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Insight Creative Industry

Why and how to make mistakes on purpose

Simon Dixon (right) and Aporva Baxi, founders of DixonBaxi
Insight Graphic Design

Optimism, Elvis and reinvention: 'What we've learned in two decades of DixonBaxi'

Illustration by Queenbe Monyei
Inspiration Illustration

Cultural Diversity: The illustrators who are proving just how much representation matters

Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Insight Advertising

Black Creativity Matters: How agencies can push for real change

Tips Freelancing

Surviving the crisis of the coronavirus as an independent creative

Image by Michael Johnson, physically illustrating social distancing
Insight Creative Industry

Are the creative and comms industries in denial right now?

Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Tips Freelancing

Six financial tips to help freelancers struggling with coronavirus slump

Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Tips Freelancing

What do IR35 changes mean for design contractors?

Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Insight Advertising

Brief encounters: How to change your clients' briefing habits and nail their objectives

Nick Howe of Uniform. All images courtesy of Uniform
Insight Graphic Design

From three to 70 people: Five things Uniform's Nick Howe has learnt in two decades of running an agency

Image courtesy of Colin Kersley
Tips Freelancing

How giving yourself 'Employee of the Month' could keep you happy and motivated

Insight Creative Industry

The Joy of Failure: Can closing a business be a good thing?

Nien-Ken Alec is a Taiwanese illustrator based in San Francisco. Image courtesy of Anna Goodson.
Tips Animation

Why illustrators should see motion design as the next step

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