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How To Create An Emotionally Positive First *Website* Impression

Remember the time when you introduced yourself to your partner’s…

4 Things to Forget if You Want to Write Good Copy

So you’ve checked the budget, and there’s no room for a copywriter.…

6.5 Tips to Staying Creative

Before getting started on a few practices that have helped us…

Top 10 Productivity Tools for Designers

If you follow me on Twitter you have probably noticed I'm an…

The Sucky Questions

"You get what you ask for, ask a shitty question and you'll…

Suck at Writing

This month I celebrate my 1-year write-aversary! One year…

Fixing Things

As a designer and passionate creator I'm slightly obsessed with…

6 Tips for Simplistic Web Design

Business, like life, politics and a cat's psychology, is complicated.…

Tiny Superheroes

Every once in a while Ignazio and I host our own MENO design…

Less Food

In the past couple months, after the birth of my son Leonardo,…

The Essence of Coffee

Last week (Feb 11) Renato Bialetti have died. While his name…

Can Good Design Be Ugly?

Good design can be visually stunning, but it doesn't have to…

I Need this Now, But Please Don't Rush

A quick preview into a day in the life of our studio: Email…

You Get What You Give

I often buy more books and audiobooks than I can handle, and…

Make this pretty, please!

A few weeks ago I attended a Designers & Geeks Meetup here…

Empathy: The Heart of Good Design

Reading Creative Confidence By Tom and David Kelly of IDEO…

Creativity in the digital age

There are many ideas out there about ways to foster your creativity…

13 Tips to Effective Brainstorming

Brainstorming sessions are a lot of fun, and we get to lead several…

8 Essential Tips on Delivering Feedback to Designers

Feedback implies change, discomfort, confusion and extra work…

Why Nurturing a Fearless Culture Is the Key to Groundbreaking Creative Work

Failure, what's scarier than that? Perhaps a public one? Ed…

5 Tips for Working With Designers

What most people don't understand when they come to us looking…

The Dark Side of Branding

It's much more apparent now than ever before, that branding…

Uncovering Your Brand's Magic

The past month or so I have been spending a considerable amount…