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Patrick McNeil looks at the possibilities of CSS3 for the people who aren't working with code.
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Design Ideas: Inspiration for Designers
Are you in search of that next great idea? You’ve come to the right place. It’s time to expand your creative horizons and find design inspiration for future design projects. You’ll find sage advice from creativity experts — yes, there is such a thing — successful designers and design business owners. If you are a design manager, you may want to dig deep for creativity exercises and inspiration tips to kickstart your next team brainstorm. There’s no better way than a little creative stretching to get the juices flowing.
14 Cool Business Card Designs
From super low-budget to ‘the world’s most expensive,’ these cool business card designs do a great job of representing the design firms and clients they personify.
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Categories: Design Ideas: Inspiration for Designers, Design Inspiration: Creative Ideas for Designers, Design Inspiration: Ideas & How-to Advice for Designers, Design Inspiration: Ideas for Designers, Design Projects, Self Promotion for Graphic Design & Designers
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Creative Bliss Day 4: 5 Exercises to Get Your Creativity Unstuck
The book “Unstuck” features 52 exercises, divided by time commitment, to help you beat creative block. Here we sample 5 for a work-week’s worth of inspiration. More
Brainstorming by Yourself
Brainstorming alone can be a lonely and listless experience. But not to worry. Here are nine steps to keep solo brainstorming fresh and productive. More
Overcome Unhealthy Creative Expectations
We all have them, and if we’re not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations. More
Advice from Former New York Times Magazine Art Director
If you’ve ever spent a lazy Sunday with The New York Times Magazine, you’ve probably admired some of Nancy Harris Rouemy’s jaw-dropping type and design work. Maybe you paused to admire a feature opener where she deconstructed a font and … More
Create While You Wait
As you find yourself seemingly wasting time in dreaded checkout lines or in traffic, learn to create some of your best ideas for your next design project by finding inspiration around you.
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Creative Marathon
Just like a marathon runner trains for their big race, we challenge you to complete a month-long creative marathon. This involves following weekly training schedules with exercises laid out by Sam Harrison, aka The Creative Coach.
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Paper and Invite Gallery
So many wonderful wedding invitations poured into our mailbox for this issue’s “You’re Invited …” story (see the June, 2010 Issue of HOW to see the full story) that we decided to feature another group of great designs online. From … More
Designer Challenge: Illustrate Your Creative Process
The Creative Process Illustrated inspired one designer to record her and draw her own mind map. Let’s see yours.
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Picturing Creativity
When two advertising professors set out to explore creativity in the industry, they ended up with a collection of drawings to inspire the process of any creative thinker. More
