As design firms, and even freelancers, working directly with clients to help them solve business problems with creative insight is the end goal. We sometimes judge our business success off having these types of relationships. Partnering with a larger agency or firm to assist with their clients is another great…

Most days I wake up feeling like I have the motivation and energy to build and grow my business, and handle the myriad of challenges that come with it. Some days I wake up and couldn’t feel more different from the productive, energetic, grinding person I am. …

I wrote this journal entry to myself a couple weeks ago. I decided I wanted to share it, and hopefully you find it as beneficial reading it as I did writing it. Today is Friday. And just like every Friday, I always am in a better mood than any other…

Ending the year with juggling client’s requests of the new year launch dates, the holidays interfering with timelines, and rush turnarounds, it’s undoubtedly going to lead one straight to burn out. The outlook that you have on the new year reflects where you are personally and mentally. …

For entrepreneurs, a new year becomes a time to begin new habits, take different risks, and alter business directions in search for new & more successful outcomes. As important as business is, I have found that effort towards personal growth is equally, if not more important as the nurturing put…

This is the process of how we ideated, designed & produced a promotional giveaway for a speaking engagement. — It’s always difficult to design for your own company. But thanks to deadlines, sometimes we’re forced to make final decisions to complete the project. With having an upcoming speaking engagement, this is our process and approach to creating a leave-behind for our attendees. Focus on utility.

I looked over the severance package. Stood up. Shook my former boss’s hand, and walked out into the unknown. This was about three years ago, the first time I had been laid off in my career. But also, it was a time that the path I had been following became…

There is not a handbook for the entrepreneurial spirit who decides to run their own business. When I began Dewyngaert Design, I focused on two main practices, and made them habitual. Meet and talk with anyone and everyone that has any words of wisdom to help me with my journey. …

I used to blog when I was in art school, sharing stories about anything from goals of moving to New York City, self-growth words of wisdom from the desk of a starving art student, to experiences working on design projects. …