What rate should you be paid?
The demand for senior and digital talent has never been stronger. But reduced client budgets are starting to impact on salary levels and recruitment strategies, threatening to stall the freelance
The recruiters’ view: time to stay or go?
It isn’t always easy for costly senior designers to move on – especially not in tougher economic climates. But experienced staff who can help in the battle to win and
Profile – Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid combines a consultancy post at Wolff Olins with a writing career that has just seen him shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize. Fiona Sibley is impressed by this
Profile
Bags are the fashion must-haves, with high-priced versions flying out of stores. Mulberry has tapped this trend, with its range of luxury leathergoods that owe as much to practicality as
Peripheral vision
Lynda Relph-Knight looks at the impact of Samsung Design Europe’s work
Money Talk
Salaries are still increasing – great for staff, but groups need to watch their profit margins, says Mike Exon. Research by Natalie Adams and Natalie Jeffery
Just The Type
Always more a typographer than a graphic designer, Derek Birdsall’s body of work, from Pirelli calendars to Penguin books, demonstrates his mastery of the art. Mike Dempsey met him
When we were kings
David King’s hard-hitting style has made a huge impact on graphic design and the political causes he supports, argues Mike Dempsey
Tight spot
Amanda Merron, partner of accountancy group Willott Kingston Smith, looks at the effects of the economic downturn on design sector recruitment
Legal grounding
Mike Exon summons up three key legal professionals working closely with the design sector for some useful guidance for would-be design start-ups
Feeding time
Digit won the Best of Show at the DW Awards, for its work on the MTV2 project. How does a small digital media consultancy follow this up?
Designers need more commitment and professionalism
After months of advertising, we received just a tiny handful of applicants for two posts of experienced designer. Of these, two were on extended overseas excursions from their homes in
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