How to design better?
Dan Mall • Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog
Rule #8: Keep asking why
If I believe in something, it means I know a certain amount about it. This gives me confidence to make decision, take action, do things that would have been harder to do before finding that belief. The belief that comes from finding purpose in what you’re doing.
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Dan Mall • Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog
Rule #7: Keep moving
There is no code faster than no code
— Kevin Henney
A Richer Canvas - Mark Boulton
Content out
terrain.com • Design Literacy
Design as infrastructure? or Design the infrastructure
terrain.com • Design Literacy
― Massimo Vignelli
How we think about design · Resend
Lessons:
1. Imitate
Copywork is a great way to build the design muscles.
2. Remix
Start tweaking and fuse you'r imagination into it.
3. Invent
The “adjacent possible” is drawing connections from seeminlgy unrelated concepts/things and placing them together.
Dan gives the best breakdown of any designers process, that actually reveals the little nuances the nitty gritty parts of the process .