Design Inspiration: Creative Ideas for Designers

A graphic designer’s most valuable asset is his/her creativity — and it needs constant care and feeding. Here you’ll find creative thinking exercises, brainstorming tips, activities for creative teams and design inspiration, all geared toward helping you develop the best graphic design solutions. Don’t neglect your creativity. Feed it. Nurture it. And let it breathe. Let it be accessible for when you need it most.

Promotion Design Awards Best of Show: Voting Made Easy for Elections Ontario

Leave it to Leo Burnett Canada to figure out how to make voting a better experience for everyone. Elections Ontario worked with Leo Burnett Canada to revamp everything from the logo to registration cards to wayfinding, not to mention an eye-catching web campaign. More

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5 Ways to Rock a Grant Application

Grants are an often over-looked way to seek funding for a socially conscious design idea. Check out these 5 grant writing tips, excerpted from “The Design Activist’s Handbook: How to Change the World With Socially Conscious Design,” to help bring your idea to life. More

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Behind the Scenes with Illustrator Shaw Nielsen

The self-promotion issue of HOW magazine’s cover is playful, kindly loud and perky. Meet the illustrator behind this cover — Shaw Nielsen. More

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Shultzilla Specializes in New Orleans-Inspired T-shirts, Apparel

For co-founders and T-shirt designers Aimée and Jeremy Miller, first came love then came Shultzilla — a design biz specializing in New Orleans-inspired apparel. More

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Designing Change: Compass to Care

Compass to Care, which pays for the travel arrangements of cancer patients’ families, teamed up with EPIC, an organization that pairs designers with nonprofits. More

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Top 10 Websites For Designers – August 2012

Every month HOW scours the web to find the best design websites. Then we compile the top promo sites, design tools, resources and sites for creative time-outs. More

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Handmade Packaging Workshop: Creating Packaging Templates Download

A fresh new package design book is coming out this month from author Rachel Wiles, the creator of BenignObjects.com! Handmade Packaging Workshop is a comprehinsive guide to creating custom bags, boxes, containers and more. It’s filled with step-by-step tutorials as well … More

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Be Brave: A Quest for Creative Inspiration

Jennifer Sukis lays siege to the continental United States in her quest to understand creative inspiration. Her weapons of choice are a pen and an open mind. Protecting the battlements are creative superpowers who have boldly changed their life using creativity alone. More

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10 Free Fonts—Plus Free Font Download Tips

Check out 10 of HOW’s favorite free fonts, and get expert advice on the do’s and don’ts of free font downloads. More

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Web Type Revolution

Web typography, according to Jason Cranford Teague, has made a dramatic change for the better in the past decade. Find out why in “Web Type Revolution.” Plus, read about 10 trends in web type. More

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