What’s the easiest way to stand out?  Obviously, you need to be different than everybody else.  Being different in itself isn’t enough to carry you through to success, though.  You also have to be better, but how?

Let’s face it, there are certain things that you don’t want to be cheap — you want to go instead to the best, the most capable and qualified person for the job. Good heart surgery is one of these things, as is reliable structural engineering. What about design, though?

As a computer-based designer, people often call on me to answer their random computer problems. I used to Google their problems and answer them, but as of late, I’ve grown tired of being a person who isn’t facilitating their own empowerment.

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, we have another short video (just under 7:00 long) by Design Council which tackles the subject of cultivating great working relationships with your clients, with advice from eight of today’s biggest names in the field.

When a student gets out of design school, they often resort to taking any work they can get, working for anyone who will write them a small check. This often gets your career off to a fast start, but it may not be in a direction you like. What if there was a better way?