Don’t Be Bashful: A Designer’s Intro to Bash

Don’t Be Bashful: A Designer’s Intro to Bash

If you design websites and/or web apps, there’s a good chance that you also write at least some of the front end code to execute your designs (HTML, SASS, JS, etc.). If you haven’t already, you’ll soon have to jump into the command line to run projects that you’re...
Why Design Students Should Freelance

Why Design Students Should Freelance

  One of the most valuable things I learned fairly early in my college career was the importance of freelancing as a student. The value of this became more obvious every year until I graduated by seeing the work done by students who freelanced versus students who...
How to get the most out of a design critique (Part 2)

How to get the most out of a design critique (Part 2)

Recently, I wrote about how to give an effective design critique. This week, I’m turning it around and focusing on how to get the most out of a design critique. Getting feedback on your work takes time, so you need to make sure you’re making the most of it. Follow...
How to deliver a good design critique (Part 1)

How to deliver a good design critique (Part 1)

Design critiques are a necessary part of any design process. They can give a designer the feedback they need to make a good design great — sometimes. Many times, though, critiques can end with a designer coming away with not much feedback or questioning whether...

How to use Snapchat for design critique

There are quite a few tools and apps that come to mind when you think about design critique. There’s Red Pen, Invision, Bounce by Zurb, Dribbble, Dropbox, Google Drive. The list goes on and on. But there’s one app you probably have on your phone right now that can be...