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Style guide class starts this week!

Just a quick reminder that my new Skillshare class, By The Book: Create a Style Guide for Your Brand, opens up this Thursday. Once again you have lifetime access as soon as you register and can complete all of the lessons…

Introducing Skillshare Challenges

If you’re taking any Skillshare classes, you may have noticed that they recently introduced a new feature: Challenges. This feature allows teachers to create a prize-based competition within the class, awarding students who do the best work on their projects.…

My Skillshare class starts today!

If you have been considering signing up for my Skillshare class, Beyond the Logo: Crafting a Brand Identity, now is the time to do it! The class opens up today, but it is conducted entirely through video lessons so you can…

Use as Instructed

For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be fill­ing in on DWL with daily posts. This week’s posts come to you from the tal­ented folks of Studio 254: designer and illus­tra­tor Will Bryant, illus­tra­tor and edu­ca­tor Kate Bingaman-Burt,  designer Clifton Burt, designer Tina Snow…

Damn You Art School

Damn You Art School, who provides answers for “everything they never taught you in art school,” looks like an awesome resource for students, recent grads and even working designers. The site provides links to helpful tools for those of us who went…

See you in Texas!

I am currently en route to Texas for Design Ranch! That means that over the next four days, posting will be entirely Design Ranch focused, and regular posting will be suspended until next week. I can’t wait to show you…

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of current NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recommend checking out in the next seven days. As a special treat, DWL readers can get $5…

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recommend checking out in the next seven days. As a special treat, DWL readers can get $5 off…

Designer Resource: FontShop’s Using Type

FontShop’s Using Type series is a great resource for beginners and seasoned designers alike. In case you’re not familiar, Using Type is an ongoing series on their blog where they cover the basics of typography in design. Topics such as understanding…

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recommend checking out in the next seven days. As a special treat, DWL readers can get $5 off…

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recommend checking out in the next five days. As a special treat, DWL readers can get $5 off…