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Design Against the Competition
In business today, design is more present than ever before. From product design and branding, to razor-sharp focus on UX design and mobile experiences, businesses are using design to create…
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Tips on Getting Your First Design Job
Applying for your first design job is hard work and just plain terrifying. I took a whole semester-long class just preparing and tweaking my resumé, portfolio and website to send…
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Watch the Edge: The Slippery Slope of Brand Standards
You’ve probably heard the famous quote that IBM Chairman and CEO Thomas J. Watson declared in 1973: “Good design is good business.” Under Watson, IBM was a renowned global leader…
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Building a Better Tripod for Aerial Photography
If you’ve kept up with our blog, we’re sure you’ve seen some of Atomicdust’s photography work for our clients. With photographers on staff, we have the ability to make every image…
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A Repeatable Framework for Marketing
When I first became interested in design, I was obsessed with grids and patterns. Grids in design are sort of an invisible framework that guides designers, helping them keep proportions…
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What You’re Reading: Top Five Blog Posts of 2014
We’re often telling clients how important it is to create content for their websites – and in 2014, we took some of our own advice. Last year, we created more…
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The Art of Giving Feedback
I would rather go through 1,000 rounds of client feedback on the way to groundbreaking work than spend my time on something easy and run-of-the-mill. I think most agency creatives…
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Your Money’s No Good Here: Keeping Content Marketing In-House
The word “content” is being thrown around so casually in our industry. Most people agree that brands need content to stay in front of people. But that “content” has to…
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Agency Arguments and Other Things to Be Thankful For
Last week, several of us were collaborating on web designs for an exciting client. As we huddled around Beth’s computer, Mike and I found ourselves in the middle of a…
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Six Social Media and Digital Changes to Be Aware of in November 2014
Keeping up with today’s lightning-fast social media and digital landscape is no easy task. Luckily, Atomicdust is here with a quick rundown of six major changes that have come about in the…
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Making Web Development Simpler: Dotfiles, Installer Scripts and Deployment
After two years here at Atomicdust, I’m still relatively new to development. Like anyone new to coding, I’ve realized that there is an immense amount of information out there. There…
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Walking Away from Graphic Design
As a creative director, I look at design every day. I review internal design concepts, read countless magazines about design, own a million design books, watch case study videos on…
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