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Good Font, Bad Font: How to Pick the Best Font

Good Font, Bad Font: How to Pick the Best Font

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Design / Fonts

We share five key rules for selecting the ideal typeface, and show you how to determine if that font you like may not be so great after all

Is It Worthwhile Having a Personal Portfolio?

Is It Worthwhile Having a Personal Portfolio?

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Design / Freelance Design

As information is spread so quickly through social media, are potential clients really going to take the time to visit your personal website?

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.

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

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Design

From failure to success: how designers can learn from mistakes to improve their work and approach.

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

Stop Worrying About People Stealing Your Ideas

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Design

We explore some important reasons why you should stop worrying about anyone potentially stealing your creative design ideas.

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

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Design

These rules of clean design are based on the ten principles by Dieter Rams but modified to fit with a more general goal of simplicity.

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

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Design / Freelance Design

We share a reliable process freelance designers can use to stop all those unethical requests from clients from getting out of control.

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

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Design

We explore some effective ways to get those creative juices flowing so that you can get back in the flow and continue to wow your clients.

How Simple, Classic Design Should Work

How Simple, Classic Design Should Work

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Design

Simplifying features and information is one of the most important steps toward creating the best user experience possible.

Taking Inspiration from the Humble Shopping Cart

Taking Inspiration from the Humble Shopping Cart

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Design

We explore the history of the humble shopping cart, taking lessons from its design and marketing that you can apply to your design process today.

Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs

Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs

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Design

Sushi has been popular in the Western world since the 1970s, when it was introduced to diners in the U.S. You probably have a strong opinion about it – either…

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Skillset

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Skillset

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Design
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