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Printers and Green Design: Shrink Your Design’s Carbon Footprint

Shrink you graphic design carbon footprint: choosing green printer and green design suppliers can play a key role in sustainable design business practices. More

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Join Adobe at HOW Design Live — June 2013

Adobe is a proud sponsor of HOW Design Live, and has incredible things in store to help sharpen your design skills, and get you re-inspired to create your greatest work yet. Want to win an Adobe® Creative Cloud™ 5-year membership? More

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Top 10 Websites for Designers – June 2013

Every month HOW scours the web to discover the top design websites. We’re looking for the best promo sites, as well as design tools and resources. More

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Create a Design Career Map to Chart Your Next Move

Many people embark on professional journeys without any clear sense of their destination. That’s why you need a career map — a detailed plan that includes your long-term professional goals and action steps for achieving them. More

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5 Tactics to Silence the Biggest Creativity Killer

Sideswipes to your ideas come with the territory of being a creative. But don’t let those negative noises from the outside manifest into self-doubt. More

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Becoming a Specialist Generalist: The Multidisciplinary Digital Creative

The key to future-proofing your career as a digital creative is to be flexible and become a specialist generalist—a digital creative who can diversify. More

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‘Fist to Face’ Follows Creative Rebel Mirko Ilić

“Fist to Face” by Dejan Krsić is a highly visual biography that examines Mirko Ilić’s formative years growing up in Yugoslavia during the era of Communism. Dive into this excerpt. More

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Using Design to Connect with Corporate Employees

Companies invest in strategic communication initiatives for their customers and investors. They should put the effort in designing internal communications. More

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Greco Design’s Workspace: A Modern Marvel

A home restored to its mid-century charm houses this Brazilian design firm. Greco Design decided to use what was already available to get inspiration in re-designing their new location. More

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Top 10 Websites for Designers – May 2013

Every month HOW scours the web and pours through submissions from creatives to discover the top design websites. We’re looking for the best promo sites of talented designers and illustrators, as well as design tools, resources and fun sites for … More

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