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• 6×6 – Jeff Breazeale, Matchbox Studio

  From Jeff Breazeale. Founding Partner of Matchbox Studio in Dallas: As designers we’re a really cynical breed… too often highlighting for the negative instead of celebrating the positive. Celebrating life. Celebrating accomplishments, and most importantly, celebrating the accomplishments of others (try it, it makes them feel good). I’m as bad as any of us, so [...]

• Look Good. Talk Good: A Portfolio & Interview Workshop Series

  Most schools teach you about how to kern and rag. Most schools teach you about color and form. But not all of them teach you the part that can be the gateway between being a student designer and a real world designer. This February through April, Good For Grasshopper in partnership with We Are 1976 [...]

• The Brand of You

  At the moment I’m working on branding checklists to make sure that the processes of the agency are consistent from project to project. I’ve been scouring the internet to see if anyone has published a comprehensive process list (there’s not one) or at least one that might have some steps we don’t have and might [...]

• 6×6 – Nathan Trimm

  From Nathan Trimm, Illustrator, Fine Artist and Designer: “Keep your eyes open… you’ll find inspiration in the most unlikely places.”

• Essential Resources for Creativity

  I found this link through Smashing Magazine – by Leon Ho called Essential Resources for Creativity (163 techniques + 30 tips + books!). Basically it’s an old list of ways to generate ideas. Written a while back (well, more than a year ago), it links to a lot of great brainstorming / idea generation techniques, including [...]

• What You Want and What They Need

  by Meta Newhouse Most professionals realize that newly graduated students are diamonds in the rough, and most are willing to devote the time and patience necessary to help them develop strong professional careers. It’s a long process where focus is put on craft and learning how to think more client-centricly. The reality is, however, that [...]

• 6×6 – Arvi Raquel-Santos, Designer

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• 6×6 – Meg/Ryan of Project M Lab

  From Megan Deal and Ryan Lecluyse —Project M Lab, June 2009-2010.

• 6×6 – Jeremy Sharp, Photographer

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• Interview Tips

  TIPS ON INTERVIEWING PREPARATION: Dress appropriately. Some shops are very laid back and wear jeans and flip flops to work. Some agencies wear business casual 4 days a week. Hopefully, you’re researching the place you’re interviewing, already, so you’ll be able to get a good feel for the personality of the company. Either place you [...]