Bottom line, the economy is sour, and may remain that way for quite some time. Let’s not cry about it. Let’s do something about it. Now is the time to focus on your brand and your brand strategy with these 10 tips.

What's needed today is a different approach that we call Effect Design. It flips the "cause and effect" equation and pays forward creative thinking to the benefit of people, planet and profits.

Finesse your freelancing skills to make more money.

Want to really do some good with your talents? Our business expert helps you get strategic about your pro-bono efforts.

Join Decoding Design author Maggie Macnab as she discusses her new book, her approach to design and her interest in symbology.

Business cards: We all hand them out, and yet few actually get kept. Here, we've collected the most beautiful, distinctive and offbeat ones from creatives around the country. Read more about how these designers make their great, first impressions.

Faced with harsh economic realities, two design-firm principals made the ultimate tough decision: Close their full-service branding agency, downsize drastically and re-emerge in a leaner, more focused form. Here's how they built a new brand from the ashes.

As businesses tighten their belts and wallets, designers are already seeing the  ramifications. Here are ways to combat those trends and position design as a strategic business element.

Developing a new organizational structure is difficult for any business or team, and often requires intense brainstorming. Learn more.

In a rousing keynote at the 2004 HOW Design Conference, speaker and author Daniel Pink declared that designers will play a huge role in the emerging economy. All you passionate creatives, unorthodox thinkers and unbridled innovators are poised for world domination. Who knew?