All Careers Advice

With big graduate shows going on in the last few months such as D&AD New Blood and New Designers, we ask designers to think about the work they most enjoyed creating as a student.

Design business owners can get bogged down in running their studio, without thinking about the future, says Adam Fennelow, services director at the Design Business Association (DBA). He offers advice on how designers can figure out what they want to achieve.

Tristan Macherel, executive creative director at Landor Paris and president of the design jury at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival, talks about how smart technology is being integrated with design to create inventive, inspiring creative work.

The UK public has voted for Leave in the EU referendum, with a 52% majority – we summarise what this could spell for the design industry.

At this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Design Week sat down with graphic designer and co-founder of Sagmeister and Walsh, Stefan Sagmeister to talk about his new beauty project, which is an antidote to designers “obsession with functionality”.

A change to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act will mean that designers’ work will be protected for 70 years after they die – as long as their designs qualify as being Works of Artistic Craftsmanship.

Using screen-printing as his medium and T-shirts as his canvas, US graphic designer and artist Donald G Wooten II has built a solid rep and fan base with his distinctive style of vector based artwork celebrating many of his personal heroes and heroines.

Trainer and coach John Scarrott offers four tips to help you overcome your fear of networking.

Honest founder Julia Leckey, who worked for the late Rodney Fitch, talks about how the retail design guru passed on his advice and showed her the value of having a mentor.

Find out how bespoke packaging can boost your brand with this white paper from Think Tank.

In this video interview, Brands and Values director of innovation Martin Roach tells us about how he made his way in the design world.

In this film, designer and broadcaster Naomi Cleaver tells us about how she made her way in the design world.

In this video interview, former Government Digital Service head of design Ben Terrett tells us about how he made his way in the design world.

Is a pitch just a pitch? DBA membership director John Scarrott identifies seven different versions of the design pitch. Which ones do you recognise?

Joe Ferry, former head of design at Virgin Atlantic and coach at the Design Thinkers Academy UK, outlines the three elements every organisation needs in order to turn innovations into real products.

Veteran designer Sir Kenneth Grange spoke recently at an event for the Knowledge Transfer Network. KTN’s PR manager Rob Mills writes up the talk for Design Week.

In this extract from the newly-republished A Smile in the Mind book, illustrator Noma Bar talks about some his iconic pieces, explains his love of wit and reveals what gives him inspiration.

The DBA’s John Scarrott looks at how design businesses at all stages of development can build their confidence.

Design Week and Workfront are presenting a webinar showing how creative teams can move to agile.

Following an award win, freelance illustrator Ben Tallon’s ego threatens to rage out of control. But he is swiftly brought back to earth.