Be Ready to Always Explain Yourself
Sometimes I think we forget that our clients don't really understand what we do. Whether it's out of arrogance or passion we sometimes get carried away with our jargon about fonts or printing terms a ...
Walk Away
Just like its best to walk away from a disagreement or heated argument because we aren't seeing clearly, sometimes we get too close to the work we do. Leave your design to chill out, move away from ...
Take a Break
Put it down, close it down, put it away, shut it down, press pause, get up, walk away and don't think about it for awhile. You will be amazed and thrilled at the clarity a break will bring when you g ...
Use Your Friends
There are many different ways you can improve your work or make an idea better. I have found, that it is very useful to use my friends, and my colleagues. Show them your work, your sketches, concept ...
Focus on One Step at a Time
There are lots of steps to take from the beginning of the creative process to the final product. I think often we are so amped up about the end that we skip steps or jump randomly from step one to s ...
Stop Trying to Be Original
Literally nothing is new, there are no original ideas. Even King Solomon wrote, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." Someone will ...
Change is Good
Never hesitate to start over if what you have already done is not the right thing. A blank page can be daunting but beautiful! Try something different, do something you wouldn't normally do. Stretch ...
Every Designer Should Love a Font & Hate a Font
Every designer should have a font that they really love and one that they truly loathe. And they should be able to explain why. For example, I love Helvetica (I know, how cliché right?). But honestl ...
Read Design Books
Today's Tip: Read Design Books You can get stuck looking at "inspiration" all day online because it's a never-ending well of amazing things. But reading books gives you the opportunity to really ta ...
Sketch
Sketch; with an actual pencil and paper. You think differently about your ideas when you aren't constrained by digital tools. I find it freeing and I feel more creative when I just let my pencil go. ...
White Space and Letting Your Design Breathe
Welcome to the first ever #DesignTipTuesday Today's tip: Let your design breathe. Embrace the negative space. Clean design forces you to to discipline your design thinking.
Blog Post Zero
After many years of thoughts and discussions on the topic, I decided to start a blog. A blog about my thoughts on why design matters. I find it frustrating every time I have to "convince" someone, whe ...