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Make This Month More Creative
Want to make this month your most creative? Our resident creative expert offers up an exercise for you to complete each week. Break free from your creative rut!
Ideas at Hand
Stop. Step away from the computer. It's time to get back to pen, paper and paints, to get your hands dirty with a little creative exploration. The HOW staff did just that—and we hope our experiments fuel your own creative play.
InDesign CS4 vs. QuarkXPress 8
Our longtime technology columnist dials up the newest versions of InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress 8 for a side-by-side comparison. See which program is right for you.
Designing for a Startup
It's hard enough to design an identity for a client that already has one in place—what about designing one from scratch? Three designers give insights about how to design for a new startup business.
Inspired by Color: An Interview
We sit down with a color expert to find out the crucial role color plays in the evolution of a brand identity and how to get inspired by it.
Music's Influence on Creativity
Often, we play music instinctively when designing without knowing why. But if we understand just how profoundly music affects the mind, we can be more strategic about using it to our advantage.
Design Around the World: Argentina
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer in a different country? Here we interview a designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina to find out.
Has Your Creativity Gone on Strike? Try These "Block-Busters"
There are days when a blank screen is equivalent to a torture device for creative professionals. Fortunately, there are many tactics you can employ to maximize your creativity.
What Kind of Creative Are You?: A Theory on Creativity
We don’t spend too much time debating creativity or the way it works. But here’s a theory that separates creatives into two distinct camps. Where do you fall?
Design Around the World: Kenya
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer in a different country? Here we interview a designer from Nairobi, Kenya to find out.
True Confessions
Designer and armchair humorist Rick Tharp takes an inside look at small design firms that have woken up to big mistakes.
Design Around the World: Barcelona
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer in a different country? Here we interview a designer from Barcelona, Spain to find out.
Free Your Creativity: Overcome Unhealthy Expectations
We all have them, and if we're not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations.
Design Around the World: Germany
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer on the other side of the globe? Here, a designer from Hamburg, Germany gives the scoop on on how design is in his backyard.
Design Around the World: Singapore
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer on the other side of the globe? Here we interview a designer in Sinapore who tells about design on this small Southeast Asian island.
Design Around the World: Italy
Ever wonder what it's like to be a designer in a different country? Here we talk to a designer in Milan, Italy about what it's like to be a creative in the Fashion Capital of the World.
10 Ways to Get More Creative at Work
Especially under deadline, creativity can sometimes use a little help from its friends. Here are 10 simple—but inspiring—ways to make your workplace more stimulating.
Creative Exercise: Anticipate
Having trouble looking forward? Our creative guru offers up an exercise that will get your creative juices flowing as you find inspiration in anticipation.
Creative Exercise: Start With Questions
Getting ready to start a new project? Try this creative exercise.
Uncovering Inspiration and Passion: A Reflection
As student Solvita Marriott has discovered, passion and inspiration can be found anywhere. Read more for her essay about her journey relishing these truths.
Creative Exercise: Feed Your Mind
How do you spend your free time? The answer to that question can have a big impact on the state your creativity. This exercise examines that and challenges you to "feed your mind."
Creative Exercise: Get Inspired By People
Inspiration can come from anywhere—even ordinary people and passersby. This exercise challenges you to tap into that inspiration.
Creative Exercise: Let the Details Guide You
This exercise is all about listening to the details and letting them guide your creativity.
A Travel Journal: Inspired in Haiti
During a weeklong trip to Haiti, one of HOW's editors gained new insight on things we take for granted every day. Read on and get inspired, too, by the ordinary things already around you.
Boost Your Brainstorming Energy: 5 Tips
Are your brainstorming sessions falling flat? Here are 5 ways to boost the energy and tap back into inspiration.
A Conversation with Daily Monster's Stefan G. Bucher
Find out what it's like to sit down with 100 Days of Monsters author Stefan G. Bucher to talk about his passion for things with extra teeth and eyeballs.
My Best Work: Ann Willougby
HOW's June 2008 issue marked the debut of a new column called My Best Work. We've asked designers of note to tell us about their favorite, most successful, most memorable or otherwise top-of-the-heap project. Ann Willoughby was the first to take the stage.
Behind the Design: Kilo Kai
Behind the Design goes, well, behind the design of a noteworthy project, with scoop from the creative team on how they developed an interesting concept or solved a business challenge. Featured this month: the Kilo Kai brand and packaging.
Behind the Design: Pure & Green
Behind the Design goes, well, behind the design of a noteworthy project, with scoop from the creative team on how they developed an interesting concept or solved a business challenge. Featured this month: Pure & Green packaging for Williams-Sonoma.
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