Do you need an agent?
If you're a designer, illustrator or other creative, this article might help you answer this question.
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Tobias van Schneider
Hi, I'm Tobias, a German designer living in New York. I'm the author of this blog, nice to meet you!
Avoid these 5 things when building your design portfolio
For some reason, when creating our design portfolio, everything we praise about good design seems to be forgotten as we work in perfect isolation.
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How Many F*cks do you Give?
A couple weeks ago I tweeted something along the lines "I feel like the older I get, the less fucks I give". It was a spontaneous observation of my behavior, especially the last two years.
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Semplice portfolio inspiration of November 2016
As you might know, we launched Semplice [http://www.semplicelabs.com] in 2014 to build the perfect portfolio tool we always dreamed off. Since then many great designers started using Semplice and I'm always blown away to see what other designers create.It's inspiring to see
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How to email a busy person & get a reply
While I don’t like to consider myself a busy person, I do receive an average of 150 emails a day. And I often have trouble catching up with everyone and getting my work done too.
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The Art of Being a Hypocrite Designer
//EDIT: I've updated this article after the 2016 US presidential election. I believe now more than ever we should talk about ethics as designers. Please share this with your fellow designers and have active conversations around this topic. This article isn't about what's right
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New Blog Updates
With this article I want to give you a little status update & share some behind the scenes with you. I'm personally proud that in addition to my weekly email list, I continue to write & publish even more articles now on this blog. Currently averaging at around
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Is the Ringelmann effect holding you back?
In 1913, a guy named Max Ringelmann noticed something strange about humans. Ringelmann, a French agricultural engineer, took a rope and asked individual people to pull on it.
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Dream big, but stay small
Let’s get one thing straight. If you’re in communication design to make big money, you might as well cash out and jump ship now. The service design industry at its core isn't scalable. Most design agencies run on the billable hour, and while you can hire
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