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How to Improve Your Posture
What do clients want? ... a survey
Don't guess, help us find out.
One of the Design Business Council’s main roles is conducting research on behalf of designers — researching the stuff Greg and I would have...
This is where I am. Job seeking during COVID.
It’s hard to imagine a person at this moment in history that has been unaffected by the corona virus pandemic. On one end of the scale some...
What clients want
Designers spend an inordinate amount of time trying to guess what their clients want. Sure, we ask, but it’s fair to say that sometimes clients...
Onlyness = client loyalty
Why are some clients loyal while others just flit from design agency to design agency on a whim? Onlyness is the...
Can I Use That? Navigating Third Party Permission Clearances In Publishing
Have you heard that it’s acceptable to copy or take ‘inspiration’ from someone else’s work provided what you reproduce...
Designers, clients and social media
This post was inspired by a conversation in a slack channel I host.Sarah asked for reviews on social media scheduling software; which led to a...
It's not a client's job...
A majority of clients sourcing design have marketing or communications in their title. They may be an Innovation Officer (especially if the...
philo & co: on a mission to un-f*ck the world.
philo & co, a brand and packaging sustainability consultancy, helps creative agencies and brands transition to the circular economy. Remember...
Is working from home working?
Opportunity knocks for the post-pandemic world.
During these extraordinary times, if you’re lucky enough to have a job, chances are you’re working from home. For some this is living...
A guide to making remote teamwork productive
Mentally Friendly helps organisations transform and redesign themselves in a fast-moving world.As experts in collaboration, we’re here to...
COVID-19: Practical steps for your creative businesses
Across the globe; we are experiencing an unprecedented event that is entirely out of our control. So, it comes as no surprise that many creative...
Aa on the radio
Australian Design Radio episode 115
Flynn and Matt at Australian Design Radio developed a podcast with me in October 2019. It’s a mad ride, 30 or so years, a portrait of my...
A practical guide to surviving
A practical guide to surviving. It is unprecedented times and it’s easy to feel overawed by the scale of this pandemic. But the same way you...
COVID-19 Update From Studio Ongarato
COVID-19 Update From Studio Ongarato In response to rapidly evolving COVID-19 related concerns and unease, we wanted to let you know that Studio...
Designers impacting society
On Thursday 19 March we’re doing a virtual launch for the *Creatives Making Morrison Understand* poster submissions. Yep, it was going to be...
Womentor 2020
Womentor is a mentorship program for women in graphic design that aims to improve gender equality in the design industry. The program provides...
Helping clients give feedback
Helping clients give feedback. I’ve got a theory. It is based on the fact that no-one likes to sound like a nuff nuff. And nor do they want to...
Chasing client approvals
Chasing client feedback. Co-creation and collaboration are increasingly central to successful designer/client relationships. Problem is, these...
Client briefs that explain the real job to be done
Briefs that describe the REAL job to be done. The death last week of Clay Christensen led me to think more about the role he inadvertently played...