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HOW May 2013
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The May 2013 issue of HOW magazine is chock-full of creativity advice, inspiration and tips. Take creativity guru Stefan Mumaw’s Creative Bootcamp challenge for a 7-day workout that will have you generating more ideas faster than ever. And learn 10 Ways to Conquer Procrastination—a nearly universal struggle for designers, who are notorious for pushing deadlines and doing important work at the last minute.
Here’s a taste of a few other stories that you’ll find in this issue:
10 Ways to Conquer Procrastination: Don’t dilly dally, find 10 different ways to defeat procrastination and get things done.
Turn Site Visitors Into Clients: Learn how to convert your website visitors into leads and clients using free content and your own expertise.
You’ll find all this and more in the May issue of HOW magazine. PLUS: Want to win cool products that designers will love? HOW hosts a sweepstakes of such products that are featured in the LOOK section of the magazine. Enter Now!
How To Overcome Self-Criticism and Lack of Motivation
Designers face all kinds of creative roadblocks, from procrastination to self-criticism to lack of energy. Here’s how to overcome them.
The Real Value of Creative Brainstorming
Defer judgment” and “reach for quantity.” For more than 60 years, these have remained the two guiding principles of effective brainstorming. Widely credited as the father of brainstorming, advertising executive Alex F. Osborn promoted the notion that a group could …
Designer Spotlight: PB&J
Featured in the May issue of HOW, Peanut Butter & Jelly, with offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, OH, is a truly multidisciplinary creative firm. Led by partners Micah Paldino and B. Emmit Jones, PB&J, as it’s known by friends, focuses …
Categories: Designer Spotlight: Famous Graphic Designers, Design Firms, HOW Magazine, HOW May 2013
Tags: bands, brand, creative firm, Micah Paldino, multidisciplinary creative firm, PB&J
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Behind the Design: Creative Celebrity
George Nelson was a celebrated mid-twentieth century multidisciplinary designer who created iconic designs still celebrated today in a range of media from architecture to exhibitions and film to furniture. His versatility was inspired by his belief that “good design is …
Pattern and Poster Design by Jennifer Hill
In 2004, designer Jennifer Hill embarked on a project to create a series of modern travel posters. What set this project apart was that all of the places featured were places she’d never actually visited. Since then, the project, known …
Categories: Design Inspiration: Creative Ideas for Designers, Design Projects, HOW Magazine, HOW May 2013
Tags: Jennifer Hill, poster design
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Your Best Work Design Awards Gallery
We asked to see your best work, and you answered with amazing design. Then we chose the top small design team and the top large design team with the most creative, consistent portfolios to showcase in the May issue of …
Categories: Competition Galleries, HOW May 2013
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Riding the Seesaw: 7 Tips to Find Work-Life Balance
Bryony Gomez-Palacio wears many hats, including design business owner and mother. She dishes seven tips that keep her children mature and business booming on the daily seesaw ride that’s her life.
Top 10 Websites for Designers – February 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. See what the editors chose this month!
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.
