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Robert Bowen - The Nancy Dickenson Interview: Copying Others Is Not The Answer

Recently, we had the pleasure of sitting down to pick the brain of Nancy Dickenson, talented UX designer and the Executive in Residence for Bentley University’s HFID Graduate Program. With a bit of

workflow , Interviews , ux , Inspiration

Robert Bowen - The Design Community Offers Its Favorite Bits of Advice

We, members of the design community, are on an ongoing quest for knowledge and learning opportunities—anything we can find to enhance our skills and share the precious pearls of wisdom we’ve held cl

Community , Interviews , Inspiration

Robert Bowen - Web Design Tips for Beginners – Everything I Wish I Knew When I Started

There was such a variety of fine responses that distilling them into a single comprehensive post was difficult, but we managed to do just that (for the most part). So, take a look at some of the bes

Community , workflow , Interviews , Inspiration , Career

Robert Bowen - Why Wait For The Opportunity? Create Your Own!

As many people who work in a creative field like design and development may already know, sometimes our clients just do not understand what it is that we are trying to achieve. The boundaries that w

workflow , Career , Business

Robert Bowen - Art Inspiration From Individual Artist Portfolios

In a creative field like design, we face an undeniable truth: our wells of inspiration are bound to run dry from time to time. In those periods of imaginative downtime, we seek out sources that can

Art , Graphics , Illustrations , Paintings

Robert Bowen - Where Have All The Comments Gone?

Years ago, the online design community was a thriving conversationalist — of sorts — through the comment sections across the community. It was through leaving meaningful comments that the thought-pr

Community , Content , Discussions , Opinion Column

Robert Bowen - When 24/7/365 Fails: Turning Off Work On Weekends

The web has continued evolving since its inception, as have those who have devoted their professional lives to working in and around this massive communication tool. We have had to roll with the cha

workflow , Time management , Productivity , Teams , Career , Business

Robert Bowen - How To Convince The Client That Your Design Is Perfect

As designers who deal with clients, we all have to face one situation, no matter how difficult and uncomfortable, and that is guiding the client to accept that your design is perfect. Now, you alrea

Clients , Communication , Business

Robert Bowen - What Is The Worst Design or Programming Mistake You’ve Ever Made?

Mistakes are made every day in the design and development world. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; it happens. In fact, mistakes are one of the most powerful learning tools at our disposal. Our mistake

Community , Errors , workflow , Security , Discussions , Opinion Column

Robert Bowen - The Web Design Community Offers Advice To Beginners

At one time or another, we are all newbies. That’s right: you can deny it all you want, but not one of us got into this game with a full deck stacked in our favor. We entered as newbies, born fresh

Community , Opinion Column , Design

Robert Bowen - What Is The Last Thing You Do Before You Launch A Website?

Naturally, each of us has developed a process that we engage in as we wrap up a project, but a few procedures tend to be used over and over again by the masses. We know this because we ran a poll on

Launch , Checklists , Web Design , Design

Robert Bowen - Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay

As a designer, you will eventually have to face a couple of unfortunate truths in your career. Number one: just because you wear a bathrobe for most of your “business” hours does not actually make i

Contracts , Clients , Income , Business

Robert Bowen - Creatively Handling the Admin Side of Freelancing

And for the most part, a creative mind fits well in this freelance environment because they ultimately call all the shots and are bound by very few restraints — for the most part. This road, howeve

workflow , Productivity , Business

Robert Bowen - Critical Mistakes Freelancers Make

Seeing as we are all human (well, presumably whoever is reading this post anyway), we should recognize that mistakes happen. They even have that saying, “To err is human…,” which goes to show that i

Errors , workflow , Business

Robert Bowen - How To Identify And Deal With Different Types Of Clients

In today’s digital age, the arena has shifted to the Web, and the online office space that most freelancers inhabit limits personal interaction. Though sussing out a client’s personality via online

Clients , Business

Robert Bowen - How To Draft A Freelance Contract

In the world of freelancing, the entrepreneur has to take on a number of tasks for themselves that would normally be handled by a separate department at a bigger company. Most of these tasks are not

Contracts , templates , Business

Robert Bowen - The Beauty Of Urban Decay Photography

The city is a fantastic source of beauty and inspiration, with all the glitz and glamor glistening beneath the city lights. But there is another side of the city altogether, one rife with its own ki

Photography , Graphics

Robert Bowen - Showcase Of Beautiful Retro And Vintage Typography

Typography surrounds people daily as they move through their routines, rarely taking notice. It’s literally everywhere. In advertising, product packaging, printed publications, graphic designs, and

Handwriting , Typography , Retro , Inspiration , Vintage

Robert Bowen - 35 Phenomenal Fractal Art Pictures

In the realm of digital art, so many wonderful and playful genres exist that stimulate the imagination, but so few do it with the intricate style of fractal art. Fractal art is achieved through the

Mathematics , Art , Graphics , Inspiration

Robert Bowen - 60 Concert Posters From Ten Amazing Artists

When scouring the design field, searching for stand-out artistic expression and fluid composition, one area that should always catch the eye, is poster design. Moreover, concert poster design, which

Art , Graphics , Posters , Illustrations