Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Michel Vrana is a graphic designer who ran his own boutique studio for ten years before deciding to go freelance in 2009 to concentrate on his passion: creating book covers. Here he talks us through his process for designing Dante’s Indiana.

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Shillington

MAY 28, 2020

Vince Frost Design Your Life. In his 2015 book, Design Your Life, Vince Frost laid out his central idea that design thinking can apply to everything from business to life. Being Freelance. Through hearing their stories, he aims to help his listeners become better freelancers, as well as himself.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of covers for new titles. Mark Sinclair is Senior Editor at Unit Editions and a freelance writer and author; uniteditions.com.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 16, 2024

Use a clean, flexible book design with sleek details like blind embossing or fabric binding. Levelling Up Your Career Superpowers Get Experience Any Way You Can I'll be blunt – no one will just hand you a primo design job and paycheck simply because you have a degree or online course cert. How do I get my first design work?

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“In an industry where we can easily champion designers and illustrators who are most often freelance by tagging/mentioning them on posts, it’s shocking when we don’t,” she wrote. ” When a popular cover starts to fly, it’s very hard to retroactively attach a design credit to it.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 23, 2021

At smaller places, however, like the non-profit Island Press , where he occasionally freelances, a lack of funds can affect the photos a publisher can purchase or the quality of the illustrators they can hire. . The guiding principle of “ like that book but different ” cover design has existed for decades.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This book covers topics like how to choose your path; how to build your portfolio; how to start a freelance business; how to pitch your services; and how to get your first job. Drawing on his experience building a successful freelance design business, David Airey reflects on what business should be about. $34.99.

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Shillington

APRIL 19, 2021

The truth is, employers will not be looking at your degree in design to determine if you’re qualified for the job. . The industry thrives upon designers who can deliver a range of creative content in the arenas of advertising, book design, magazine design, information maps, typography and beyond.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I took my interest forward with an MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading. I started working as a freelance type designer after graduating and then went into full-time employment in UK based type foundries. What’s his design background? Vaibhav is a typographer and typeface designer.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Whether you're interested in design, animation, illustration, writing, photography, video or any other creative medium, this list of the top ten best design books will help you kickstart your career. The list is divided into two categories – the top books for beginners and the top for advanced designers.

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Eye on Design

JULY 1, 2022

Emboldened, Baccei started spending his hours outside of Pentica designing more of what he called “ gaze toys,” or autostereograms with simple hidden images in the background.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 15, 2024

He discusses: Pricing freelance work right Difficult client management skills Legal protection of copyright law over design ownership rights Creating an impressive portfolio site or app Real-World Examples I love this book – it doesn’t just advise on how best to create logos; nope!

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Inspiration Feed

APRIL 27, 2020

There’s something absolutely fascinating about the Korean culture. It has taken over the entire world, with Korean pop stars, Korean makeup, Korean fashion, and everything else Korean dominating the scene everywhere you look. Of course, among the trends are Korean…

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 23, 2024

Buy on Amazon Josef Müller-Brockmann’s “Grid Systems in Graphic Design” It is a must-have for any designer who loves the classics. It could be seen as a masterclass in layout design, packaged beautifully by book designers. Your designer friend will be pulling quotes from this for years to come. Definitely!

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

Getting started Born and raised in south London with Jamaican roots, Leah's love for the arts paved the way for her career in brand and packaging design. Alongside these endeavours, she's carved out a niche as a freelance book designer, creating covers for a range of international publishers across various genres.

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HONGKIAT

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In this blog post, we delve into the transformative world of time management , guiding you through a handpicked selection of books designed to elevate your productivity to new heights. This essential skill allows us to navigate the complexities of work, personal commitments, and leisure with ease and efficiency.

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Just Creative

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Top 20 Best Blinkist Book Summaries for Designers and Creatives. Overall, Blinkist has a vast selection of books you can go through. From leadership to business and design to freelancing, the choice is yours.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Our font of choice: Wigrum Wigrum is a sans serif typeface created in 2011 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin of the Montréal-based design studio Feed, initially for the book design of a Daniel Canty novel. He has many excellent fonts for sale on his website at an affordable price for graphic designers and freelance designers.

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UX Collective

MAY 4, 2022

With the strengthened focus on our innovation department at ABN AMRO, we couldn’t go without freelance UX’ers on a project basis anymore. A team was needed, a team dedicated to delivering fitting designs that would solve identified user needs. Here’s how we successfully went from zero to a team of seven.

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Shillington

MARCH 8, 2021

Juliette van Rhyn has designed printed textiles for fashion and interiors for the last decade and today works as a freelance print and graphic designer in London. A graduate of Shillington’s London campus, she is driven by a love of colour and strives for a sense of tactility, playfulness and atmosphere in her designs.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 2, 2025

"Around the mid-2010s, traditional graphic design jobs were starting to slow down for the company I was creative director for," he recalls. "So, So, in 2017, I chose to go freelance. Instead of spreading myself too thinly and having to compete with too many other, better, local graphic design freelancers.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 29, 2025

Visit Website Gavril Folio Website Design Gavril is an award-winning Designer and Art Director with 10 years of experience, specializing in websites and branding. Visit Website Daniel Vaszka Portfolio Daniel Vaszka Portfolio 2024 – A freelance web designer & Webflow developer based in Bournemouth, UK.

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