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Young Entrepreneurship: Reflections on Taking the Road Less Traveled
I had run a boutique design studio for over a decade by the time I was barely out of my 20’s… It was ALL the things, all at once. It was freeing… For…
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Why I’m joining the 1% who write on LI…
Somehow the LinkedIn algorithm has recently decided that I need to be poked in the ribs and prodded to write more. ‘Only 1% of LI users actually post content,’ it says. ‘So, why…
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I let my teen destroy her bed – and it’s become a storytelling medium…
When I was a new mom, people gave me a ton advice, as they will. I let some of it sink in, and the rest got tossed right out the proverbial window. But…
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Context is everything – especially in design.
Have you ever visited a new city on the recommendation of a friend who knows it very well – and come away wondering why they were so adamant that you would LOVE it…
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Visual Design & Shifting Titles
You have permission to be confused about shifting job titles in the design industry over time. In many cases, the title ‘graphic designer’ is often used interchangeably with the ‘visual designer’ title. There…
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Reframing Creative Block
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” – John Steinbeck Can we talk for a moment about creative block, mindfulness and the creative cycle? Even as I…