How a designer can learn from someone else’s work correctly

Design How a designer can learn from someone else’s work correctly When I do creative work like design or photography, I often refer to the book “Making music“… Earlier I wrote that this is a great guide for all creative people, not just musicians. One of my favorite sections is ...

Three critical mistakes designers should avoid

Design Three critical mistakes designers should avoid The first is the willingness to receive a fee based on the results of their labor. That is, if you liked it – pay the money, if not – “no, and there is no trial.” This leads, in the overwhelming majority of cases, ...

TOP 5 books for the development of creative thinking

Book TOP 5 books for the development of creative thinking 5 books for the development of creative thinking that work no worse than psychotherapy – they will distract from anxiety, return a productive mood, and give clear recommendations for finding new solutions. “The Genius Within” by Mark Levy Transitioning an ...

9 essential design books

Book 9 essential design books We have compiled a list of books that we recommend to read for everyone involved in design. By the way, some of these books were collected by the guys from the @dbooks telegram channel – you can read them for free 🙂 The World of ...

How to create a great app icon

Design How to create a great app icon Translation of an article from the studio Gapsy “How to Design a Great App Icon” about tips, rules and principles that should be followed when developing another icon for a mobile application. Did you know about this shocking fact? Users now spend ...

How to get the first orders in design when there is no portfolio and experience

Design How to get the first orders in design when there is no portfolio and experience How to find the first clients? This is one of the most popular questions that aspiring designers ask me. And this question is absolutely logical, because it worried me too, when I was just ...

How to design a case on Behance: 8 practical tips for beginners

Design How to design a case on Behance: 8 practical tips for beginners Translation of the article “How To Build a Better Behance Case Study ?»About how to correctly arrange a case for Behance: from thinking through the structure to designing the cover. After 3 years of being a part ...

Dribbble by the numbers

Design Dribbble by the numbers The design community has already said a lot about dribble and how you can upgrade your account. But all articles are limited to the usual thesis, with no facts or statistics to check. I wondered if these theses work and how you can upgrade your ...

How I programmatically created 256 new design system components in Figma

Design-system Uber Base offers a set map marker componentswhich are widely used in our products and are displayed whenever we show the card to the user. Recently, we were faced with the need to show additional context and decided to add badges for this – an existing base component. The ...