K. Nicole Stowe

time management

Conserving Your Energy

Assess projects so you can spread out your energy over the week.

mechanics of design

Pantone Workarounds

Reverse engineering and some cost-efficient tips.

it's relative

Unknown Unknowns

Feel OK about uncertainty, and even use it to your benefit.

technical

Visual Scrap #9

The cool tools edition.

break time

Break Time

Don't wait for someone to give you a break. Take one.

mechanics of design

Making Things Fit

Ten Pounds of Sugar in a Five Pound Sack

exploration and research

Design Trends (Sort of)

Make your own.

exploration and research

A Pep Talk

We all need one.

presentations

Layers of the Onion

How to navigate approvals.

technical

Entering Spaghetti Territory

How to feel better.

creativity

Two Types of Creative Thought

One is work. One is relaxing.

time management

The Other Way to Manage Deadlines

Ask this one question.

design process

Who Your Visuals Hang Out With Matters

Using Context and Boardsmanship.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #8

Come procrastinate with me.

photography

How to Edit Images

Especially when there are way too many.

design process

New Year's Card Breakdown

A design execution case study.

exploration and research

An Ode to the Copy Machine

Kinko's was my third place.

design process

McNuggets

Why we still need brands, the lost tip for presenting, and a call to not be average.

giftguide

Gemütlichkeit Gift Guide

Comfort and a little nostalgia for your holiday season.

design process

How Technology Shapes Design

Both style and revisions are a result of the technology used.

exploration and research

Leftovers

No work shit. Just soothing links to help your digestion.

design process

There Is No Magic Button

Some of you are nodding your head; some of you are shocked.

design process

Design is Visible Language

Three ways that designers are translators.

design process

Conceptual vs Executional

One is not the other. Know the difference to use your time wisely.

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #7

Kind of the typography issue, but not entirely.