An innovative solution for a struggling economy, Detroit’s Creative Ventures program is striving to bring creative professionals and business back into downtown. Initiated by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3), the business acceleration program has enrolled thirteen businesses to participate as ventures-in-residence at the DC3 campus. According to the DC3 website, these residents’ 12-month experience will...
The Graphic Artists Guild has long been the most respected advocacy organization working to uphold and improve standards and protect the rights of graphic designers, Web designers, digital artists, illustrators, cartoonists, animators, art directors and anyone working in communication design. They also author the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook, the benchmark for Pricing and Ethical Guidelines for the industry in...
None of us want to pique the interest of the IRS, but we are entitled to many of the tax benefits that corporations enjoy. How much of your home or apartment can you claim? Can you claim software, office supplies, commuting costs, your utilities bill? Might as well go straight to the source to determine what business expenses and...
AIGA has produced a very useful Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services that does more than hand over a bunch of templates. It also teaches better methods for presenting an agreement. And, as you know, you don’t have a deal until your client has signed off. We highly recommend that you download this professional and polished approach to...
Ilise Benun is an author, consultant and national speaker, the founder of Marketing Mentor.com and the co-producer of the Creative Freelancer Conference. Her books include “The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Books), “Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive” (Career Press), “The Art of Self Promotion” and her latest, “The...
Angela Morelli is an Italian information and graphic designer based in London. This month she gave an incredible talk (above), The Global Water Footprint of Humanity at TEDxOslo, where she shared her research into the water crisis and eloquently illustrates the value of information design to communicate global issues.
Early in 2010, Notes on Design spoke to Warwick Leicester and James Henderson, co-founders of Brightbook – a free online bookkeeping service for creatives. After it’s first year, they have recently unveiled version 2. Notes on Design spoke to Warwick this week to find out a little more about the new developments. If you’re a creative who finds bookkeeping...
Bruno Porto is a graphic designer, illustrator and educator based in Shanghai, China. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide, and he has acted as jury member for a number of awards and organisations, including SIB – Brazilian Illustrators Society and the Brazilian Graphic Designers Association. In addition to teaching at Raffles Design Institute in Shanghai, Bruno has...
With over 25 years experience, Dave Holston has worked in the fields of design management, advertising, marketing and public affairs for some of the world’s largest organizations—helping them take a strategic design approach that integrates planning, research, implementation and evaluation. Throughout his career, Dave has focused on positioning design as key component of business success. He is the author...
Check out this fascinating interview — Change for the Letter — with illustrator and typographer Alex Trochut from Gestalten.tv. For more interviews and discussions on visual culture, Gestalten.tv’s video archive is well worth a browse.
