Design Community (F+W Media)

At the Heart of the Design Community are two long-standing design magazines that can be found in nearly every design firm lobby, and on professional graphic designers’ coffee tables around the world.

As Director of SEO for F+W Media, I worked with my team to optimize 8 websites (as much as we could in 2 months), and taught a team of editors how to conduct keyword research, optimize their blog posts, build internal links, and look for other link building opportunities. Our focus from this point on is to build optimized landing pages for the community, such as their Gifts for Designers page on their store.

HOW Magazine

Founded in 1985, the HOW brand began as a print-form design magazine. Having evolved beyond simply an award-winning design magazine, the HOW brand offers various products and events created to serve the creativity, business and technological needs of graphic designers around the country (and world)…serving both design firms and in-house design departments.

Find everything from design career advice and design jobs,  design business tips, design blogs, design competitions and design awards, design creativity. Plenty of design resources proven to help professionals of any type and location.

Print Magazine

Founded in 1940 by William Edwin Rudge, and now owned by F+W Media, Print is a bimonthly graphic design magazine dedicated to showcasing extraordinary visual design in our culture, both on and off the page. Covering everything from magazine and book design to animation, corporate logos, rock ‘n roll posters, street art and more, Print uncovers the intricacies of commercial, social, and environmental design from every viewpoint. Print explores the visual qualities of our world, and why that matters.

My Design Shop

As the premier design store for design school graduates, design professionals, freelancers, and in-house designers, My Design Shop is the best place to go for the resources that designers use every day.

Stocked with the latest design essentials, information, instruction, trends, exercises, and design inspiration, designers will find their most sought after products and tools. Find everything from pantone colors, to color theory, to product design, to package design, to sustainable design. Even paper folding! All of the design elements needed for the graphic and web design profession are found right here. We are dedicated to offering you the best products and services for your graphic design needs.

HOW Design University

HOW Design University offers online graphic design courses & web design classes from the publishers of HOW magazine, providing in-depth learning opportunities for busy creative design professionals, on their schedule. HOW U‘s design workshops, independent design study programs, design webinars and on-demand design tutorials explore topics that designers will find key to their career growth and success in the workplace. Professional-level graphic & web design education is ready and waiting, on your schedule to help you sharpen your skills, strengthen relationships with clients and improve your value to your company.