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Entries from April 19th, 2009

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April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · design ducky reads

Become a Globetrotting Designer – Design Droplets ‘Me and My iPhone‘ – The Johnson Bank’s Thought of the Week I totally agree on this. The number of times I’ve been spell-corrected, when I don’t need it, drove me nuts so much so that my spell-check is now turned ‘OFF’ ‘Checkmate.‘ – BMW to Audi Brilliant, [...]

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TED talk – Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments · design ducky reads, inspiration

I love the talks from TED (stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design). They’re so engaging and feature so many great and inspiration speakers from all over the world talking about subjects ranging from experimental technology that could be part of our world in the future to thoughts on the human psyche. Do check out their “Design [...]

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Promoting brand “YOU”

April 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · design ducky reads, inspiration

Recently I have been thinking very much about the topic of self-promotion; in fact I had a draft post dated September 2007  on the said topic. As practising designers this is one thing that never escapes your mind. It is important to be able to promote yourself effectively not only because you can land the [...]

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How to Motivate Creative People – a good (and free) read!

April 5th, 2009 · No Comments · design ducky reads, inspiration

Stumbled upon this interesting e-book, titled “How to Motivate Creative People“, that makes for a good read if you are dealing with creative people. The author, Mark McGuinness actually wrote them as a series of blog posts and the book is actually a combination of all the posts in one with a few extra bits [...]

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