Design is all about relationships

“Dear designer, this is your job.”

Words Matter

“‘Copy is interface’ is more true today than ever.”

Google Ventures On 12 Shortcuts Designers Should Never Take

“Great designers don’t need the dark arts to succeed.”

How top startups pay designers

Typical salaries for UX designers, UI designers, and visual designers.

Google Ventures' Formula For Attracting Top Design Talent

How to write a great job description for designers in demand.

Stop the overuse of overflow menus

Let’s not confuse obfuscation with simplification.

“The older I get, the more comfortable I am admitting I don’t know things. The key is having honed ways to find the answers fairly quickly.”

Everyone is a designer. Get over it.

Why everyone needs a design mindset.

“Your type of design is just one of many. Your way to design is just one of many.”

“Design to learn, not to get accolades. Other designers are rarely your real audience. It doesn’t matter if 10,000 designers applaud your work if your customers find it hard to use.”

The best ‘design’ books that aren’t explicitly about design.

Popular recommendations from designers.

“Beautiful prototyping tools are distracting designers into creating beautiful interactions over beautiful products.”

“Your resumé shouldn’t be a listing of everything you’ve done. It should tell a story about your passions and experience.”

3 unforgettable lessons I learned from 100 boring conferences

Take PowerPoint design seriously.

“Lorem ipsum is for amateurs.”

“A little surprised how culty design sprints are for some people. They’re a handy process or a handy set of tools to use… not a way of life and not the only tool in the toolkit.”

“Anyone who is wondering, ‘When will I get to the point of my career when people stop asking me to make the logo bigger?’ You should be aware, that point will always be just over the horizon.”

“You’ll never be good at something if you never do it. You might suck when you start, but the only way up is through.”

“Don’t underestimate the ‘delight’ in making software that’s basic, fast, and actually solves someone’s problem.”

Mission Accomplished?

The hard work of design is still ahead of us.