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HOW Books: Exclusive Excerpts & Design Book Reviews
Looking for Design Books? You’ve come to the right place. From designing striking web graphics to getting the most from your software, to tapping into new sources for ideas, to navigating the business world, you’ll discover the design books you need to move your career forward. Or maybe you’re looking for a diversion. A fun read from someone who’s on the cutting edge of design and culture. Well, we’ve got that too.
The goal of HOW Books is to provide advice, inspiration, tools and entertainment for creative people. While we publish a variety of books, the common thread is our dedication to top-notch design. HOW Books are intriguing, useful, beautiful, provocative — or all of the above.Browse the newest HOW Books titles by visiting MyDesignShop.com, your one-stop-shop for design resources.
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Handmade Type Workshop by Charlotte Rivers
This book not only has gorgeous, inspirational examples of handmade letterforms, but also really useful tutorials and behind-the-design information. The author covers virtually every possible way to create typography, including illustration, digital rendering, hand-drawn, printed and stitched, and found object …
The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money by Ilise Benun
I love this book because it breaks down the sometimes-complicated, sometimes-stressful business of talking about and managing money into small actionable items. Ilise’s writing style is friendly, straightforward and honest. In fact, I think the best thing about this book …
Color Inspirations
I just got to see an advance copy of “Color Inspirations” by Darius A. Monsef, IV, and wow—you are going to love it. There are over three thousand color combinations in this fat book, organized by color family. The talented …
5 Questions Every Designer Should Ask Their Clients
Boost a design project’s success rate from the start by determining solutions to problems. To do so, read these 5 questions every designer should ask their clients.
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What to Do When The Client Refuses to Pay
Ilise Benun provides solid advice on how to handle this situation and move forward.
Inspiration for Every Day
When illustrator Eric Smith was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to turn his illness into a gift and started the Live Now Project.
5 Tactics for Better Web Designs
Web developer and author Patrick McNeil regularly consults with designers who ask him to critique their web projects. And he finds that most designers focus on creative expression instead of business needs. Here, Patrick offers 5 tactics to improve the success of your web designs.
“The Vector Brush Sourcebook” Bonus Tutorials
"The Vector Brush Sourcebook" provides 300 unique brushes for digital illustration.View bonus tutorials now.
Surviving as a Creative in Corporate Environments
Check out this exclusive interview with author Andy Epstein, and find out why he compares client management to "herding cats" in the new book The Corporate Creative. More
