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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.
Sell Your Ideas to Decision Makers
Arm yourself with the skills to sell your best ideas to decision makers.
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Take a Trip to Recharge Your Creativity
Planning a weekend getaway or a summer vacation? Wherever you’re traveling, make sure your creativity gets rejuvenated along the way with these 6 tips.
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IdeaSelling Excerpt: Present a Powerful Pitch
Creativity guru Sam Harrison offers exercises and tips to help you present your ideas successfully to decision makers. More
Beat the Downtime Doldrums
Most designers usually have more than enough work to do. But Every now and then, just maybe, your workload (for whatever reason) slows. Check out these 15 tips to best utilize that time as creative playtime.
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Inspiration on a Dime
When the going gets tough, does creativity suffer? Plus, check out these 5 tips to promote creativity at your job when budgets are lean. More
Free Downloads for Designers from Von Glitschka
Designer Von Glitschka was featured in the August 2008 issue of HOW and was a speaker at this year’s HOW Design Conference. Here, he provides free worksheets and guides for you to download that will help you approach your design projects. More
Make This Month More Creative
Want to make this month your most creative? Our resident creative expert offers up an exercise for you to complete each week. Break free from your creative rut! More
Make Your Creativity More Productive Around the Office
How often do you get a great idea and let it fall by the wayside? Is there a way to get more out of your creativity and make it more productive? Here’s a sneak peek into how one team has switched they way they do things around the office to do just that. Learn from them, and watch your creativity flourish. More
5 Tips to Boost Your Brainstorming Energy
Are your brainstorming sessions falling flat? Here are 5 ways to boost the energy and tap back into inspiration. More
A Writing Primer for Designers
Designers rely primarily on type, image and color to communicate. But what you communicate is just as important as how you say it. Juliet D’Ambrosio (who’s a creative director at her day job) offers tips on how to polish your writing skills. More
