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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 6: The Cat, the HiPPO, and the Lost Prototype
The prototype was clean. The flow made sense. Even the dev team liked it. Then someone said, “ I don’t like how this feels. ” Just like...
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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 5: The Burnout Buffet
There was a point in my career when I had so many tabs open - mentally and literally - I stopped remembering why I walked into rooms. ...
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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 4: You Are Not Your Layers
Every designer goes through it. You spend hours on a piece of work. You choose every pixel with care. You feel good - maybe even proud....
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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 3: Talking Pixels to Muggles
One of the most underrated design skills isn’t typography, layout, or user flow. It's a translation. I’ve spent a big chunk of my career...
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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 2: Client Communication Level: Paranormal
There was no brief. No direction. Every design decision was “ discussed with the spirits .” And I don’t mean that metaphorically. She...
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Designer Survival Skills, Ep. 1: Not Wrong, Just Not There Yet
When I first started teaching design, I made a rookie mistake. A student showed me their project, and I gave what I thought was "...
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