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9 pro tips for creatives working from home

Creatives working from home enjoy several benefits, not least flexible hours and saving on the commute. But it also has its challenges. For one, you have to create your own working set up, and this takes some time and thought.

It's easy to plonk a laptop on the dining table or coffee table and work away, but that probably isn't going to be comfortable in the long run, and your work may suffer too. Below, the art director and designer Tina Touli offers nine pro tips to consider when honing your home work set up, from your surroundings to your screen

01. Manage screen brightness

Work in intervals on maximum brightness so that you can get the best out of your colours without damaging your eyes. I also find it helpful, especially before delivery, to check my graphics with lower brightness in order to replicate how a user would see them on their mobile (rarely do people have them on full brightness).

02. Keep organized

Keep your set up as portable as possible with super-organized files. I tend to spend a good amount of time over the year travelling around and it's lovely to be able to do so just grabbing my laptop to go! Work from everywhere without any technical difficulties by keeping mobile hard drives nice and organized so you can work on your files without taking over your memory!

03. Invest in a good screen

Your laptop is your friend for when you are out and about, but a great screen will pay dividends when it comes to working in your studio.

04. Don’t be afraid of contrast

Don’t be afraid of contrast – Full black or white can be daunting, but be brave!  I love high contrast, even B&W, but colors are my favorite. Vivid bright colors.

05. Light up your room (and your screen)

06. Keep your environment neutral

Keeping your environment neutral can bring out the color in your work. I tend to keep the studio space more neutral in terms of color (of course there are little pops of color around) and even my desktop wallpaper is just a solid grey color. I feel like it helps me better shape/check the color palette of every project I am working on.

07. Listen to music

What pleases the ear, pleases the brain. Science says 60-70 bpm playlists are best to maximize concentration but I love everything from rock music to house. The music I choose depends on my mood, the project I am working on, even the time of the day, but music for working is definitely key.

08. Print your work

Screens like a Dell UltraSharp allow us to see a lovely range of colours that are super close to what you get on print, something very important for multidisciplinary designers like myself. But if you are printing, it’s always worth checking as you go on different types of paper just to see how what’s on screen translates.

09. Consider a standing desk

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