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  Ben Bate • October 18, 2017

  A Guide to Payment and Invoicing Tools for Designers/Developers

  For freelance designers and developers, managing payments and invoicing is an unavoidable consideration and form a key aspect of running a small business. As such, it’s important to use effective tools and platforms to handle both aspects. Luckily, we are …

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  Ben Bate • September 25, 2017

  The Inspiration Behind Brutalism in Web Design

  A stripped-down internet inspired by architecture of the 90s. Brutalism in web design, in its most basic form, incorporates stark colors, bold and unforgiving shapes and layouts, and typography that is often clumsy and oversized. By now, we have all …

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  Ben Bate • April 04, 2017

  6 Inspiring Design Documentaries

  Documentaries have a profound effect in terms of their ability to both teach and inspire. As designers, we are one of the primary creative industries and always looking to find and use inspiration, whether it be from images, art, products, …

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  Ben Bate • September 26, 2016

  Is Design Cyclical? Why Styles Are Continuously Changing

  Note: Use of “design” largely refers to design style, specifically mobile and web, for this article. I was recently looking through some screenshots of apps from earlier versions of iOS. It had me thinking about where design is headed over …