The Week in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 7 May 2014

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • 11 Ways to Avoid Burnout

    The lat­est Gallup poll (2012) revealed that 87 per­cent of employ­ees are “not engaged” or are “active­ly dis­en­gaged” from their jobs world­wide. This means that, on aver­age, burnt out employ­ees out­num­ber the engaged employ­ees 2 to 1.

  • Designers Choose 5 Exceptional Design Moments in Film
    “The design­ers at dig­i­tal brand­ing agency Firedog Creative choose their favourite pieces of movie design in five categories.

  • Free Online InDesign Alternative for Android, Chromebook, and LINUX Users

    For all the new Chromebook users out there who need a page lay­out tool, this is a major sell­ing point and makes it worth check­ing out. For Mac users, there are a num­ber of great Mac graph­ic design apps you can try if you’re on a budget.”

  • 5 ways to work faster in Photoshop CC
    “The lat­est ver­sion of Adobe’s design soft­ware, Photoshop CC is high­ly ver­sa­tile and very pow­er­ful. But the more large files you work on, the more you can get bogged down, slow­ing your work­flow to a crawl. Here are a few prac­ti­cal and achievabl…
  • Web Typography – 17 Tips to Convert Your Website Into a Professional One

    If you’re a lit­tle con­fused as to what you should be doing with your site then don’t stress. The core fun­da­men­tals, no mat­ter wher­ev­er you grow with them, are still a great place to start. You can fall back on them at any time you need. Here are 17 tips that can help you improve your site and even make it look a lit­tle more professional.

  • Accelerate your brand­ing work­flow with Illustrator’s artboards
    “Graphic design­er Andy Cooke explains how to make full use of Illustrator’s art­boards to eas­i­ly con­struct and out­put a wide vari­ety of brand collateral.

  • Social Media Users Find Change ‘Stressful’ (Science Tells Us What We Already Know)

    Every sin­gle time Twitter or Facebook changes their lay­out in a big way, every­body gets upset — either at the changes them­selves, or at all the peo­ple who are freak­ing out over the changes. A group of researchers decid­ed to study this phe­nom­e­non, and found that there are ways for social media web­sites to mit­i­gate this nerd rage.

  • The pro guide to tak­ing on design interns
    “Clearleft part­ner Andy Budd dis­cuss­es the ben­e­fits of estab­lish­ing an intern­ship programme.”
  • How To Cultivate A Creative Thinking Habit
    “CREATIVITY ISN’T A MYTHICAL CREATURE TO BE CAUGHT AND TAMED. IT’S A HABIT, STUDIES SUGGEST; A WAY OF LIFE THAT’S BUILT OVER TIME.”