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HOW May 2012
MAY 2012 ISSUE (get the PDF) | INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES | SUBSCRIBE | BECOME A DESIGN VIP
Once you indulge in May 2012 issue of HOW, your creative muses will awaken. This issue is sure to inspire, featuring stories of firms—big and small—that are not only über successful, but that are making crème de la crop projects too. You’ll also find a slew of creative exercises shared from the HOW Book “Creative Stuff.” Is your arsenal of creative inspiration running dry? Read how one designer/educator makes his own muses to keep the well from running dry. You’ll find all this and more in the May issue of HOW.
Top Coverlines from the May Issue: Design by Personality, Package Deal: 10 Packaging Projects You Must See, 8 Creative Ways to Find a Job, Fighting the Crowd (as in educating your clients about crowdsourcing), Paper Promos You’ll Have to Keep, Creative Stuff, Make Your Own Muses, Eating the Elephant: Making the Interactive Design Plunge. You’ll find all this and more inside this issue. Plus, win cool products for designers featured in HOW magazine.
Dig in below and explore this issue’s web extras! Plus, click on the image below to access the web extra 30 Days to Creative Bliss.
Heat Design’s Workspace: Homeward Bound
Heat, a San Francisco agency, makes its workplace feel more like a home. Instead of taking the corporate, cubicle route, they decided to give the room a little inspiration of their own.
“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.
Categories: Design Inspiration: Creative Ideas for Designers, Design Projects, Designer Spotlight: Famous Graphic Designers, Design Firms, Featured, HOW May 2012
Tags: award winning graphic design, design awards, design competition, design contest, design winners, Your Best Work Design Awards
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