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How Teaching Will Help You Become the Best Designer You Can Be

How Teaching Will Help You Become the Best Designer You Can Be

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Design

We explore some of the key ways that sharing your knowledge will help you to become the best designer you can possibly be.

Sketchbooks – The Designer’s Cookbook

Sketchbooks – The Designer’s Cookbook

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Design

As a food lover, I absolutely adore cookbooks. I have a ton of them – all filled with pages and pages of delicious recipes for me to try and experiment…

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

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Design

From failure to success: how designers can learn from mistakes to improve their work and approach.

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

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Design

We explore some important reasons why you should stop worrying about anyone potentially stealing your creative design ideas.

You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

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Design

We take a look at why design generalists are inferior to design specialists, and what freelance designers can do instead to boost their desirability to potential clients.

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

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Design / Marketing

Let me start off by asking you a question. How many of you have switched toothpaste brands over the course of your lives? How about deodorant, shampoo, or motor oil…

Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design

Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design

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Design

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 Secret to Successful Food Packaging Design

The Secret to Successful Food Packaging Design

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Design

We take a “field trip” into the design process behind some of the industry’s most successful and effective food packaging designs.

The Personal Process of Choosing the Right Design Tool

The Personal Process of Choosing the Right Design Tool

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Design

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.

10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs

10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs

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Design

Regardless of whether you bake or not, you can take a lot of the same knowledge pastry chefs draw upon every day to improve your design work.

How to Let Go of That Failing Creative Idea

How to Let Go of That Failing Creative Idea

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Design

To help you not quit working on that creative idea, we explore some methods that you can use to finish every design project you start.

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

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Design
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