The holy grail for design students and the rest of us who’d like to move up in our jobs is “The Book.” It’s the portfolio that flings open doors, gets job offers flying, and assures us that we’ll live happily ever after (or at least until next Tuesday). But, turns out the book is only [...]

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Some would say there’s a sweet spot between working full time for the man and striking out completely on your own as a freelancer. That happy middle ground is doing contract work through a staffing firm. Done right, it can combine the flexibility and variety of freelancing with the solid benefits and the let-somebody-else-worry-about-the-paperwork aspects [...]

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Did you hear the one about the designer who flew in for an early morning interview? Upon opening his suitcase at the hotel, he discovered that a bottle of aftershave had broken and spilled all over his good clothes. Unfortunately, he made this discovery after the stores had closed for the night, and he was [...]

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One of the better blogs covering design is Speak Up, an off-shoot of the equally fascinating UnderConsideration. A recent post there asked the question, “What does a portfolio look like these days?”. It’s a great question, and one that was answered with aplomb by Tom Horton, CEO of Seattle integrated design-ad-interactive agency, Horton, Lantz & [...]

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