Your Job Doesn’t Care About You
After decades hiring and leading creative teams, I’ve learned the hard truth: your job doesn’t care about you. In this post, I share nine hard-earned lessons on protecting your career, from networking and personal branding to fighting ageism and showing your work. It’s real talk every designer needs to hear.
14 Trends in Graphic Design for 2020
Trends are to be defined as movements in design that have gained wide enough usage that they can actually be recognized as a "trend".
The Un-Instagrammable
When you are creating a brand, you look for the iconic. The memorable. The indelible. The unique. The un-Instagrammable.
To Win Big, Think Small
A staggering 80% of social media viewing is done on mobile devices. How do people choose what to consume?
Improving Design Productivity: Creatives Need Privacy
Companies see wall-less creative workspaces as an extension of their brand image. They are more interested in how it looks, than how well it works. And for creatives and designers that's a problem.
Video Is The New Black
It's estimated that 80% of all content consumed on the web will be video by 2020. To the entrepreneur, brand owner or creative professional, “video is the new black”. The once nice-to-have is now a requirement to remain competitive.
Let's Co-Everything
The cost and risk of opening a retail presence has always been a significant barrier for brands just getting started. You used to have to go it alone. But now you don’t have to.
