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A Time Management System That Never Crashes

Laurel Black shares her paper-based time management system that prevents her from over-booking and never crashes. Continue reading More

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Post Holiday Call To Action

Rockstar freelancer, Steve Gordon, Jr, shares some simple starter tips you can do to make something—of yourself—this year. Continue reading → More

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The New Jukebox: @Roqbot Lets You Be the DJ at @Gap

Roqbot is an app that lets you help select the music at any hotspot with the subscription service via an app for your iPhone or Android. A Gap store in San Francisco is among the first retailers to let its customers play DJ. Read more More

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#HOWIDC Challenge Winner: Design Lab by Carly Rounds

Attendees at the HOW Interactive Design Conference got a challenge from David Sherwin, and the stakes were big. See the winning project and meet the designer here. Read more More

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The Presentation Slides from #HOWidc

We’ve just been blown away by the response to the first HOW Interactive Design Conference in San Francisco. The 600+ folks who attended got to hear our fantastic speakers in … Read more More

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Flourish Banner Frame by Von Glitschka

Von Glitschka is a master at creating special elements that designers can use in their own projects: textures, patterns, and now ornaments! Read more about his newest book “Flourish Banner Frame.” 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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Are Freelancers Automatically Entrepreneurs?

Is every freelancer also an entrepreneur? If you’re self employed, does that mean you’re an entrepreneur? Continue reading → More

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Designers’ Inspiring Collections

Feast your eyes on the prized possessions of five fellow designers and learn how their private collections fuel their creativity. More

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10 Ways to Get Inspired by the World Around You

Having trouble coming up with your next great idea? In his new book, "IdeaSpotting," creativity guru Sam Harrison encourages designers to quit looking inward and to explore the world around them for creative inspiration. Here, he offers 10 exercises to help you get started. More

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