oh, the dreaded imposter syndrome Do you ever feel like an imposter? How do you know if you are being confident or just arrogant? I’ve known lots of designers and creatives over the years and one thing is for sure — we all doubt ourselves. We doubt ourselves when we can’t seem to come up…

Music is a really huge part of the creative process for most designers. Not only do I use the music to keep me motivated to design, but I often let the lyrics inspire me or encourage me. I even have specific playlists for each step in my Strategic Design Process…

Let’s be honest, graphic designers have amazing jobs. We get to solve clients’ problems by creating and design thinking, and in the process, we make the world around us a better-looking place. We should absolutely love what we do. I know that sometimes we can lose sight of the fact…

Embrace Your Weird Most of my life I have been told that I’m weird. It occurred to me to ask, when did weird become a bad thing? I grew up with parents who never discouraged my weirdness so I just accepted it and never thought negatively about it. In fact…

For those of you who don’t know, in addition to this blog, I also do a weekly design tip on YouTube as well as a weekly podcast called, Design Speaks. In this podcast my co-host asks me about design-related things that she wants to know more about or understand better…