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The Resume Is Dead, The Bio Is King. If you’re a designer, entrepreneur, or creative – you probably haven’t been asked for your resume in a long time. Instead, people Google you – and quickly assess your talents based on your website, portfolio, and social media profiles. Do they resonate with what you’re sharing? Do they identify with your story?

Are you even giving them a story to wrap their head around? One are the days of “Just the facts, M’am.” To help you with this, your bio should address the following 5 questions: Who am I? Your bio is the lynchpin for expanding your thought leadership and recognition, especially online. Here’s the challenge: who taught you how to write your bio? Admittedly, most of us never got a lesson in this essential task. The personal branding industry has only muddied the waters. Instead, share more of what you really care about. With all this in mind, here’s a few key pointers for reinventing your bio as a story: 1. You’re a creative. 2. 3. Think frugally here. 4. What’s Your Take? Advertising | Daazine. Alexandra Bruel – Advertising with Clay Alexandra Bruel is a french art director and illustrator based in Paris.

She studied graphic design at the Gobelins School in Paris and during her degree she began to work with plasticine. She’s represented by Handsome Frank, a London based agency and she work for an array of clients across the advertising and design sector.... The Art of Ironing Awesome video made by DDB Moscow. An advertising campaign made for Philips Azur. Soulwax Radio / Machine soulwax ‘machine’ from Radio Soulwax on Vimeo. Opening Ceremony – Videos 22 Featuring Reyn Spooner from Opening Ceremony on Vimeo. Discover Projects » Design / Product Design. 10 Tools For Finding, Registering And Managing Domain Names. Advertisement A domain name is the starting point for our online brands and identities, be it for a company, online application or a personal website. Some of us may own only one domain for a portfolio site or blog, whilst others have to manage domain names for clients or all kinds of projects. But even if you do not yet have a personal domain, as the Web becomes more pervasive in our lives, finding yourself a real home on the web becomes more of a neccessity.

Of course, social web services like Facebook, Twitter, etc. do indeed offer usernames, but only domains give us full ownership and control over branding and ultimately how we express ourselves online. Many of the traditional sites that offer domain names are poorly organised, hard to navigate and covered in spammy ads. You may also be interested in the following articles: 1. The popular Domainr service comes as easy and clean as it gets. 2. Domaintyper is a well executed little project. 3. 4. 5. 6. iWantMyName DomainApp – iPhone app. PANTONE Color, products and guides for accurate color communication. This is a page. you have arrived. Sleepy owl. Baby unicorn. The Sartorialist.