Laura Snoad
Laura is a London-based journalist specialising in design, arts and culture.
Laura is currently features editor at Grand Designs Magazine but was previously on the features team at Marketing Week and Design Week. She also writen for Icon, Digital Arts and onoffice.
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Articles by Laura Snoad
In-Depth: Fail fast: how to succeed by failing
Failure is ever-present in the design industry, but by adopting the ‘fail fast’ strategy, you’ll be able to quickly adapt as it progresses…
In-Depth: Master web typography
Give your online designs a boost by using typographic techniques and web fonts that add interest and impact
In-Depth: Sell your work: the ultimate guide to selling artworks as prints, iPhone & iPad cases, collectables and more!
Deciding on how best to sell your work as art can be a real challenge. Laura Snoad explores your different options
In-Depth: How to get an illustration agent
As Laura Snoad discovers, signing up with an agency can help take your career to the next level
In-Depth: How to make a good first impression with clients
You might think you know how to wow clients and employers, but the nature of the game is more involved than meets the eye, says Laura Snoad
In-Depth: Sports and London 2012 Olympics design campaigns revealed
There’ll seldom be a better time to get involved in sport-led design, says Laura Snoad
In-Depth: How top studios create their best movie posters for Hollywood and indie films
Laura Snoad teases out what makes the best film posters shine and how to succeed in a tough field. Don’t miss it
In-Depth: How to choose colours for a branding project
Laura Snoad explores the simple principles that guide leading agencies’ use of colour
In-Depth: How to choose the perfect typeface
Laura Snoad hears how leading designers follow some simple rules when choosing the ideal typefaces for their projects
In-Depth: Why Don't You? – 50 project briefs from leading creatives to inspire your next project
Laura Snoad asks the world’s best graphic and interactive designers, illustrators and animators to set briefs to inspire your next project. Here…
In-Depth: Inside leading designers' experimental personal projects
Personal projects not only give you the chance to experiment but can also lead to future commissions, as Laura Snoad discovers
Tutorial: Master composition in your designs
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for mastering effective composition
Tutorial: Coming up with design concepts
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for unlocking your creative juices and smoothing your workflow
Tutorial: Working with photography and illustration
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for making the best use of photography and illustration within your designs
Tutorial: Typography tricks
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for using typography effectively
Tutorial: Print techniques
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for getting more from the printed page
Tutorial: Problem-solving tricks
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for solving those creative problems
In-Depth: Design and ethics - Can you stick to your beliefs?
Whether it’s choosing clients, fonts or even styles to emulate, there are aspects of art and design that should give us pause, says Laura Snoad
In-Depth: How to make your design work more eco-friendly
Laura Snoad explores sustainable principles in print and other aspects of design, talking to Nat Hunter from Airside, outgoing D&AD president…
In-Depth: Nightmare Clients... and how to tame them
We’ve probably all had at least one client from hell, but how do you spot them from afar, and how do you keep them under control? Laura Snoad…