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Creative Bliss Day 7: Quit Trying

HOW will be providing 30 creativity exercises for graphic, web design inspiration. Creative exercise No. 7 aims to make your imagination forceful rather than feeble. More

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Creative Bliss Day 3: Label Yourself

Have you begun to create your personal brand? Check out this creativity exercise that’ll challenge you to write, sketch and create a label design for yourself. More

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Creative Bliss Day 1: Peeps Challenge

Are you approaching design projects with excitement? HOW magazine is providing a new creative exercise for 30 days, starting today. Do you accept the Peeps Challenge? More

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Broaden Your Creative Horizons

Get inspired. Design TV, presented by HOW and Print, brings you inspirational advice from the design industry’s most successful business owners and visionaries, including authors Justin Ahrens and Wendy Oldfield. Gain valuable insight while watching these OnDemand design tutorials. Zero … More

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Overcome Unhealthy Creative Expectations

We all have them, and if we’re not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations. More

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Insider Help For Designers

Get inspired. Design TV, presented by HOW and Print, brings you creativity and in-house design advice from the design industry’s most successful business owners and visionaries, including author Jim Krause and veteran in-house design leader Andy Epstein. Gain valuable insight … More

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The Dark Side of Creativity

In this evil manifesto of sorts, the killers of creativity are outlined. Don’t fret though: We’ve also divulged exercises to resuscitate creativity if you’ve fallen victim to the “normalcy.” More

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Look Inside HOW’s November 2011 Business Annual

GET THE CURRENT ISSUE | SUBSCRIBE | BECOME A DESIGN INSIDER The HOW Business Annual is the designer’s business bible. This year, we feature profiles of top design studios and case studies from successful firms, paired with expert business advice. … More

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Do You Suck at Selling Your Ideas?

Phenomenal ideas, like that for the Dyson vacuum cleaner, are sometimes the hardest ideas to sell. Take tips from James Dyson on selling your next big idea to decision makers. More

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Fingerprint No. 2 by Josh Chen

For many designers, creating things by hand is a reaction to too much computer-based design. Since the first Fingerprint was published, ideas that were once on the fringe have begun to thrive in the mainstream. From typography and illustration to book-making and film titles, elements of handcraft have soaked into everyday life. Fingerprint No. 2 reflects the evolution of those ideas. More

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