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      • How to find higher-fee design work
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      • Old HHBC
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  • Who we are
  • How we can help
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      • Financial mentoring for designers
      • ebook: Finance in a design studio ebook
      • ebook: Bookkeeping for designers
      • ebook: What’s a fair wage?
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • … grow your business
      • Business development mentoring
      • ebook: LinkedIn for designers
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • … build management and leadership skills
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      • What’s the risk? ebook
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
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Stop networking like everyone else
Stop networking like everyone else
07
Oct

Break the design by the hour cycle by finding clients who value your expertise through targeted networking

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business strategy , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Networking designer
Designers should dump networking groups
22
Sep

Discover how designers use LinkedIn as a powerful, targeted networking tool. Save time and money finding, retaining, and growing clients more effectively

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business strategy , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Designer burnout
Australian designers and burnout: what’s driving it and how to stop it (2025)
09
Sep

Seventy per cent of people working in Australia’s media, marketing and creative sectors say they’ve experienced burnout in the past 12 months. That makes burnout the standout concern across the creative industry.

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business strategy , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
ROI design investment
Proving a return on design investment (RODI)
27
Aug

Australian businesses can lift productivity and profits by investing in design that’s tied to business outcomes. Research from other countries shows the gains are real and repeatable here.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Why clients offer design advice and how to change the conversation
18
Aug

Clients comment on colours and fonts because that’s what they can see. The strategy, psychology, and user research? That’s invisible to them. Here’s how to change that conversation.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
pricing your design on impact
The truth about design impact
12
Nov

There’s a lot of talk about design impact. Yep, impact not value. Why the language change to impact? Because most clients won’t accept design adds value.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
design impact disruption
Leading in the new reality of design and business
05
Nov

The current design market is the new reality of design and business; we can’t just adapt, we have to disrupt. Design leaders are recognising design impact is the new reality of design and business.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Behavioural design is the future
14
Oct

In the world of design and user experience, there’s a realisation that while design inspires, it’s ultimately behaviour change that delivers meaningful results.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
disrupt to grow
Disrupt and grow
30
Sep

As part of the research for our article on the status quo approach to design we did a great deal of research into ways to disrupt design business models. Not just for design but more broadly for design clients.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Why designers (may) need a bookkeeper
17
Sep

In the world of design and user experience, there’s a realisation that while design inspires, it’s ultimately behaviour change that delivers meaningful results.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
design industry
The design industry is broken; We need a rebrand!
02
Sep

We’ve been researching the state of the design nation through talking to design business owners across the country. We’ve come to the conclusion we need to rebrand our industry!

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Standing out in a crowded marketplace
19
Aug

Clients default to discussing design aesthetics because they have no other basis for judgement. They need a design effectiveness culture.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
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