The Personal Process of Choosing the Right Design Tool
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.
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Getting the Job Done: Working with Designers
Those that have managed designers or who have hired one for a freelance project know that not every project goes smoothly. This often isn’t a lack of skills or experience on the designer’s part, but a lack of properly managing the designer’s role in the project. This week’s article provides a few tips for successfully working with designers.
Getting the Job Done: Working with Designers
Those that have managed designers or who have hired one for a freelance project know that not every project goes smoothly. This often isn’t a lack of skills or experience on the designer’s part, but a lack of properly managing the designer’s role in the project. This week’s article provides a few tips for successfully working with designers.
Avoiding Design by Committee
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.
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At What Point Does Obsessing Over Design Become a Liability?
Focussing too much on the design of a project can be done to death – or at least to the detriment of a project. We outline a few situations where the process can get in the way.
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Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User
We talk about simplifying your designs using the Pareto Principle to ensure that you make the best possible decisions for your clients.
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Those Things You Must Do When Ending a Freelance Design Project
There are important things you should do when ending a freelance project, and today we go over what they are and why you should do them.
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Separating Your Personal and Commercial Design Work
Is there a difference between so-called “commercial” work and work that’s done purely for the joy of creating? Should they be separated?
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Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients
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…
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Why Gutenberg Has Changed My Opinion of Page Builders
Ever since page building tools hit the market (particularly the WordPress market), I’ve been rather dismissive of them. A big reason why is that they made a bad first impression….
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