The 2008 HOW Conference program included more than 50 sessions in a variety of tracks, including Creativity & Inspiration, Design Disciplines, Career Development and more. See below for descriptions of last year's sessions; more information will be posted on 2009 sessions in January.
1. Financial Planning for Solo Designers 2. Designer’s Guide to Research 3. When Good Prospects Become Bad Clients 4. Building a Supportive and Creative Culture REPEAT 5. The Design Catch-22 6. The Quest for Quantification: Proving Design’s ROI 7. Email by Design: The Art of Creating Effective Email Communications
1. Career GPS: Navigating New Professional Landscapes 2. Get Your Network to Work for You 3. Advice for the Young Creative 4. What it Takes to Be Your Own Boss 5. Lovin’ Your Job: How to Make It Happen 6. Planning, Packaging and Promoting Yourself as the Product 7. Designer Sobriety
1. Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication 2. Arriving at Creativity 3. Tips for Productivity: Making Ideas Happen in the Creative Community 4. Combining Type and Image 5. Making Creativity Work 6. Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers 7. Illustrative Design
1. Making Your Prepress Files Foolproof 2. Green Paper 3. Common Mistakes Print Designers Make on the Web 4. Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking 5. Letterpress 101 6. Interface Innovation 7. Designing Across Media and Channels
Following this year's HOW Design Conference, a first-timer and very active forum member who goes by the user name Amberlyth produced a document designed to share her conference experience with her colleagues who couldn't attend. She's generously made... more
