Good Design is Good Business
A design blog by David Ostroff
The Kindest Thing a Designer Can Do
The kindest thing a designer can do is care. Care about clients. Care about users. Care about teams. Care about themselves.
Top 10 Things I Look for in a Healthy Client Relationship
Great work depends on healthy dynamics.
Designing With Care in Uncertain Times
Clients are carrying more than they show. Designers are too. Research on empathy at work makes this clear.
What Client Anxiety Taught Me About Better Design
Most feedback is not about design. It is about fear. Fear of internal pressure. Fear of being wrong. Fear of change.
The Quiet Skill That Makes Designers Indispensable
The best designers I know are not the loudest in the room. They listen first. I was reminded of this recently watching teams rush to solutions before sitting with the real problem.