Customers. Audiences. Users. People. However you describe them, they are the reason that businesses and organizations exist, and ultimately they determine whether an organization succeeds or fails in the marketplace. As more and more organizations look to design for strategic advantage, a greater emphasis is being put on understanding how design motivates audiences. When combined with business analysis,...
Senior graphic designer and NOD contributor Chris Costello talks about navigating and transcending crisis in his creative career. I love watching documentaries and reading books about famous artists. What inspires me most about the lives of creative personalities is that they have all gone through times of desperation and uncertainty along the path to greatness. Steve Jobs endured the most...
Welcome back! If you're just joining us now, we are talking with Molly Ampersand, a graphic designer and font designer in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. This is a continuation of Part 1.
UK based Graphic Designer, Donna Wearmouth left University with a First Class Honors degree in Visual Communication and an award from the prestigious International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD), and with such a well executed and beautiful body of work, it’s not difficult to see why. Straight after graduating Donna landed a job working as a Junior Graphic Designer...
When it came to deciding what he wanted to be when he grew up, Clinton Stringer had two choices in mind: Contemporary Dancer or Graphic Designer. The dice were cast and he was accepted to study dance at P.A.R.T.S. (Belgium) under the director Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker – also the choreographer of the internationally-acclaimed company Rosas. After school, Clinton...
As thousands of creatives leave the confines of academia and get ready to embark on their careers, we are reminded that the transition from graduate to professional designer/creative is not an easy one. To support this years graduates London College of Communication are launching Futurising, the UK’s very first two day festival dedicated to supporting and guiding all creative...
