If you’re injecting creativity into solving business problems, it’s important to articulate how the business or marketing objectives factored into your solution. The first step is understanding these key business concepts in order to translate the rational language of business into the emotional language of design. Taken from his book Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, Douglas starts with the exposure to and translation of several key business concepts designers should understand. This session is a curated list of the business and marketing concepts most relevant to designers, writers, and art directors in a relevant digestible format. See the session here >
The Furtur's Chris Do & Douglas Davis wade into the touchy place of race.
So many questions and so little time this livestream w/ co-host, author, professor, Douglas Davis and an international panel of designers of color scratch the surface of what it means to be a minority in design. Be sure to look at the show notes! They are packed with resources from this conversation. The spirited comments, multiple points of view and every thumb up or down suggests a topic that will have a range of solutions. Shout out to Chris Do's bravery for taking the risk and lending his platform to discuss such a relevant topic. Watch here >
Read The logo creative's designer interview with Douglas Davis
The Logo Creative is a Logo & Brand Identity Designer based in the UK creating iconic visual identities that are memorable & timeless. His Designer Interview Series featured Douglas in his most candid interview to date. Douglas commented on how much he learned about himself when recalling how, "I had to dig through years of backups, look back at linkedin and search Gmail to triangulate the answers to these questions." Read the Interview here >
Obsessed with Design's Josh Miles and Douglas discuss managing fear as a creative.
Listen to our second conversation with the author of “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design” Today on Obsessed with Design we have a special second conversation with one of our most popular past guests, Douglas Davis. Douglas is the author of “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design”, Digital Marketer, Freelance Art and Creative Director, and Advertising & Design Educator. Listen for topics like Dealing with fear and doubt (16:30), Design's #me2 issue (25:16) and Decreasing fear by increasing trust (31:00). Listen Here >
The College of Charleston School of Business and Office of Admissions invites Douglas to help high school students begin with the end in mind.
Begin with the end in mind: Planning for a successful future. With Author, Strategist and Professor, Douglas Davis
This conversation about how today's choices directly affect your future options will be interactive and informative. Attendees at any stage of their academic career will benefit from the story of how this South Carolina native who had no plans to go to college became a professor in New York City. Douglas's journey from Lexington to Brooklyn includes how he was invited to join the faculty at New York University's Integrated Marketing program on graduation day as well as the lessons learned from mistakes along the way. Please join us for the dialogue and Q&A with this M.O.V.E. speaker Saturday, February 3rd at 10am in the Office of Admissions.