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I create, therefore I am. I'm Tobias van Schneider a designer born in Germany, raised in Austria & currently living and working in New York City.

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2026 4

  1. The new age of software
  2. The new DESK
  3. Beautiful mistakes
  4. Every choice is a confession

2025 19

  1. My favorite type of designers
  2. A cruel reminder for all designers
  3. The WHY always comes first.
  4. Dear Young Designer, Part II
  5. What makes Japanese letterforms so irresistible to designers?
  6. How to reverse AI brain rot — A note to myself
  7. Death by a Thousand Buttons
  8. 3 lessons from Jony Ive
  9. That thing that you loved (before you googled it)
  10. Smoke, Mirrors, and Toothpaste Foam
  11. The story of the Orange
  12. — The future of the designerMembers only 2025·04·07 10 min
  13. — The great manipulation 2025·02·25 5 min
  14. — Style is the answer to everything 2025·02·10 3 min
  15. — Objects of Affection 2025·02·03 6 min
  16. — Designs of my dreams 2025·01·26 9 min
  17. — One step forward, two steps backwards 2025·01·20 4 min
  18. Embracing Friction
  19. — The place where it all startedMembers only 2025·01·05 9 min

2024 15

  1. — Introducing: The Escape Machine 2024·11·21 1 min
  2. — mymind updates you might have missed 2024·11·01 2 min
  3. — How to think for yourself 2024·09·25 5 min
  4. — mymind keeps getting better 2024·09·10 2 min
  5. — AIAIAI 2024·07·24 10 min
  6. — How to build your secret repertoire 2024·07·02 12 min
  7. — The secret behind inspiration 2024·06·26 5 min
  8. — Das Gesamtkunstwerk 2024·06·21 5 min
  9. — Does it FEEL right? 2024·06·10 4 min
  10. — 5 hard truths for young designers 2024·06·04 6 min
  11. — It's live! Introducing the new HOVS website 2024·05·29 9 min
  12. — The books I loved 2024·05·22 6 min
  13. — The case for being ignorant 2024·05·14 4 min
  14. — How much YOU is in YOUR work? 2024·04·29 3 min
  15. — My anti-New Year’s resolutions 2024·01·30 10 min

2023 20

  1. — Let's talk about AI 2023·12·11 5 min
  2. — The only deals we'll do this year for mymind, Semplice & Carbonmade 2023·11·28 3 min
  3. — What is quality anymore? 2023·11·21 2 min
  4. — How to create free press for your work 2023·10·30 4 min
  5. — "Good things come to those who wait." 2023·10·25 2 min
  6. — The AI tool for ADHD/ADD? 2023·10·24 2 min
  7. — Your apps are not free 2023·10·18 2 min
  8. — Addicted to ideas 2023·10·10 4 min
  9. How do you know what you like anymore?
  10. — The difference between creative & uncreative people 2023·07·12 3 min
  11. — People are talking about me, and I started it 2023·07·12 2 min
  12. — A digital tool built like a physical product? 2023·05·08 3 min
  13. — Why all designers should do customer support 2023·05·08 5 min
  14. — How to make a minimalist portfolio with Carbonmade 2023·03·09 3 min
  15. — When our persona becomes our prison 2023·02·09 4 min
  16. — The illusion of productivity 2023·02·06 3 min
  17. — When good is no longer good enough 2023·01·30 4 min
  18. Breaking the algorithm
  19. — The best designers are artists 2023·01·10 2 min
  20. — Tutorial: How to make an illustration & animation portfolio with Carbonmade 2023·01·01 3 min

2022 36

  1. — What makes me a designer? 2022·11·29 2 min
  2. — Make it invisible 2022·10·05 3 min
  3. — The anesthetization of beauty 2022·09·08 3 min
  4. — Our favorite portfolios launched with Semplice in August 2022 2022·09·07 2 min
  5. — When did our tools become our religion? 2022·09·06 1 min
  6. — The last house standing 2022·08·22 4 min
  7. — Our favorite portfolios launched with Semplice in July 2022 2022·08·01 2 min
  8. — "You've been banned." 2022·07·28 4 min
  9. — Dos and don'ts for creating a motion design portfolio 2022·07·12 3 min
  10. — Why we built an anti-social tool 2022·07·07 4 min
  11. — The best portfolios launched with Semplice in May 2022 2022·06·01 2 min
  12. — The most advanced portfolio system yet: Semplice 6 is here 2022·05·23 3 min
  13. — Is the folder dead? 2022·05·19 5 min
  14. — How to make a copywriting portfolio 2022·05·01 3 min
  15. — A clean, peaceful place to read your articles without distractions 2022·04·20 3 min
  16. — Your case studies contain clues to your future 2022·04·13 2 min
  17. — On finding your niche 2022·03·30 2 min
  18. — The inspiration lie 2022·03·28 3 min
  19. — The best portfolios launched with Semplice in February 2022 2022·03·22 2 min
  20. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring animator & motion designer, Victor Verdugo 2022·03·14 2 min
  21. — Give me the boring design jobs 2022·03·03 3 min
  22. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring brand designer & art director, Libby Connolly 2022·02·28 2 min
  23. — A serendipitous way to refresh your memory 2022·02·24 6 min
  24. — One video, article or side project can change your life 2022·02·23 4 min
  25. Where are our design heroes?
  26. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring filmmaker, Christopher Mertz 2022·02·15 3 min
  27. — I will never ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do myself 2022·02·14 2 min
  28. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring creative practice, With Conviction 2022·02·04 3 min
  29. — What "scalability" leaves unsaid 2022·02·02 4 min
  30. — Beautiful portfolios launched with Semplice in January 2022 2022·01·31 2 min
  31. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring photographer, Mikk Olli 2022·01·28 3 min
  32. — Semplice awards the 12 best portfolios of 2021 2022·01·25 1 min
  33. — An unsolicited portfolio review featuring digital design director, Andrea Campesato Segnini 2022·01·20 3 min
  34. — The portfolio case study is broken 2022·01·18 5 min
  35. — Do what is close to you 2022·01·14 3 min
  36. — Inspiring portfolios launched with Semplice in December 2021 2022·01·11 2 min

2021 70

  1. — The top DESK portfolio articles of 2021 2021·12·21 4 min
  2. — The most-read DESK articles of 2021 2021·12·20 4 min
  3. — Design in Australia 🇦🇺 featuring Thought & Found 2021·12·08 6 min
  4. — Beautiful portfolios made using Semplice in November 2021 2021·12·02 2 min
  5. — Semplice Black Friday – the only deal we do all year 2021·11·24 3 min
  6. — The Weekly Elevator Pitch 2021·11·16 2 min
  7. — 5 favorite Semplice features you might have missed 2021·11·08 5 min
  8. — A place for everything and everything in its place: How I use mymind as a designer 2021·11·05 4 min
  9. — The business of hype 2021·11·03 4 min
  10. — Beautiful portfolios made using Semplice in October 2021 2021·11·02 2 min
  11. — Flag mockups that embody designing with pride 2021·10·25 1 min
  12. — The mymind.com roadmap: A letter from the founders 2021·10·21 5 min
  13. — Are we all converging into the same online persona? 2021·10·19 4 min
  14. — Home devices don’t have to be ugly 2021·09·30 1 min
  15. — Custom portfolios launched with Semplice in September 2021 2021·09·30 2 min
  16. — Why we moved DESK magazine from WordPress to Ghost 2021·09·20 4 min
  17. — Business card design: A rite of passage for any designer 2021·09·16 1 min
  18. — You can become a designer in 9 months – without leaving your current job 2021·09·15 4 min
  19. — Why studios and agencies love building their sites with Semplice 2021·09·03 3 min
  20. — How to instantly elevate your UX & UI designs 2021·09·01 1 min
  21. — Beautiful online portfolios launched in August 2021 2021·08·31 2 min
  22. — Little portfolio tricks for new designers 2021·08·23 6 min
  23. — The case against portfolio templates 2021·08·18 3 min
  24. — Passive designer phrases we should eliminate from our vocabulary 2021·08·11 4 min
  25. — 7 pieces of portfolio advice from 7 years of running Semplice 2021·08·04 3 min
  26. — Inspiring online portfolios launched in July 2021 2021·07·30 2 min
  27. — How I use mymind on a daily basis 2021·07·27 3 min
  28. — The experienced designer's unsaid rules for getting work done 2021·07·21 3 min
  29. — The counterintuitive phrase that changed how I work 2021·07·09 4 min
  30. — How to make a 3D design portfolio in 15 minutes with Carbonmade 2021·07·06 4 min
  31. Dear young Designer
  32. — The best online portfolios of June 2021 2021·07·01 2 min
  33. — The hack for self-discipline you learned as a child 2021·06·22 2 min
  34. — Finally, fresh color combinations for your visual projects 2021·06·16 1 min
  35. — Start in the middle 2021·06·16 1 min
  36. — Exceptionally good non-portfolio sites built with Semplice 2021·06·09 4 min
  37. — Foundry Milieu Grotesque on the “fun, fast and then painful” practice of creating typeface systems 2021·06·09 8 min
  38. — It's not a small world after all: Month two of my HOVS apprenticeship 2021·06·04 3 min
  39. — Beautiful typography portfolios built with Semplice 2021·06·02 3 min
  40. — The best online portfolios of May 2021 2021·05·31 2 min
  41. — Beginners know something experts don't 2021·05·27 3 min
  42. — Luck is a dangerous wordMembers only 2021·05·25 2 min
  43. — Beauty for beauty's sake: Let your soul wander the "Three Rooms" digital museum 2021·05·24 2 min
  44. — Why update my portfolio if I don't even like my work? 2021·05·13 4 min
  45. — The easiest & cheapest way to test your productsMembers only 2021·05·05 2 min
  46. — Lessons in lightening up: My first month as a HOVS apprentice 2021·05·03 3 min
  47. — The best design portfolios of April 2021 2021·04·30 2 min
  48. — A shortcut to building your portfolio 2021·04·26 3 min
  49. — The case for inefficiency 2021·04·21 1 min
  50. — Fresh portfolio redesigns we couldn't help but notice 2021·04·20 2 min
  51. — "Mock Reality" is a collection of beautiful backdrops for your portfolio case studiesMembers only 2021·04·19 2 min
  52. — Finally, a meeting tool that considers how remote teams actually work 2021·04·19 6 min
  53. — How you get noticedMembers only 2021·04·16 10 min
  54. — Nobody cares about beautiful typography like Semplice 2021·04·15 1 min
  55. — Others are using your work as a free advertisement for their work – and you let them 2021·04·08 1 min
  56. — How to make a portfolio when you don't have any work to show 2021·04·06 4 min
  57. — Behind the scenes of title sequence design with Felix ŠoletićMembers only 2021·03·31 7 min
  58. — The most beautiful design portfolios of March 2021 2021·03·31 2 min
  59. — The best investment you can make as a creative 2021·03·29 3 min
  60. — The publishing curse 2021·03·24 2 min
  61. — 6 cheats to make your portfolio look redesigned – without actually doing anything 2021·03·19 4 min
  62. — The future is looking a lot like the past: The return of Y2K aesthetic 2021·03·17 3 min
  63. — Ads used to turn heads. Now they turn on ad blockers. 2021·03·12 2 min
  64. — How to write an article 2021·03·10 1 min
  65. — The old artist couldn't sell their work. The new artist sells their soul. 2021·03·10 5 min
  66. — The creative business school with no teachers, homework, text or tests 2021·03·08 5 min
  67. — My 5 favorite writing tools 2021·03·03 3 min
  68. — The best design portfolios of February 2021 2021·03·02 2 min
  69. — Got NFT? Crypto art for dummies 2021·02·25 4 min
  70. — Photographer Cait Oppermann on the anxiety and reward of sharing personal work 2021·02·24 6 min

Undated 503

  1. Judge it by its cover.→
  2. — "Under construction" 2021·02·18 1 min
  3. — The Mars Capsule Collection has launched 2021·02·16 2 min
  4. — Presentation tips for designers 2021·02·15 4 min
  5. — The presentation tool that made our project manager a designer 2021·02·15 7 min
  6. — How do you improve your skills or pursue a new career when you still have a full-time job? 2021·02·10 5 min
  7. — The beginner's secret 2021·02·04 1 min
  8. — Will you read this? 2021·01·28 1 min
  9. — The best online portfolios of 2020 2021·01·20 1 min
  10. — The opportunity you’ve been waiting for 2021·01·12 1 min
  11. — Why you feel uncertain about everything you make 2021·01·08 1 min
  12. — How to future-proof your creative career 2021·01·04 3 min
  13. — Designer & maker Ana Kraš on not taking yourself too seriously 2020·12·21 3 min
  14. — The best of 2020 2020·12·17 4 min
  15. — The designer’s gift guide to watches 2020·12·09 6 min
  16. — A typographer and designer’s guide to elegance 2020·12·08 7 min
  17. — Behind the scenes of video game design, featuring HeadlandMembers only 2020·12·04 13 min
  18. — The writing tool I didn’t know I needed 2020·11·27 2 min
  19. — Design in Greece 🇬🇷 featuring The Birthdays Design 2020·11·24 11 min
  20. — A bold new studio called Shy 2020·11·19 4 min
  21. — Running a design studio where design is underappreciated 2020·11·18 9 min
  22. — When your portfolio is a brand in itself 2020·11·13 5 min
  23. — The other worlds of Ash Thorp 2020·11·10 4 min
  24. — The art of making information beautiful 2020·11·10 7 min
  25. — UX copy sells 2020·11·04 6 min
  26. — It’s all a game 2020·10·27 1 min
  27. — We don’t want to read your UX writingMembers only 2020·10·27 5 min
  28. — The easiest and cheapest form of writing 2020·10·23 3 min
  29. — The myth of “creative freedom” 2020·10·21 4 min
  30. — Establishing your identity as a designer 2020·10·15 6 min
  31. — Why your unconventional design resume gives you an advantage 2020·10·15 4 min
  32. — Custom, minimalistic motorcycles handmade in Austria 2020·10·09 5 min
  33. — How to create a UX writing portfolio 2020·10·08 5 min
  34. — Behind the scenes of book cover design 2020·10·05 8 min
  35. — How to learn UX copywriting? Understand iconography. 2020·10·01 6 min
  36. — Design in Lebanon 🇱🇧 featuring Studio Safar 2020·09·22 10 min
  37. — No more boring apps 2020·09·18 6 min
  38. — My best products are a joke 2020·09·17 6 min
  39. — The slow creep of mediocrity 2020·09·15 1 min
  40. — A counterintuitive way to get noticed 2020·09·10 1 min
  41. — Designing the future of mass transportation 2020·09·08 10 min
  42. — How to make a career change into a creative field 2020·09·08 4 min
  43. — DESK is 4: The best of the year, and what’s next 2020·09·07 5 min
  44. — The most valuable designer 2020·09·03 1 min
  45. — The glue to your product UX: Consistent microcopy 2020·09·03 2 min
  46. — Want to be a guest writer on DESK? 2020·09·03 1 min
  47. — The DESK voice 2020·09·03 1 min
  48. — Welcome to The Startup 2020·08·26 3 min
  49. — There’s more than meets the eye 2020·08·26 1 min
  50. — Design in Egypt 🇪🇬 featuring Nora Aly 2020·08·26 9 min
  51. — In search of something slightly better 2020·08·26 1 min
  52. — Honoring the life and work of book cover designer, Adalis Martinez 2020·08·26 2 min
  53. — You could plan your life, or you could design it 2020·08·26 6 min
  54. — Can a utility brand be an emotional brand? 2020·08·26 5 min
  55. — Inspiring portfolios from freelance designers 2020·08·26 2 min
  56. — An ancient, long-forgotten trick for doing good work 2020·08·05 1 min
  57. — The best advice is not where you’re looking for it 2020·08·04 1 min
  58. — For ONE magazine, print is far from dead 2020·08·03 12 min
  59. — The top 10 DESK portfolio articles of all time 2020·07·29 4 min
  60. — How to land a design job at Instacart 2020·07·27 12 min
  61. — The art of pricing freelance projects 2020·07·21 11 min
  62. — Working for enterprises vs. startups: A designer’s playbook 2020·07·17 5 min
  63. — Keep this to yourself 2020·07·16 2 min
  64. — The threatening but beautiful democratization of design 2020·07·15 4 min
  65. — The welcome death of agency speak 2020·07·13 3 min
  66. — Designing the future of clothing, where extreme functionality & creativity meet 2020·07·10 11 min
  67. — Writing UX copy for buttons and links 2020·07·06 4 min
  68. — My new social platform of choice 2020·06·29 2 min
  69. — Design in Egypt 🇪🇬 featuring Engy Aly 2020·06·23 9 min
  70. — Skeuomorphism is making a comeback 2020·06·23 5 min
  71. — 6 gorgeous portfolios from branding & identity designers 2020·06·22 2 min
  72. — It’s finally here: The extension for your mind 2020·06·19 1 min
  73. — To create perfumes, you have to break the rules 2020·06·18 15 min
  74. — Senior portfolios vs. junior portfolios 2020·06·17 3 min
  75. — You could monitor your team, or you could motivate them 2020·06·16 4 min
  76. — Best practices for UX copywritingMembers only 2020·06·12 3 min
  77. — The many moods of Zoe from Carbonmade 2020·06·09 2 min
  78. — Fábio Sasso, founder of ABDZ, on keeping side projects “pure” 2020·06·08 11 min
  79. — Showing up 2020·06·05 2 min
  80. — How to write marketing copy that isn’t cringey 2020·05·30 4 min
  81. — The universe of shared brand equity 2020·05·27 3 min
  82. — How to make a graphic design portfolio in 15 minutes with Carbonmade 2020·05·25 3 min
  83. — Optimizing your portfolio for SEOMembers only 2020·05·22 5 min
  84. — 7 minimalist portfolios made with Semplice 2020·05·20 3 min
  85. — How can we build an extension of your mind? 2020·05·19 6 min
  86. — Artist James White of Signalnoise, on owning your style 2020·05·18 11 min
  87. — Design in Serbia 🇷🇸 featuring Mirko Zarkovic 2020·05·14 8 min
  88. — Behind the Carbonmade onboarding UX (a case study) 2020·05·13 9 min
  89. — The best totally free web fonts & typefaces 2020·05·11 4 min
  90. — Games are the new platform you want to be part of 2020·05·08 4 min
  91. — A new secret project — An extension of your mind 2020·05·07 9 min
  92. — Julie Kraulis’ timepiece drawings are an ode to detail 2020·05·06 9 min
  93. — 5 beautiful portfolio websites from creative directors 2020·05·05 2 min
  94. — Art deco will be the visual language of 2024 2020·05·05 3 min
  95. — Month two as a design intern: Lessons in perfectionism 2020·05·04 3 min
  96. — The end of net magazine and the future of print 2020·04·29 8 min
  97. — Designing in quarantine 2020·04·28 6 min
  98. — My favorite art director portfolios made with Semplice 2020·04·24 2 min
  99. — The Kawaiization of product design 2020·04·22 3 min
  100. — Design in Portugal 🇵🇹 featuring Koiástudio 2020·04·22 14 min
  101. — We’re on the expressway to the future 2020·04·21 1 min
  102. — How to cheat your way into a design job 2020·04·17 1 min
  103. — How to write concisely 2020·04·14 2 min
  104. — How to create a makeup artist portfolio in 15 minutes 2020·04·12 3 min
  105. — Running a company remotely for the first time 2020·04·09 3 min
  106. — Design in Argentina 🇦🇷 featuring Twentyfive 2020·04·08 9 min
  107. — 3 reasons to work on your portfolio right now 2020·04·08 2 min
  108. — My favorite studio & agency portfolios built with Semplice 2020·04·07 3 min
  109. — How to be helpful 2020·04·06 2 min
  110. — How to make a UX portfolio in 15 minutes with Carbonmade 2020·04·01 4 min
  111. — The sensory and surreal worlds of teamLab 2020·03·30 17 min
  112. — Down with contact forms 2020·03·27 2 min
  113. — A data designer’s responsibility during a global crisis 2020·03·25 9 min
  114. — How to write UX copy that makes your product a joy to use 2020·03·24 5 min
  115. — Why you should work at a non-design driven company 2020·03·23 1 min
  116. — How to make a photography portfolio in 15 minutes with Carbonmade 2020·03·20 3 min
  117. — The new school is YouTube. The new student is autodidact. 2020·03·19 2 min
  118. — Design school vs. the real world: My first month as a design intern 2020·03·17 4 min
  119. — 6 tips to improve your architecture portfolio 2020·03·16 7 min
  120. — Who am I trying to impress? 2020·03·12 1 min
  121. — How to work from home 2020·03·11 5 min
  122. — How to give better design feedback 2020·03·10 5 min
  123. — Design in Nigeria 🇳🇬 featuring Kolapo Oni 2020·03·09 8 min
  124. — How to ask your boss to work remotely 2020·03·08 4 min
  125. — Blurring the lines 2020·03·03 5 min
  126. — The secret to designing great products 2020·03·01 1 min
  127. — How to get your work noticed 2020·02·27 3 min
  128. — The beautifully imperfect sculptures of Massimiliano Pelletti 2020·02·25 6 min
  129. — How to be a self-taught designer 2020·02·23 5 min
  130. — The most underrated page on your portfolio 2020·02·20 1 min
  131. — The phenomenon behind great products and their fierce fanbases 2020·02·19 5 min
  132. — Should I add a blog to my portfolio? 2020·02·18 3 min
  133. — Portfolio tips from UX designers 2020·02·14 5 min
  134. — The portfolio trend I am hesitantly enjoying 2020·02·11 2 min
  135. — Therapy through design 2020·02·10 6 min
  136. — I hated writing. Now I love it. What changed? 2020·02·06 3 min
  137. — Some hobbies should be sacred 2020·02·04 1 min
  138. — Why I love running a business 2020·01·29 1 min
  139. — My escape from Design Twitter is Art Twitter 2020·01·28 4 min
  140. — The quiet evolution of social signaling 2020·01·22 1 min
  141. — Noah Kalina took a picture of himself every day for 20 years – and will until he dies 2020·01·21 9 min
  142. — The misunderstanding of UX design 2020·01·20 5 min
  143. — Why are strangers more excited about your idea than your own friends? 2020·01·18 2 min
  144. — A simple portfolio hack 2020·01·16 1 min
  145. — Designers vs. project managers 2020·01·15 4 min
  146. — Semplice 5 is here 2020·01·10 1 min
  147. — Semplice vs. Carbonmade 2020·01·02 4 min
  148. — The best of the year 2019·12·29 5 min
  149. — Beautiful portfolios built with Carbonmade in 2019 2019·12·27 2 min
  150. — The future is here: Our 2020 design trend predictions 2019·12·23 2 min
  151. — My new secret company 2019·12·16 4 min
  152. — Portfolios with exemplary case studies 2019·12·11 3 min
  153. — Why we mute or block 2019·12·10 3 min
  154. — How to stay motivated when you’re spread thin 2019·12·06 4 min
  155. — 5 inspiring design studio from Malaysia 🇲🇾 2019·12·04 3 min
  156. — A dangerous approach to problem solving 2019·11·22 2 min
  157. — Finding your brand voice 2019·11·21 7 min
  158. — The beauty of bartering 2019·11·14 3 min
  159. — How to write your portfolio bio 2019·11·12 4 min
  160. — The art of doing 2019·11·05 3 min
  161. — Design portfolio inspiration of October 2019 2019·10·31 2 min
  162. — The books that changed your life 2019·10·31 5 min
  163. — Design in Tokyo 🇯🇵 featuring Irobe Design Institute 2019·10·29 13 min
  164. — In a digital world, analog brings something new 2019·10·29 4 min
  165. — You’ve seen the Carbonmade portfolio tool, but never like this 2019·10·21 4 min
  166. — Addicted to inspiration 2019·10·17 1 min
  167. — How to create your first design portfolio 2019·10·17 4 min
  168. — How to get a job in the saturated field of UX design 2019·10·16 4 min
  169. — The only barrier between you and your freelance career 2019·10·16 5 min
  170. — Inspiring design portfolios from September 2019 2019·10·07 2 min
  171. — How to be the designer you want to work with 2019·10·03 7 min
  172. — Design in Nagasaki 🇯🇵 featuring DEJIMAGRAPH 2019·10·01 11 min
  173. — Introducing the new Twitch identity system by COLLINS 2019·09·25 4 min
  174. — The biggest mistakes designers make when applying for a job 2019·09·19 9 min
  175. — A love letter to my website 2019·09·17 4 min
  176. — The makings of a great designer 2019·09·12 4 min
  177. — The UX designer hiring guide 2019·09·09 1 min
  178. — How to write for DESK 2019·09·06 5 min
  179. — When your target audience is yourself 2019·09·02 1 min
  180. — How to make a non-design portfolio 2019·09·02 4 min
  181. — Design portfolio inspiration of August 2019 2019·08·28 2 min
  182. — 7 beautiful portfolio refreshes from 2019 2019·08·21 4 min
  183. — How to fire a client 2019·08·11 3 min
  184. — 5 years of building with pride 2019·08·05 4 min
  185. — The look of an unprofessional designer 2019·08·01 4 min
  186. — Design portfolio inspiration of July 2019 2019·07·31 2 min
  187. — Where design school got it wrong 2019·07·28 6 min
  188. — Why you should keep your portfolio updated – especially if you have a job 2019·07·22 5 min
  189. — Content or design first?Members only 2019·07·05 5 min
  190. — Design portfolio inspiration of June 2019 2019·07·02 2 min
  191. — The writer’s secret for designers 2019·06·28 2 min
  192. — The skills companies want in a designer today 2019·06·27 4 min
  193. — How to procrastinate 2019·06·26 2 min
  194. — 5 beautifully customized portfolios made with Semplice 2019·06·19 3 min
  195. — The first tool we haven’t adapted to – because it adapts to us 2019·06·17 6 min
  196. — How to get a job at Bobbi Brown 2019·06·17 8 min
  197. — How to photograph your work for your portfolio 2019·06·13 5 min
  198. — On avoiding overthink 2019·06·10 3 min
  199. — When people rip you off 2019·06·06 2 min
  200. — Design portfolio inspiration of May 2019 2019·06·04 2 min
  201. — How to get a job at Microsoft 2019·06·03 21 min
  202. — Overdeliver 2019·05·29 2 min
  203. — Beautiful portfolio homepages 2019·05·28 3 min
  204. — Drip project management 2019·05·23 1 min
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