12 principles of visual hierarchy

Design 12 principles of visual hierarchy What is the difference between a really cool composition and not so much? The devil is in the details. The Visme team visualized and described them – the basic rules for creating awesome content. 1. Size and scale Size matters, of course – but ...

49 useful resources to help a designer

Design 49 useful resources to help a designer In modern realities, a designer cannot afford to wait for a muse, but having good sources of inspiration at hand, he is able to tune in to the desired “wave” without it. We bring to your attention a selection of useful resources ...

Optimize images for the web

Design Optimize images for the web One of the best ways to create a fast website is to optimize images. HTML, CSS, JavaScripts, and fonts also play a role, but nothing can make a website more heavy than tons of unoptimized graphics. More often than not, images make up the ...

People burn out if they don’t feel important. What to do about it?

Design People burn out if they don’t feel important. What to do about it? Kesha Skirnevsky, co-owner of Zebrainy (“Skazbook”), talks about motivation in terms of the structure of the brain. I ran a marketing department at a factory, founded a trailer studio, and now run Zebrainy, a company that ...

Empathy tools in the work of a designer

Design Empathy tools in the work of a designer One of the most important qualities of a designer is empathy, the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes and feel the same way that he or she feels. Kostya Gorsky tells how to develop empathy and use it as ...

6 mistakes that turn presentations into a murder weapon

Design 6 mistakes that turn presentations into a murder weapon And it’s not just about the wrong design of slides in PowerPoint – we need to learn how to communicate correctly, regardless of whether there are slides behind our backs or not. 1. Instead of telling stories, we make slides ...

How to Choose the Right Typeface: The Complete Guide

Typography How to Choose the Right Typeface: The Complete Guide Choosing a typeface is one of the most important design decisions after choosing an illustration. There are a lot of guides for choosing a typeface, so in this guide we will look at the most accepted methods of selection and ...

ZCool – The Chinese Behance You Haven’t Heard Of, But In Vain

Design ZCool – The Chinese Behance You Haven’t Heard Of, But In Vain ZCool is an online service very similar to Behance, but aimed more at a Chinese audience. It was created already in 2006 and during this time has gathered 82+ million designers, photographers, illustrators, artists and creative people ...

How to Become a Creative Team Leader

Design How to Become a Creative Team Leader At some point, the best employees become leaders. There are several reasons for this: loss of interest, the need for transfer of experience, or dissatisfaction with the current leadership. The work of a manager is different from that of an employee, so ...

8 alarms you have a bad customer

Freelance 8 alarms you have a bad customer A bad client can not only waste your time creating difficulties that must be solved. There is a great risk of losing money. I have a strong gut instinct for bad customers, and every time I ignored it, it ended badly. Over ...