Filed under Conference, Design For Students, mobile design, Typography, Web Design by Jacob Cass
A few weeks back I announced the 2011 Future of Web Design Conference being held in NYC and today I attended Day 1 of the event.
Below is a summary of the talks I attended. As a disclaimer, these notes were quickly jotted down & summarised and may not be understood out of context but I’ve [...]
Filed under Conference, Design For Students, mobile design, Typography, Web Design by Jacob Cass
A few weeks back I announced the 2011 Future of Web Design Conference being held in NYC and today I attended Day 1 of the event.
Below is a summary of the talks I attended. As a disclaimer, these notes were quickly jotted down & summarised and may not be understood out of context but I’ve [...]
Filed under Design For Students, Education by Jacob Cass
This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey.
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I’m all for determined do-it-yourself careers. There is something almost awe inspiring about strapping on your boots and thrusting yourself into a competitive career with only your experiences and the world as your teacher. It really takes courage to take a passion and simply say, “I am going [...]
Filed under Design For Students, Education by Jacob Cass
This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey.
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I’m all for determined do-it-yourself careers. There is something almost awe inspiring about strapping on your boots and thrusting yourself into a competitive career with only your experiences and the world as your teacher. It really takes courage to take a passion and simply say, “I am going [...]
Filed under Design For Students, Freelance, Job Search by Jacob Cass
This is a guest article contributed by Sam Toman.
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In a recent New York Times piece, the editors asked a panel of talking heads to speculate on where Earnest Hemingway would go if he were alive today. Their answers were predictably boring – Berlin, London and Bruges (!?). The implied criteria were based on a perception [...]
Filed under Design For Students, Graphic design, Job Search, Salary, Tips by Jacob Cass
Over the past few weeks I’ve been job hunting in New York and during this time, I’ve been researching a lot on how to negotiate salaries. One of the best tips I picked up, was when you are asked to state your expected compensation, is to state an amount that will make you blush.
“Your ideal [...]
Filed under Design For Students, Education, Graphic design, Schools by Jacob Cass
A question I often get asked via email is “Which graphic design school / university should I attend?”. To be honest it’s a very hard question to answer as everyone has different needs, however, today we have Brian Jenkins* here to highlight some of the top US design schools. If you are not from the [...]
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