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3 skills that will get you ahead ~90% of Designers in 2023

Technical skills will get you so far in Design. You need to focus on soft skills such as Communication, Time Management if you want to grow and stand out.

"Thank You" letter to Designers for 2022

Dear Designer, You have done an amazing job this year! Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you wanted. Go easy on yourself. Design is hard! You are expected to touch everything from stating business problems to communicating your solutions to developers, stakeholders. You work hard on making sense of data

Design Process is Messy! as it should be.

Meticulously structured design courses are valuable. Study them, learn them, but if you ever get overwhelmed (and you will), bear in mind that the real work environments are not that strict, you will have room to break the rules you learned, explore and make your own rules.

Video Gamer skills that make a Great Designer

Enjoy your time with video games, do not see it as a waste of time as society thinks. This is YOUR time, use it as you like it. It will make you a better designer.

There are no small design projects

Treat every design project as an opportunity to improve and show your craft, creativity, attention to detail, not as a paycheck. Especially if you are a young designer.

5+ Benefits of Creative Constraints (Restrictions) in Design

Constraints are your clues to a good, accessible, consistent design. Use them for your strength and do your best to express your creativity within these lines. There is so much you can use your Creativity to contribute to your clients' businesses and users' life.

Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon

A quick coffee time read with lots of practical tips and common sense stuff for all types of creative people. This book comes as a good reminder of how we should not overthink to take action and how we do not have to worry about being original to be successful...

Why you should NOT Under Promise and Over Deliver as a Designer!

Be honest and estimate a reasonable timeline based on your experience and enable your client to go live earlier than other designers' estimations. That’s what will prove your value as a Designer, not a surprise early delivery.

How being an introvert makes me a better Designer [6+ strenghts]

Introvert Designers; Educate your managers, colleagues about what introversion really means, that you need your space to be creative, that you need your time to think, that you don't need to change and you are a great value to the team with your introvert qualities.

Heroes over Mentors

We do not need to be in active communication with our heros (which would make them mentors), however we can follow their work, blog, Twitter, etc. to have an understanding of what they are up to, how they are approaching to certain situations and learn from them.

Self-taught with Passion

"Being self-taught is all about working hard yourself on the path of your passion with endless patience and curiosity."

White Space

White spaces in design are not wasted spaces. They clean the environment around the important element and gives better, easier, direct focus