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You Are Not an Artist: A Candid Guide to the Business of Being a Designer

You Are Not an Artist: A Candid Guide to the Business of Being a Designer

A book dedicated to the designer—or design student—who not only wants to be good at design, but wants to understand what that really means.

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You Are Not an Artist: A Candid Guide to the Business of Being a Designer

A book for designers, students, and educators. Available November 15, 2022.

4 min readSep 15, 2022

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The storytelling power of simple design solutions

How designers communicate a lot with a little

6 min readJan 17, 2023

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Designing friction-free experiences with service design

Plus 8 tips for making your service design a reality

6 min readJan 7, 2023

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UX Collective

Say goodbye to “dummy text” and start using real content

Why designers should ditch Lorem Ipsum and learn to write

6 min readFeb 13, 2023

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How to break up with clients

The “dos and don’ts” of letting go for designers

5 min readFeb 9, 2023

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UX Planet

From boring to breathtaking: A guide to creating killer product demos

Transforming your product demos into experiences that sell

7 min readFeb 4, 2023

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The value of freelancing as a side hustle

It’s more than supplemental income

4 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Understanding typography: Giambattista Bodoni and the invention of modern type

Invoking royalty and fashion across four centuries

6 min readJan 26, 2023

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My first freelance client was also my worst, but what I learned was priceless

Every project won’t be valuable, but every experience will be

4 min readJan 17, 2023

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Simplicity is a discipline, not a style

Thoughts on Christoph Niemann’s Abstract-O-Meter and why designers often confuse simple with “minimal”

3 min readDec 31, 2022

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Jon Robinson

Jon Robinson

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Head of Design and Research at Pager. Author of You Are Not an Artist: A Candid Guide to the Business of Being a Designer.

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