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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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“Your Best Work”—Graphic Design Award Winners 2011

Check out the amazing design work from the 10 runner’s up in HOW’s “Your Best Work” Design Awards. Get inspired by this award-winning design work. More

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The Keys to Design Business Success: Belief, Opportunity, Capacity

The path to success in your design business involves belief, opportunity and capacity. The end goal isn’t in sheer size, but in profitability and impact. More

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Do You Have a Design Hobby, Job or Company?

The lines can seem blurry. Design business consultant David C Baker will help you distinguish if your efforts are a design business, a design job or simply a hobby. Hint: Money is a good indicator. More

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Tattly Takes a Stand Against Ugly Temp Tattoos

Tina Roth Eisenberg (@Swissmiss) and her team are partnering with top designers and freeing the world of rancid clip art one temp tattoo design at a time. More

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How to Get New Clients: 4 Tips

Design business expert David C. Baker offers 4 strategies for how to get new clients. Start with these essentials and you’ll be finding new clients in no time! More

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3 Business Tips for When You Have More Time Than Money

When your graphic design business is generating more money than time, you feel relaxed. But when business has been slow, learn how to make your design studio stronger. More

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Design Management: Are You Sucking the Life out of Morale?

Managing creatives is challenging, especially when companies are accustomed to doing more with less and workplace morale is suffering. Is your management style also sucking the life out of morale? Find out. More

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Behind the Design: Yeah Burger! Restaurant Branding

YEAH! Burger is a quirky burger joint that needed in store graphics and restaurant branding. Tad Carpenter drew inspiration from vintage newspaper cartoons and illustrations to craft branding elements. More

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Top 10 Websites For Designers – April 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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