Creative Career Roadside Kit

Jan 19

Written By Andy Newman

Designed to equip creatives with quick grab-n-go access to high-impact tools, articles, and platforms to support your work, wellness, and career growth.

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Audrey Liu, Adobe 99U Talk

Incentivize Creative Teams with Meaning, Not Perks

“Do the right thing, not just the most measurable thing.”
— Audrey Liu

✨ Inspo

Get insights from brilliant creative thinkers, updated with fresh ideation fuel, case studies, and POV-shifters:

“Market research is very good at determining consumer preferences among products that currently exist.”
How Steve Jobs Knew What You Wanted

“Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements; to name and categorize things; and to understand our place in the universe.”
— Nicole Fenton
Words as Material

Tracy Ma, RISD talk

Values + Lessons You Won’t Learn in School:

As soon as a you learn, move on
It’s a constant learning and unlearning
Try to make sense of the world (design is a kind of ‘sifting’)
Don’t embroider. Use visual styles to create meaning
Making fun of yourself (and other people too if they’re rich and evil) is a currency you can trade on

The Creative Business

“There is strength in independence but there is power in community.”
― Dr. Madeline Ofina

🆓 Free Design Assets and Stock Photos

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“If you’re not spending at least 5% of your project budget on the spec, you might be doing it wrong.”
— Seth Godin
Creating a useful spec | Seth’s Blog