This month’s portfolio review features Marina Manova, who is considering moving beyond print-on-demand and beginning to pitch her work to wallpaper and interiors companies.

Marina already has a...

Every artist has had this experience at some point: a piece you love, one that feels like some of your best work, gets passed over, without a clear explanation of why. That moment can be discouragi...

Many of us have had some version of this experience.

A course opens for enrollment and within minutes we're doing the math. We start looking for ways to make it work. We can see the value immediat...

This month’s portfolio review features Maria Flores, who submitted a single pattern for feedback and invited us to take a deeper look at the collections featured on her website.

As we explored ...

Interior designers spend a surprising amount of their time managing competing priorities.

A client wants one thing. The budget allows for another. A contractor is waiting on decisions. Lead times ...

A funny thing happens when you do something for the first time.

You spend months imagining what will happen, and then reality shows up and gives you a completely different education.

That's how A...

This month’s portfolio review features Anna Black Creative, who asked whether her collections are cohesive enough and whether her work is best suited for residential interiors, home textiles, uphol...

We’ve talked a lot lately about the importance of getting out there rather than waiting until we feel fully ready. 

That has probably been one of the biggest mindset shifts for us as a brand. Not ...

One of the questions designers ask most often is some version of this: how does work actually get chosen?

Not just how to improve technically, but how decisions are made behind the scenes. What ma...

The beginning of product development often feels deceptively organized.

You build timelines. Source materials. Approve samples. Send emails. Track revisions. Everything appears to be moving forwar...

This month’s portfolio review features Monica of Monica Kane Design, who asked whether her artwork is suitable for the interiors and home décor markets and where she should focus as she continues r...

We’ve talked before about circling. About staying in research mode, refining endlessly, waiting to feel more certain before making a real move. But sometimes, underneath all of that, there’s someth...