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About HOW staff

HOW is all about helping graphic designers be more inspired, more creative and more successful. Founded in 1985, the HOW brand began its life as a print magazine. Today, the brand still includes an award-winning magazine and an impressive fleet of HOW Books, but has grown to encompass a host of products, events and websites created to serve the business, creativity and technology needs of graphic designers, whether they work for a design firm, for an in-house creative department or for themselves.

‘Tis the Season to Save on Pantone

Get low prices on Pantone products this holiday season, including Pantone swatches, guides and more. Get the promo code to save 10%. More

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Your Greatest Ally: In-House Industry Survey Results

In a widespread survey, in-house industry creative leaders were asked to share feedback related to challenges and goals that they face. See the full survey and connect with tools that can be your greatest ally when asking for more resources. More

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Creative Bliss Day 12: Inspiring Poster Featuring Gandhi Quotes

Want instant inspiration that looks great, too? Download a free poster featuring Gandhi’s 10 fundamentals for changing the world. More

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Creative Bliss Day 10: Develop Identity for Fictitious Chocolatier

Are you enjoying the exercises that accompany this web series, 30 Days to Creative Bliss? “Creative Workshop,” by David Sherwin, is a HOW Book that provides 80 challenges to sharpen your design skills. More

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Crowdsourcing Design: Pro or Con?

Is crowdsourcing an unfair business practice, or an unstoppable movement that’s not to be feared? Two design-industry experts weigh both sides of the argument. More

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Master Your Use of Color

Take your trove of knowledge even further and master color and trends by better incorporating it into your design work. We’ve assembled our leading resources of books and conference sessions and workshops on the topic into this ultimate collection. More

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HOW eBooks for iPad

    A New Way to Be Inspired Jim Krause’s best-selling, globally popular “Index” series and Eric Smith’s inspiring “Live Now” are coming to the iPad! These eBooks use an all new fixed-layout design, these are built specifically for your … More

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30+ Gift Ideas for Designers

HOW editors and designers are feeling fully enveloped in the holiday season. View their holiday gift guides, chocked full of goodies for the color fanatic or packaging obsessed designer on your list. More

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2009 HOW Conference Roundup

Get a brief recap from the HOW Blog, plus see all the tweets from conference goers. The 2009 HOW Conference in Austin, TX, was truly memorable. Follow a link to the forum to post links to your own blog posts from Austin.
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Ideas at Hand

Stop. Step away from the computer. It’s time to get back to pen, paper and paints, to get your hands dirty with a little creative exploration. The HOW staff did just that—and we hope our experiments fuel your own creative play. More

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