Tobias van Schneider

Hi, I'm Tobias, a German designer living in New York. I'm the author of this blog, nice to meet you!

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22 May 2020 • 5 min read

Optimizing your portfolio for SEO

Search engines are designed to give people the most relevant, useful information. So if search engines are geared toward what people want to read, it’s a good rule for you too.

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20 May 2020 • 3 min read

7 minimalist portfolios made with Semplice

Minimalism is a loaded term these days. For a while there, we took it to such an extreme, we're starting to see a backlash. However, the true essence of minimalism is timeless, especially when it comes to portfolios.

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19 May 2020 • 6 min read

How can we build an extension of your mind?

For the first time last week, I wrote about a new project that has consumed a large part of the last year for me.

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18 May 2020 • 11 min read

Artist James White of Signalnoise, on owning your style

The subject of style will forever be contentious in the design and art communities. On one hand, we strive to find our style and stand out with an original voice. On the other hand, we don't want to be pigeonholed into a specific style we can't escape or grow out of.

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14 May 2020 • 8 min read

Design in Serbia 🇷🇸 featuring Mirko Zarkovic

Our latest addition to the Design Around the World series is a fun one: Serbia.

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13 May 2020 • 9 min read

Behind the Carbonmade onboarding UX (a case study)

Designing an effective onboarding experience is a balancing act between solving as many potential questions or roadblocks as possible, while at the same time not overwhelming the user with too much information.

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11 May 2020 • 1 min read

DESK partnerships

Sometimes we work with paid partners to introduce products we use and love to DESK readers.

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11 May 2020 • 4 min read

The best totally free web fonts & typefaces

Quality, free web fonts are difficult to come by these days. The best place we could think to find them: Twitter.

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8 May 2020 • 4 min read

Games are the new platform you want to be part of

More than 12.3 million players joined Fortnite's live virtual concert with rapper Travis Scott on April 23, in which he introduced his new single and partnership with Kid Cudi. It was the largest in-game event ever.

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