Noah Kalina took a picture of himself every day for 20 years – and will until he dies
It started as a side project. Back in 2000, Brooklyn-based photographer, Noah Kalina, decided he would take a photo of himself every day.
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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!
The misunderstanding of UX design
I've written about this before, either passively in older articles or scattered across Twitter in tweets with obvious subtext. But before we dig into it, let's have a look at what UX design is.
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Why are strangers more excited about your idea than your own friends?
Have you ever noticed strangers are more receptive and excited about your ideas than your own family or friends? Maybe you feel like you have to pitch harder to your close circles than anyone else, or that your close friends don't take you seriously enough.
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A simple portfolio hack
Chances are, you’re avoiding your portfolio. You probably know a friend avoiding their portfolio too.
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Designers vs. project managers
If you’ve ever worked in an agency, you’ve been on one side or the other: The creative side or the accounts side. And by side, I mean both structurally and physically.
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Semplice 5 is here
When we created Semplice in 2014, we didn't call it Semplice 1. It was our first and only portfolio product. There was nothing to compare it to. Little did we know, we would soon have a strong community allowing Semplice to become better and better.
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Semplice vs. Carbonmade
After announcing last week that I'm now partner & co-CEO at Carbonmade, I've received a lot of questions about the difference between Carbonmade and Semplice. I'd love to answer them right here.
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The best of the year
Every year, we review our top articles to help guide our writing for the year to come. Here's what you most enjoyed reading from DESK in 2019.
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The future is here: Our 2020 design trend predictions
The year 2020 is big. We are sending a robot to Mars in 2020. In science fiction works and other media, the year 2020 is the future. If films and novels are accurate, we should either be using hovercraft or witnessing the apocalypse by next year.
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My new secret company
Building portfolios has been a big part of my life and career for 15+ years now, from the dozens of times I’ve re-designed my own portfolio, to the countless times I reviewed portfolios as a creative director or at events, to the company I run today.
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