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How To Sell Creative Work To Clients -
Absolutely anyone can sell crappy work to clients. It’s actually quite easy, and on of the main reasons why there are so many terrible ads, mediocre campaigns, and uninspired websites reeking of sameness. If you want to sell a truly unique idea or creative work to a client it will take hard work and serious effort.
Here are a few key points from the article: know the work inside and out, pick apart your idea, be ready to fight for your ideas, believe in what you’re presenting, and brass balls can help too.
After you finish reading part 1, continue on to part 2.
A field guide of typestaches designed by San Francisco art director Tor Weeks. The screen printed 18” x 24” poster is available on Old Tom Foolery
Via Fast Co. Design
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Argentinean designer Marciano Sifoni created this experimental pop-up book while studying at Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA. I can only imagine how much time went into creating this fantastic piece.
Via Behance
Later this week Backburner 1.3 will be released to support English, German, Japanese, French and Italian.
Tumblr Themes now available in 5 languages
Starting today, you can switch all of Tumblr’s featured and premium themes between English, German, Japanese, French, and Italian.
Just use the Language menu under Customize → Advanced.
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One word: Friction
“Through casual research I’ve discovered that on average an Apple users jeans are 33% tighter than a PC user, and a shocking 90% tighter than a Linux user. Apple fans are also hamstrung by a lack of cargo pockets on their pants that these other users enjoy. The problem is bad with a pair of Earnest Sewns, and becomes increasingly critical when I switch to, say, my Levis 501 XX Shrink to Fit 1947 Selvedge Cone Denim.”
Barbarian Group’s take on what went wrong with the bumpers.
Via @seth_weisfeld
Camera+ for iPhone: $253,000 in First-Month Sales -
Absolutely impressive sales for the first month of tap tap tap’s Camera+ iOS app. Their post on the Camera+ app sales is a great article full of advice on the importance of great design, attention to detail, fun elements, and international support.
Reblogged from Cameron Moll