Business, Balance & Burdens: what does it take to successfully run a graphic design studio?

Continuing our partnership with Antalis Creative Power, The A Paper explores the often neglected and undervalued topics within the contemporary graphic design scene. For the fourth part of the series, we delved into the financial side of running a small creative business with Yah-Leng Yu, Principal at Singaporian studio Foreign Policy, and Erika Barbieri, Creative Director at Oslo-based studio Olssøn Barbieri. EM: What do you wish you knew when you started the studio? EB: That there is not such a thing as ‘Now, we can relax.’ Running a studio means there is always something to fix, learn or go through. Everything constantly changes. It’s true of life and of business. It is important to set new goals and keep moving.