Creative Journal
Read advice on creating a design business, how to be a designer and ethical and legal issues

Design and ethics
Personal preference means that everyone can think of exploration and unethical services in a different way, perception is all. When it is right to turn away business? At what point does paying the bills become more important than ethics?

Don't give away your most valuable asset
Design created for a pitch isn’t 100% perfect, it’s completed to ‘win’ not to meet the needs of the business, product or service through the tested methods of a a good relationship, a collaborative brief, research and communication. It’s free work provided to a brief that could easily express creator bias.

Onboarding with Hello Lovely Design and Co
Congratulations! You’ve found me and I hope we’ll work together. This journal explains what happens when you get in touch from call to invoice. There’s also information on where I work, software, ethics and inspiration.

Cultural and global design
Working with clients from across the world on their designs can be a different experience to working in your own language. Here’s a few things I’ve learned when collaborating with teams and clients that are international, in honour of International Design Day!

What makes a great design collaboration? Setting up for success in ten steps.
When I was first owned by a dog, I was told by our amazing trainer to set yourself (and therefore the dog) up for success. It’s the same with any collaboration - set yourself up for success with your designer (or any supplier) and it’ll be so much easier. What does make a great design collaboration? Here’s ten tips from me. I’d love to hear yours.

A-Z: 10 apps that I love using
Apps that make my life easier and might help you too.

How to be a graphic designer
I often get asked how I got into graphic design and what I think are the best routes. I thought it was about time I created a blog post about it! What skills do I have, what do you need and does a degree help? Find out more in this post!
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