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Addison Duvall (72 Articles)

Addison Duvall is the author of Food Identities, a blog that explores the crossroads of food, design, art, and culture. She’s written some things, designed other things, and eaten a whole lot of food.
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…

25+ Best Free Serif Fonts for Creatives

25+ Best Free Serif Fonts for Creatives

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Fonts

A collection of the best free serif fonts currently available. Typefaces that beautifully combine aesthetics, functionality, and readability.

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.

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Useful tips for good designers so that they can market themselves to the exact kind of clients that best suits their niche and services.

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.

How to Calm Down a Panicky Design Client

How to Calm Down a Panicky Design Client

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Freelance Design / Web Design

We discuss panicky clients and cover methods that will not only de-escalate their panic but also bring them around to your point of view.

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.

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

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Freelance Design

We discuss how you as the designer can nip most design by committee in the bud, and show you how you can use it to your advantage.

How to Handle Indescribable Uniqueness in Design

How to Handle Indescribable Uniqueness in Design

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Design
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