Category: Business
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Thoughts on design crowdsourcing
My answers from a brief interview about design crowdsourcing for the Design Bureau Magazine. Do you believe that crowdsourcing (spec work) can ever be good? For example, what if it was used to benefit a noble cause for the common good? Donating time and ideas on a pro bono basis is commendable. I recommend it.…
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More on unpaid internships
An internship is not where the intern does the work of a normal employee without getting paid. Photo by Nick Loyless. We talked about unpaid internships back in 2011, and the topic generated a fair bit of chat in the comment thread. Here’s a question from a recent commentator. “I worked at a social enterprise…
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Reflections on design self-employment
If you’re thinking of quitting your salaried job to start your own design business, here are a few designers who’ve reflected on their time in self-employment. Photo via Slim 69 Guy Moorhouse of Futurefabric shared 10 lessons learnt after one year in business. Nathan Barry reflected on his first year after quitting his job as…
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When selling design is like selling furniture
“They’d rather buy a few things that are good and are going to endure, than lots of stuff which isn’t.”
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When what you’re selling isn’t what you’re selling
From Make Your Idea Matter, by Bernadette Jiwa. Yesterday I skipped the early gym session, packed up my MacBook and headed out to the hair salon. This particular salon runs a no-appointment-system; it’s first-come, first-served. So I got there almost an hour before they opened, sat on the ground outside and worked. Ten minutes later,…
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Ask about the budget
“Not everyone knows what their budget is. And that’s ok. It just means we’ll discuss a few options. Some below your price range, some above. It’ll take a little longer. “But if you know what your budget is; let us know. It’ll save us all from having to look at everything on the [car] lot.”…
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On finding design work in a new country
Romanian graphic designer Iancu Barb?ras? shares the story of his 2010 move from Bucharest to London, and how he found design work in his new home.
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“Nobody bought the cheapest option.”
People were offered 2 kinds of beer: premium beer for $2.50 and bargain beer for $1.80. Around 80% chose the more expensive beer. Now a third beer was introduced, a super bargain beer for $1.60 in addition to the previous two. Now 80% bought the $1.80 beer and the rest $2.50 beer. Nobody bought the…
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Studio Culture at the Design Museum
If you make what you want to make, that’s what people will pay you to make.