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Businesses don't hire designers for their good work If you’re employed, it’s because somebody believes that spending money on your salary will lead to...
a year ago
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How to make digital business cards and share them via QR codes A previous employer found it important that the whole team had business cards. I had to wait a few...
a year ago
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Are design ethics useless? Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive...
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Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive design patterns...
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Your job defines you We designers like to go against the grain. We’re not like the others and definitely not like Bob...
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We designers like to go against the grain. We’re not like the others and definitely not like Bob from Accounting....
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Who is responsible for the impact of innovative products? How can it be that a) all products are designed, b) designers want to create something good for the...
a year ago
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I like watercolor painting Yep, that’s it: I like painting with watercolors. As a hobby. As a student, I thought hobbies were...
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Yep, that’s it: I like painting with watercolors. As a hobby. As a student, I thought hobbies were lame. Because:...
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The most important question in design: who’s gonna pay me? Have you ever worried about the real impact of your work? Done a project in an exploitive industry?...
a year ago
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Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all...
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One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all unnecessary words. Problem...
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Blogging or posting on social media—what's better? I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to...
over a year ago
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Why is open source software so badly designed? “It could have been so great, but why is it so ugly and difficult to use?” people trying open...
over a year ago
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Bringing markers back to UI design Many designers know: the best design tool is a marker. Not Figma, not Sketch and no, not a pencil....
over a year ago
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The future of blogging I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post...
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I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
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10 Reasons why bicycles can't replace cars I live in Germany. The land of automakers. The land of auto lobbyists and auto marketeers. They’re...
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I live in Germany. The land of automakers. The land of auto lobbyists and auto marketeers. They’re doing well convincing...
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Design and art In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too...
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In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too concerned...
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The new heroes of design I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
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I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
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You're making me buy a new phone My iPhone SE 2016 is a good one. It’s easy to handle with one hand. The screen is more than...
over a year ago
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Organizations are ant colonies After I had played Universal Paperclips for a couple of hours, I thought I understood the game’s...
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After I had played Universal Paperclips for a couple of hours, I thought I understood the game’s message. I put...
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There are no individual contributors in design This term, that I believe comes from software development, is taking hold in other fields too:...
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This term, that I believe comes from software development, is taking hold in other fields too: individual contributor. I don’t...
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New Year's resolutions are silly Every February you get to see so billboards with fitness center advertisements. Because by then most...
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Every February you get to see so billboards with fitness center advertisements. Because by then most people have already given...
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Design better by avoiding your cognitive biases Good UI design is all about guiding attention to what’s important. When making the right thing for...
over a year ago
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I sold Big Timer Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so...
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Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so here’s what...
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Here's how I maintain healthy media routines (most of the time) It took me a while to break the bad habits I had around social platforms and reading news. In...
over a year ago
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A not so gentle intro to web3 Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the...
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Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the distributed part of blockchain technology...
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Breaking unhealthy media habits in six simple steps Shortly after I got my first iPhone, I started using it while walking up the stairs, sitting on the...
over a year ago
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How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
over a year ago
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How I replaced doom scrolling with productive media routines The best way to stop a bad habit is to replace it with a new one. Or in my case,...
over a year ago
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Do you really need to set a theme color to color Safari's UI? When it was announced that websites can change the color of Safari’s UI, I was eager to try it...
over a year ago
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I designed a Christmas gift I love the idea of charity donations as gifts, but I find they lack something. I don’t know about...
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I love the idea of charity donations as gifts, but I find they lack something. I don’t know about you,...