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Design Management: The Process & Business of Design
Using The Design Process to Resolve Project Conflicts
Every designer has worked on a project that has had moments of frustration. Some frustrations are common and have become part of design lore. The client who changes the direction of the project late in the game; the client who …
Categories: Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured
Tags: Dave Holston, design brief, design process, design project
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Keeping a Graphic Design Contract Simple
Want to know the trick to creating a contract that’s easy for both parties to understand? Ditch the lawyers. These 13 user-friendly clauses will lay the foundation for a frustration-free business partnership for both you and your client.
Design Project Management Software Solutions
Choosing and implementing a project-management system can be a daunting task. In HOW’s March 2013 In-House Issues column, Cella Consulting’s Jackie Schaffer walks you through the process step-by-step so you can pick the right solution for your in-house team. Here is her handy list of design project management software options.
Designers Tackle Copyright & Intellectual Property Issues
Copyright law is far from simple, or perfect. This is a subject that all creative people have a vested interest in. It’s time for all designers to learn more about protecting their rights.
Categories: Design Business & The Industry of Design, Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Design Careers: Industry Advice & Job Search Tips, Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured, Freelance Design Work & How to Freelance
Tags: copyright, intellectual property
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48 Things Every Good Boss Needs to Know
David C. Baker shares 48 tips on how to be a good manager to the members of your creative team. Making a difference is more than taking on a social issue, it’s about managing your employees well.
How to Deal With a Bad Boss
Following are three of the most common types of bad managers along with strategies for how to deal with a bad boss.
The Impact that Comes with Control in a Marketing Firm
How do you get (money and) impact in a client relationship, consistently, month after month? It doesn’t happen without some measure of control in the client relationship. If you’re an order-taker (that’s the opposite end of the spectrum), you’re not an expert, and your recommendations are not considered as seriously as they could be.
The Advantages of Being a Small Design Firm
What better time to point out the advantages of being a small design firm than when the industry is experiencing a contraction. All the more so since we have this strange obsession with growth, captured in phrases like “if you aren’t growing, you’re dying.” You can’t fit deep thinking on a bumper sticker, and that looks like a bumper sticker to me.
In-House Designers: 37 Ways to Get Fired
Here, Andy Epstein, author of “The Corporate Creative,” offers a tongue-in-cheek list of ways to get fired in the hopes that you’ll not try them.
Categories: Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured, HOW Books: Exclusive Excerpts & Design Book Reviews, HOW September 2012, In-House Design: Careers & Advice, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: career tips, corporate creative, in-house department, in-house designer
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6 Tips for Designers Working Remotely
Today, it’s not uncommon for telecommuter team members to be spread out across the globe. Consider these tips for managing remote working relationships.
Categories: Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Design Careers: Industry Advice & Job Search Tips, Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: remote worker, remote working, team morale, telecommuter, virtual meetings, working remotely
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