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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

Creative Boom

Since 2008, it's brought more than one million creative projects to life across the world and designers in its community have earned more than $400m USD on the platform to date. The 99designs by Vista report bears this out, with 68 per cent saying clients and agencies are more open to working with freelance talent than before the pandemic.

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Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson on 13 years of running a studio and where they believe design is heading next

Creative Boom

Did the global economic crisis spur you to start your agency? Courtney: We started the business for reasons unrelated to the 2008 downturn. We'd had great experiences working for agencies in Charleston and other cities. Did the lessons of 2008/09 prepare you for the shock? The timing was right for both of us.

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Creative Boom launches its fourth podcast season, bringing the inside scoop from leading artists and designers

Creative Boom

And if you're worried about whether it can cope with the most demanding creative work, there's nothing to fear as Astropad Studio guarantees low latency performance over WiFi or USB cable, so you can stay productive and creative on the go. Gush Mundae will chat about his "life's work" as the founder of the London agency Bulletproof.

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Founders, Freelancers & Rebels: new book dispels the fear of going solo

Creative Boom

Layla Robinson by Billie Charity "When I worked in PR – which I did for 20 years – I'd be out on boats, inside factories, tasting products at fayres or learning a new skill, from finance to kung fu. I used to work in financial PR as an account director, and the 2008 financial crisis meant I was made redundant," she recalls.

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8 of the best new courses on business development for creatives

Creative Boom

There are many opportunities to grow your practice, earn more money, and find a new level of fulfilment, whether growing your freelance client base, launching a side project, founding your own agency, or selling your own products. You just have to choose a direction and devote yourself to it.

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DDW23: Kazerne Is Intertwining Hope and Design

Design Milk

.” The space adjacent to the main dining area was given over to three large sculptural pieces, two of which were by Eindhoven-based designer Grietje Schepers , who graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2008. “By staying close to the origin of the products we want to show the simplicity of our basal installation.

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17 Rebranding Failures and How Much They Cost (Updated: March 2021)

Canny

Rebranding one of the world’s biggest companies is a project that many a design or branding agency would love to take on. However, with massive projects comes massive risk and responsibility, and at times, even the best branding agencies, consultants or strategists get it wrong. free ebook. Estimated Cost. Estimated Cost.

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