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Articles, thoughts, and interviews.

Fake it until you make it! Why do I have imposter syndrome?

Sahil Lavingia

Good design is like a refrigerator—when it works, no one notices, but when it doesn’t, it sure stinks.

Irene Au

Designers and creatives are only as good as the team they are surrounded by. If a talented designer has to spend 80% of their time teaching others or constantly explaining every decision in a rational way to stakeholders — they might not be such a talented creative in a few years. Their craft deteriorates.

Lillian Ayla Ersoy

The practice of 'Guanxi' often leads to bad design

Ale Urrutia

The problem with buzzwords is that is being replaced by buzzwork

Ale Urrutia
Code October 3, 2018

SCSScolor, create palettes based on color wheel schemes

A SCSS starter to create palettes based on color wheel schemes.

We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run

Roy Amara
Fun September 18, 2018

Shenzhen’s creative titles

Shenzhen is a city of great innovations and during the time I’ve worked in this city, I got to know people with very creative titles. 🤑 CGO: Chief Guanxi Officer 🧙‍♂️ PPD: Principle Presentation Designer 👽 MMS: Middle Management Shadower 👤 LFA: Lose Face Apprentice 🤥 HRW: Human Resources Whatever 🖨 JSD: Junior/Senior Designer 🔊 […]

Code August 2, 2018

SCSS typographic scale

I’ve built this SCSS typographic modular scale starter to help developers and designers improve the harmonic relation between text and headlines in web projects and create a better visual hierarchy for its contents.

Interview May 1, 2018

Designer Ale Urrutia: “I’ve always been an observer”

Ale Urrutia’s clever use of geometry caught our eye when he submitted his ‘FORMA’ card deck project, created in Affinity Designer, for our 1.6 update campaign. We loved his work so much it now features on the Affinity Designer product page and in our 1.6 promo video. In this profile Ale reveals the extraordinary way […]