Avoid These Five Designer Business Card Sins

As a designer, one of the easiest ways to let a new potential client know that you have a sharp eye, good taste and the ability to execute good design…

How the Future of Graphic Design Lies in Its Past

There is a fascinating lecture from design legend Lance Wyman about his life’s work, including a focus on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, which ended up being where he…

Creative Photography Scavenger Hunt: Round One

WE DID IT! Season one of the #creativephotochallenge is complete, but does that mean we're done with the challenges? Heck no. How many of you were along for that crazy journey? At…

9 Adorable Animated GIFs Made from Vintage Illustrations

Leave it to the Smithsonian Libraries to have a delightful collection of vintage GIFs which blend the Internet's love of moving pictures with everyone else's love of classic line drawings. A…

Don’t Do This! 7 Mistakes You Are Making on Instagram

Instagram makes marketing easy. All you need is an app, some decent photos, and a few hashtags to start connecting with customers from around the world. For many makers, Instagram is an…

Four Things Not to Do if You Miss a Deadline

We know you couldn’t really help it and this has never happened before and it will never happen again. But you missed your deadline, and you’re not exactly sure how…

Staff Picks: Some of Brooks’ Favorite Design Classes

Every now and then, I have a little conversation with myself about how the past week/month/year has gone. I think about the things I set out to do and wonder if I've done them.…