HOW's annual Creativity Issue dives deep into the issue that both challenges and enthralls designers, with tips, inspiration and eye candy to fuel your best ideas.
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Daily Deadlines Learn how a commitment to producing a piece of work every day helped five designers dip into their deep wells of creativity. Perhaps you'll be inspired to join the art-a-day movement.
Java Jolts of Creativity Your team's brainstorm sessions suck. Collaboration is a chore. You're mired in the same-old same-old. Sound familiar? We've got a host of idea-generating exercises guaranteed to bring fresh thinking—and even fun—to your group's creative process.
Web Extra: Download these creative exercises and bring them to your next brainstorm session. Write More Good As project budgets shrink, are you forced to write text to go along with your layout? Do you cringe when you read the sales copy your clients provide? Here are 4 simple strategies for developing your own writing skills so you can draft headlines with flair and edit the marketing mumbo jumbo out of your clients' copy.
Print It Yourself Printing by hand is all the rage in design, and you can tap into the trend with our step-by-step instructions for 3 cool projects you can do yourself. It's the perfect excuse to walk away from your computer and get ink on your fingers.
Go Metro: Design Maps the Route to Cool Even if you don't live in Los Angeles, you've seen this group's stellar work in all the major design annuals. Meet the in-house designers at L.A.'s Metropolitan Transit Authority, who are putting a creative spin on government projects.
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Be a Smarter Manager When you opened your design studio, you didn't realize that employee issues would be so challenging. Get 3 strategies for resolving your staff problems.
Selling Your Services If you're an in-house designer, you have to market your group just like a design firm. Here are 6 ways to sell your department to your corporate clients.
Welcome to Moosylvania See how a design studio in the St. Louis area transformed a vacant church into a drool- worthy workspace.
Web Extra: Take a video tour of this amazing workspace. 10 Hot Tips for a Cold Economy From choosing the right paper to picking the most efficient print format, learn how to maximize a lean production budget.
Project-Management Tools Our veteran technology columnist evaluated 4 popular project-management applications to help you identify the right tool for your firm.
Web Extra: Real users talk about their experiences with using these tools. ONLINE EXTRAS
Travel Guide: Seattle Designers know best when it comes to hot spots. Plan your next trip after seeing Seattle through the eyes of Terry Marks in this new travel guide.
