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The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

Your Brand Guidelines Are Not Enough

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers we love guidelines, they provide structure, consistency, and clarity throughout the design process. Guidelines help speed up production and helps teams scale their work efficiently. What's not to love? While brand guidelines are still at...

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The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

The death of design expertise? How AI is reshaping creative industries forever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: When it comes to Artificial Intelligence you have to admit, it has put the design community on its ear. It took months to learn the creative programs you needed to produce a quality website and all that went with it, and thanks to AI, a twelve year...

Your Brand Guidelines Are Not Enough

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers we love guidelines, they provide structure, consistency, and clarity throughout the design process. Guidelines help speed up production and helps teams scale their work efficiently. What's not to love? While brand guidelines are still at...

Improving design critiques

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As a UX designer, your goal is to deliver the best UX experience possible. Anything less than your best will put your project in danger of failing. To help designers give their best it’s important to seek a detailed and thoughtful evaluation of your...

How long does it take to turnaround a brand?

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Brands are like restaurants, they have a few dishes you love, and no other place makes them quite the same, so you keep going back there again and again. When it comes to restaurants and brands, sooner or later you're going to get tired of the same...

Why Minimal Logos Work

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It wasn't long ago that companies had logos that were works of art. You could be passing a billboard at sixty miles per hour and out the corner of your eye you would recognize a logo, same for surfing the net, it would be basically the same. Enter...

The Psychology of Effective Navigation Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Let's face it, when it comes to UX design, without good navigation users can feel like they are shoveling sand against the tide in an effort to achieve their goals. Whether you're buying, selling, or gathering information, the goal of good navigation...

The UX Butterfly Effect

ARTICLE SUMMARY: The old saying goes, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." While the internet has been a boon to mankind, there are a lot of unintended consequences that designers need to deal with. The rise of social media saw the unintended rise in...

The Psychology Behind Great UI Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is no better feeling than sitting at your computer, ordering something online, and from start to finish everything was seamless. No slow website speeds, no difficulty finding the items you want, and no issues with payment or shipping. Just one...

Color Theory for Photographers, part I

ARTICLE SUMMARY: How many designers out there like to pick up their camera and go out and start shooting just for the fun of it. Let's face it, we all need a change of scenery once in a while, and what better way for a creative to exercise their imagination than...

The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

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How to Build a Future-Proof Graphic Design Career

ARTICLE SUMMARY: No one can deny the radical changes Artificial Intelligence has had on the design community. Even more amazing is the speed at which these changes are happening. It tends to be a little unnerving and down right scary at times. As AI tools become more...

See What They See: Constellations’ New App Unlocks Audience Perception Like Never Before

In today’s crowded digital landscape, it’s not enough to just deliver your message, you need to know how your message is landing. That’s where Constellations groundbreaking new Audience Perception Mapping App comes in. This powerful new tool is...

CONSISTENCY, On compounding patterns and the art of divergence.

ARTICLE SUMMARY: "Consistency" is one of the most repeated mantras in UX design, but do we always understand what it means? Depending on context, it can be seen as a thoughtful compliment or an inflexible constraint. Brands create and maintain consistent UX patterns...

Simplifying Icon Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Originally icons were used as aids for worship and spiritual contemplation in Eastern Christianity. They were used as tools for edification, especially for the illiterate faithful, by visually conveying religious stories and teachings. The 1980s...

Top 10 Tips for Creating a Personal Logo Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: A personal logo is something many people would love to have, it's a visual representation of who they are. For designers a logo is essential to establishing their brand and communicate our skills to potential clients. There are a lot of people out...

How to draw vibrant character art, tips from a pro artist

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers, creativity and imagination are just the beginning. Thriving in this industry requires a blend of creative and technical skills, including a solid grasp of design principles, proficiency in tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator,...

How to Build a Future-Proof Graphic Design Career

ARTICLE SUMMARY: No one can deny the radical changes Artificial Intelligence has had on the design community. Even more amazing is the speed at which these changes are happening. It tends to be a little unnerving and down right scary at times. As AI tools become more...

How to be strategic when picking a typeface

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers, we understand how crucial typography is to the success of any project. For users, it's simple: they can either read it or they can't and have no interest in why. Most people aren’t aware of the depth of research and thought that goes...

17 typography tips for creating your own fonts

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers you know that the right font can put your project over the top. But there are times when no matter how hard you look you will not find that "just right" font for your project, it's frustrating. When that happens you have two choices,...

Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Back in the day before computers, when it came to type life was fairly simple. You picked out your type, you watched your leading, kerning, legibility, and readability. Pretty straight forward stuff and then it was off to the printers. Depending on...

Decoding Typography: Unveiling the Art and Science

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It's been said before, you can never learn enough about type. The more we understand type the more we can take advantage it's power of communication and persuasion to our designs. The study of typography spans centuries of development and innovation...

The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

Your Brand Guidelines Are Not Enough

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers we love guidelines, they provide structure, consistency, and clarity throughout the design process. Guidelines help speed up production and helps teams scale their work efficiently. What's not to love? While brand guidelines are still at...

Improving design critiques

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As a UX designer, your goal is to deliver the best UX experience possible. Anything less than your best will put your project in danger of failing. To help designers give their best it’s important to seek a detailed and thoughtful evaluation of your...

How long does it take to turnaround a brand?

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Brands are like restaurants, they have a few dishes you love, and no other place makes them quite the same, so you keep going back there again and again. When it comes to restaurants and brands, sooner or later you're going to get tired of the same...

Why Minimal Logos Work

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It wasn't long ago that companies had logos that were works of art. You could be passing a billboard at sixty miles per hour and out the corner of your eye you would recognize a logo, same for surfing the net, it would be basically the same. Enter...

The Psychology of Effective Navigation Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Let's face it, when it comes to UX design, without good navigation users can feel like they are shoveling sand against the tide in an effort to achieve their goals. Whether you're buying, selling, or gathering information, the goal of good navigation...

The UX Butterfly Effect

ARTICLE SUMMARY: The old saying goes, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." While the internet has been a boon to mankind, there are a lot of unintended consequences that designers need to deal with. The rise of social media saw the unintended rise in...

The Psychology Behind Great UI Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is no better feeling than sitting at your computer, ordering something online, and from start to finish everything was seamless. No slow website speeds, no difficulty finding the items you want, and no issues with payment or shipping. Just one...

Payment Button Design Best Practices

ARTICLE SUMMARY: If you're involved in eCommerce you know the importance of the payment button. If the button is unclear, misplaced, or mistrusted, it can cause users to abandon their purchase. Design choices like label clarity ("Pay Now" vs. "Complete Order"), secure...

Don Norman’s seven important questions of user interaction

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Whether people realize it or not, design is everywhere and woven into the very fabric of our life. From clothing, buildings, objects and services used daily, all things are the result of a deliberate design process. Don Norman once said, “Design is...

The Best Pricing Strategy You’re Not Using Yet

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Unless you have a rich uncle with money willing to take a chance on you, it's tough starting your own business. In the beginning it's a hand in mouth lifestyle that's very stressful and scary at the same time. It's not for everyone. One of the big...

Your Brand Guidelines Are Not Enough

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers we love guidelines, they provide structure, consistency, and clarity throughout the design process. Guidelines help speed up production and helps teams scale their work efficiently. What's not to love? While brand guidelines are still at...

Improving design critiques

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As a UX designer, your goal is to deliver the best UX experience possible. Anything less than your best will put your project in danger of failing. To help designers give their best it’s important to seek a detailed and thoughtful evaluation of your...