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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3 Jun 2019 • 21 min read

How to get a job at Microsoft

It's an exciting time to be a designer at Microsoft. This is not the same company it was ten years ago.

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29 May 2019 • 2 min read

Overdeliver

With every project I do, I aim to overdeliver. I built my career on this attitude. I try to take every step of the project, down to the smallest details, above and beyond what’s expected. In an industry defined by billable hours and budgets, some might say it's a dangerous approach. For me, it’s the

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28 May 2019 • 3 min read

Beautiful portfolio homepages

Your portfolio homepage is often your first impression – long before you have an interview, before you send a cover letter or give a strong handshake, before a company even contacts you.

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23 May 2019 • 1 min read

Drip project management

If you need something from someone, don’t ask for it all at once. This only overwhelms a person. They will mark your message “unread” and let it sink into the abyss of their inbox until you follow up. Again.

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21 May 2019 • 2 min read

How to share your project failures in your portfolio

I had high hopes when I first released .Mail, my email concept. Some press, thousands of sign-ups and countless hours of work later, the idea died a silent death. It’s my favorite project that never launched. We all have one.

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14 May 2019 • 2 min read

5 inspiring design studios from Mexico

Mexico's design talent is not news to anyone. Mexico City was named a World Design Capital in 2018, one of only six cities to receive the title. And it's no wonder.

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8 May 2019 • 3 min read

5 underrated Semplice features

With every update we make to Semplice, our portfolio system for designers, we aim to live up to our name.

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2 May 2019 • 1 min read

Take this advice

I don’t know if it’s this way in every industry, but it seems designers are quick to seek advice.

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29 Apr 2019 • 1 min read

When our ideas hold us back

In the creative industry, ideas are encouraged. We are told, “there are no bad ideas.” Ideas are the foundation of our work. Yet sometimes, our ideas are the reason our projects fail.

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24 Apr 2019 • 2 min read

Sitzfleisch

In German, we have a word that, like many German words, doesn’t quite translate to English. It’s “sitzfleisch.” Put it in Google and it translates to “sitting meat” meaning literally, your butt.