Design - The DESK Magazine

"Mock Reality" is a collection of beautiful backdrops for your portfolio case studies

Case studies are the foundation of a portfolio, where we finally have full control over how our work is presented. And Studio HMVD just made that easier.

by Tobias van Schneider

How you get noticed

An attempt to answer a question I've received probably hundreds of times over the last couple years.

by Tobias van Schneider

Nobody cares about beautiful typography like Semplice

Finally, variable fonts are part of Semplice, making it easier than ever to customize your typography. And it’s free for all Semplice 5 family members.

by Tobias van Schneider

Others are using your work as a free advertisement for their work – and you let them

By relying on a social media network or an external design platform to showcase our work, we are doing the opposite.

by Tobias van Schneider

How to make a portfolio when you don't have any work to show

Everyone says you need an online portfolio as a creative, but what if you don’t have any work to put in it?

by Tobias van Schneider

The future is looking a lot like the past: The return of Y2K aesthetic

The backlash against minimalism has sent 2020, once considered “the future,” searching for inspiration in the past. Specifically, to the year 2000.

by Tobias van Schneider

Ads used to turn heads. Now they turn on ad blockers.

Often, nostalgia gives an undeserved sparkle to memories. We remember the “good old days” with fondness and judge the present more harshly. We glaze over the bad times and remember only the pleasant ones, convinced things were better then. This is not the case with the Golden Age of Advertising.