5 Tricks to Help You Think Like the World's Greatest Designers

A good designer knows how to connect seemingly disparate dots to create something new

Hi there 👋 I'm Michelle and welcome to Edition 61 Design Insight. A weekly newsletter for creatives with a focus on design.

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5 Tricks to Help You Think Like the World's Greatest Designers

The article in 3 ideas:

1. Look to the past for inspiration. What can you take from the past that can be improved upon today?

2. Look to other disciplines for inspiration. If you’re a designer don’t just limit yourself to websites or posters for inspiration. Look at science journals, random Ted Talks, or video games.

3. A good designer knows how to connect seemingly disparate dots to create something new and exciting.

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First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge

The article in 3 ideas:

1. First principles thinking is where you break an idea down into its smallest parts and rebuilt it from the ground up. This allows you to reverse engineer complicated problems to produce great results.

2. Notable people that apply first principles thinking are Aristotle and Charlie Munger.

3. Children are exceptionally good at thinking in first principles. They ask why a lot to try to get to the core of a problem or question they have. "The five whys".

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Using a Work Journal to Create Design Case Studies

The article in 3 ideas:

1. A work journal is a great resource for building case studies for your portfolio. Case studies are a great way to showcase your skills and experience to potential clients or job recruiters.

2. For each project you work on, create a dedicated folder or page where you collect all info related to that project. Schedule regular check-ins with yourself for 15 minutes to journal and reflect on your day.

3. At the end of each project, have a retrospective where you look back at what went well, what didn’t, and what you learned from the project.

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• 400+ free & premium Tailwind CSS UI components, blocks, sections, examples, and templates to create a beautiful web user interface for your web projects quickly.

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🎨 1 Design Tip

Design Tip

Adham Dannaway @AdhamDannaway

⚡️ UI design tip - A trick with UPPERCASE ✅ To make uppercase text more legible and aesthetically pleasing, decrease its size and increase its weight and letter spacing. Note: Uppercase can be difficult to read, so it’s best to minimise its usage. #ui #ux #uidesign #uxdesign

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