2025 has been a year of disruption for designers and all indicators say 2026 will be as turbulent. We think designers need these (new) to survive.
The uncomfortable truth: while you’re perfecting your portfolio, other designers are building relationships through content. Every week you stay quiet is another week potential clients discover someone else.
The uncomfortable truth: while you’re perfecting your portfolio, other designers are building relationships through content. Every week you stay quiet is another week potential clients discover someone else.
There’s not long to go … your choice, you can slide into the end of the year or you can pull up your big girl pants and sprint to the finishing line.
The industry we have is the one we’ve collectively built. But here’s the thing: when it comes to knowledge sharing in Australian design, we’re walking past a lot of low standards.
The work you do now is likely different from what you did a few years ago and that’s a problem because your past clients might not know. You need to reconnect …
Is persuasion a fundamental skills to be good at new business? No, it’s actually really hard to change behaviour and using just persuasion isn’t the answer…
Four expat designers in Berlin chose challenge over comfort. Their stories reveal how changing environment, not skills, can transform creative careers.
Most creative business owners chase new clients before analysing how many they need or whether their current ones are profitable. Start with numbers you know.
Designers fear specialisation will limit their skills. Amsterdam’s canal museum proves the opposite — true specialisation expands capabilities.
Amsterdam design practitioners have found technical skills alone won\\\’t sustain careers. It\\\’s self-mastery and strategic thinking separate thriving designers.
Amsterdam design practitioners have found technical skills alone won’t sustain careers. It’s self-mastery and strategic thinking separate thriving designers.