A year in. Where to now?
Taking the lessons learned after a year of running Creo and plotting a course for the future. A year ago I made the shift from Chris Young Design to Creo. From operating as a simple freelance business...
View ArticleNew Work: Shade7 Website
Over the past few months I’ve had the great pleasure of working with Shade7 to update their website to a new, improved WordPress site. The new site went live last night – perfectly timed for the...
View ArticleImportant News About Creo
Update: March 2016 After three months working with the wonderful team at Husk, I’ll be dialling back my hours there and getting on with some Creo projects and a jumping in wherever other studios or...
View ArticleStrengths. What are they good for?
A few months back I did Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment, followed by a session with one of New Zealand’s top StrengthsFinder coaches. It was phenomenally insightful, and I daresay the best of the...
View ArticleBack at it. But looking for a team.
Since the middle of last year, I’ve kept things on the Creo front pretty quiet; mainly as I was contracting with other studios. Now I’m charging full-steam-ahead with Creo once again, whilst looking...
View ArticleManaging a Freelance Design Studio – Part 1: Admin Tools
I come across any number of young (and some not-so-young) creatives who are freelancing or setting up small studios, who don't have a clue what to do outside of design work. So today I'll begin a short...
View ArticleProcrastinators & Doubters Rejoice
This fascinating TED talk by organisational psychologist Adam Grant sheds light on what it takes to be an Original – and it’s not what you might think.
View ArticleManaging a Freelance Design Studio – Part 2: Design Tools
Recently I kicked off a series of posts about what is needed to set up a freelance or small design studio – talking about admin tools. Today, I’ll continue with the series and talk about the actual...
View ArticleManaging a Freelance Design Studio – Part 3: Communication Tools
So far in this mini-series of posts I’ve dealt with Admin and Design Tools. Now it’s the turn of a super-vital component of running any studio or freelance business: Communication Tools. Clear...
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