Tag: business
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How I became a self-employed designer
I’m often asked how I made the switch to self-employment. Here’s a snapshot of that time in my life in 2004/05. In 2002 I started working for Myeloma UK, an Edinburgh-based cancer charity. I was responsible for print design, buying, and web management. For quite a while I’d been thinking of travelling the world to…
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Studio Culture
A brief look inside Studio Culture: The secret life of the graphic design studio, edited by Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy.
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Spec work: bad for client, bad for designer
Professional designers are continually being asked to provide free services in the mere hope of being paid.
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How ethical are your design practices?
Do you work with a client whose product or values you don’t agree with? If you’re anti-smoking, for example, would you decline Marlboro as a client if they came to you with $1M?