public transit announcement campaign and receive a 2018 HOW Promotion Outstanding Achievement Award.
7 Ways to Set Your Creative Inspiration on Fire
But seriously. How can you actually get inspired, beyond the obvious? There’s got to be more to it than just the same old ‘doodle in your sketchbook’ advice. Here are some tips from the pros on how they take time off to recharge, vault over any lingering creative block, and refuel their flow.
5 Online Courses for Designers
The best of the best are constantly working to improve their skills and get the right tools to succeed. So when we hear that “the average American spends roughly 11 hours a day in front of a computer screen,” even that isn’t enough. We sometimes get stuck in our own way of working and...
8 Key Principles of Design Thinking
“Design is the non-fiction version of art,” once said Douglas Coupland. But when it comes to design thinking, what's really involved?
Art As Witness: A Chat with Steve Brodner
Art as Witness: Political Graphics 2016-18, co-curated by Steve Brodner, features over 200 political artworks, graphic design and illustrations opening October 6 and running until November 3, 2018 at the SVA Chelsea Gallery in New York.