There are almost 1,000 pages tucked away on this site — various blog posts published since 2005. Here are a few aimed at helping graphic design students.
On working with clients
- Late client payments, sticking to the brief, and the value of design
- It’s not always about the money
- Giving better design feedback
- Recommended UK commercial printers
- You don't need a designer
- How to convince your clients they need a brand, not just a logo
- Responding to spec work requests
- Picasso and pricing your work
- How do you deal with unpaid invoices?
- How 20 designers charge their clients
- “Nobody bought the cheapest option.”
- Showing sketches to clients
On getting hired
- I wish I'd known that — design graduate advice
- The design company is not the only place to be a designer
- What employers look for #1 (Eric Karjaluoto, smashLAB)
- What employers look for #2 (Jim Walls, 160over90)
- What employers look for #3 (Rochelle Fainstein, Sterling Brands)
- What employers look for #4 (Simon Manchipp, SomeOne)
- What employers look for #5 (Blair Thomson, Believe in)
- When pro bono design pays off
- CV tips for designers
- On negotiating your design salary
- On finding design work in a new country
On learning
- What graphic design schools are lacking
- Ten principles for good design
- A few good books
- On unpaid internships
- What convicts can teach us about branding
- Design blogs I subscribe to
- Prepress tips for graphic designers
- Pairing typefaces in book design
On design self-employment
- Self-employment advice for graphic designers
- Quality vs quantity
- How I became an independent graphic designer
- The ideal design process?
- iMac buying tips
- Reflections on design self-employment
- Be brilliant at the basics
- A manifesto on writing for design
- Type foundries worth a look
- Brand naming resources
- Flexible brand names (on Logo Design Love)