A brief history of the hamburger icon

A brief history of the hamburger icon

 We’ve all seen the hamburger icon. In fact, most people use it every day. It has become the standard in website and app design. Right now, I can see it in the upper-right corner of my Google Chrome. There has been a lot of debate lately over whether it was ...
Best photo editors for computer

Best photo editors for computer

 After a photo shoot or a trip, it is worth processing the received frames. This will help you fix bugs, tweak lighting and colors, and improve the quality of your print or social media content. To edit data, you need a convenient program. When choosing the best apps, we took ...
Top 10 web design trends 2021-2022

Top 10 web design trends 2021-2022

 So this year ends, more than a month is left until the new year, however, this is not a reason to relax. For many designers, especially those into freelance web designer, the last month of the year is very busy, and it is becoming more and more difficult to create ...
How not to apply for a UI / UX or Product designer job

How not to apply for a UI / UX or Product designer job

 Right now I am looking for a UI / UX designer for the Zenclass product team. Before that I hired DELO to the studio many times. I have accumulated a few observations that may be useful to a designer in his job search. Some actions can look like arrogant muddiness. ...
I quit in the midst of a pandemic and went to freelance

I quit in the midst of a pandemic and went to freelance

 April 2020. I am a hired employee working as a UX / UI designer. The pandemic is in full swing. No projects – no money, I eat crackers… You can only go outside to the store. It’s time to go freelance, I thought, and that’s what came of it. Spoiler ...
7 skills that are more important than a diploma

7 skills that are more important than a diploma

 Graphic designers are not born, they are made. And for this you don’t even need to study 5 years at an art school and the same amount at a university. Talent, drawing ability, creativity are secondary skills. Experts from the Academy of Design Professions Pentaschool, who have been training novice ...
What is the difference between logos for 1 million and 1000 rubles, and when does it make sense to pay more?

What is the difference between logos for 1 million and 1000 rubles, and when does it make sense to pay more?

 Pricing in design defies logic. And this can be seen especially clearly in the cost of logos: one cannot be sure that a work worth millions of rubles will be more successful than a free drawing on a napkin. And what about the customer then? Can you expect a good ...
Where to Grow a UI / UX Designer: Distance Abroad

Where to Grow a UI / UX Designer: Distance Abroad

 Sooner or later, a designer thinks about the future in his profession. There are many ways: get a job in a corporation, go freelance, grow in breadth (learn code, motion, 3D, etc.), grow up (become the leader of the design team, product manager, etc.), build your own project, or get ...

How a designer can feel more confident among other designers

 When studying something, in particular design, I don’t really like to focus on terminology, titles, names, titles, and so on. For example, I read a useful fact about color interaction, but did not even pay attention to the author. What does it matter to me what the name of this ...
How to effectively deal with a tough deadline

How to effectively deal with a tough deadline

 Are you having problems with deadlines? No matter how much time you have to complete a project, do you always feel the need to hurry up? Do you often encounter deadlines that feel too tight for you? Do not worry. You are not alone in your fight against deadlines. Most ...