Creative Education Anytime and a Free Lesson a Day: CreativeLive iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Apps Out Now!
Dear CreativeLive students, fans, and friends, I’m today incredibly excited to announce the next step in the evolution of CreativeLive — something that’s been a long time coming: the expansion of our learning platform to include our new iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV apps. This is…
Preparing for an Interview: What Designers Need to Know to Get Hired
Getting a job is so much more than talent alone. Here, author, designer, and podcaster, Debbie Millman explains what you need to bring to the table to stand out in a job interview and get hired. Besides possessing talent, what is the most important attribute…
These Words of Wisdom Michael Bierut Gives to Designers is Unexpected, Yet Totally Practical
Design luminary, Michael Bierut has been saving his notebooks for 35 years. He can look back at phone numbers, sketches, and conversation snippets from design projects dating as far back as 1982. His archives were essential to the compilation of his book How To and pages…
What Makes a Great Book Cover? 5 Designers Weigh In
Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand are well versed in the art of the book cover. They’ve designed books, they’ve authored books (see covers, below), and as the founders and editors of Design Observer, they’ve written countless articles on book design. They even curated the content…
8 Free, Cheap, or Easy Design Resources for Your DIY Greeting Cards and Invitations
Like your favorite recipe, the end result is only as good as the ingredients you use. The same can be said for designing your own greeting cards and invitations. Knowing where to find quality illustrations, images, patterns, and fonts is key to pulling together a…
5 Reasons You Need to Get Yourself to Adobe Max This Year
The preeminent creativity conference, Adobe MAX is coming up November 2-4, 2016 in San Diego, and we are very excited to attend. What is this conference? Adobe MAX is the annual gathering of over 9,000 creative leaders, designers, developers, strategists, video pros, and photographers. Here…
Lettering and Calligraphy: How to Tell the Difference
In recent years, lettering and calligraphy have experienced a resurgence in popularity. These two art forms have a strong kinship and are well worth exploring. By adding these skills to your toolkit you can bring an extra touch of originality to your projects. You’d be well advised to understand their differences before…
Confidence is Overrated: Debbie Millman’s Road to Success
As the voice and founder of the Design Matters podcast, Debbie Millman has interviewed designers, authors, musicians, photographers and entrepreneurs learning not only the secrets of their successful journeys, but also the failures and rejections they’ve experienced along the way. Her keynote for the HOW Design…
A Brand Called You with Debbie Millman [Preview]
Stuck in a job you don’t really love? At a total loss about what to do instead? You’ve got issues. Debbie Millman has solutions. Debbie has spent ten years diving into what it means to consciously chart a course for a career and in her…
Mobile Gaming Logos: Packing a Big Punch Into a Little Icon
This is part of a recurring series where we chat with our logo design instructor, Matthew Jervis about logos we see out in the wild. For more logo design tips, be sure to take Matthew’s class: Logo Design for Your Small Business. There seems to…
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