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Designing Remote Ideation Workshops for Startups
Remote ideation workshops help companies address business-related problems through creative exercises that prioritize speed, teamwork, and innovative thinking.
Guoming Xu
Guoming is a UX designer who specializes in user research, digital strategy, and interaction design. He helps B2B and B2C startups build innovative web experiences and SaaS apps.
From Promoting to Creating: How an Advertising Leader Found His Calling in VR Gaming
Why did one designer leave a prominent role in the advertising industry and travel halfway around the world to pursue a UX career in VR gaming?
Micah Bowers
Micah Bowers is a digital designer who has partnered with companies such as Google and Deloitte. His writing has been featured in Fast Company, TNW, and other notable publications. He is a Lead Editor at Toptal.
Building and Scaling a Design System in Figma: A Case Study
Building a design system for a multinational company means cataloging every component in meticulous detail. It’s a massive undertaking that calls for both a big-picture view and a focus on specifics. Here’s how one design system team leader accomplished it.
Abigail Beshkin
Abigail is a veteran of Pratt Institute and Columbia Business School, where she oversaw the design and production team for Columbia Business magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and been heard on NPR.
Apple Arcade’s Lumen: A Promotional Art and Logo Case Study
In this logo case study, we explore how embracing skeuomorphic design and polishing 3D images in Photoshop helped one Toptal designer create standout marketing assets for the hit Apple Arcade game Lumen.
Micah Bowers
Micah is a digital designer who has worked with clients such as Google, Deloitte, and Autodesk. He is also the Lead Editor of Toptal’s Design Blog, and his design expertise has been featured in Fast Company, TNW, and other notable publications.
How to Give Professional Design Feedback
When delivered well, constructive design feedback improves the design process and boosts team culture. Four professional designers discuss how to handle design feedback and collaborate productively.
John Challis
With experience working in UI/UX for IBM and various design studios, John is an expert at solving problems for enterprise and consumer apps.
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The Ultimate Experience: A Guide to the Principles of Sensory Design
Digital design routinely ignores neurological factors beyond sight. Sensory design principles emphasize the interconnection of human perception and prompt designers to explore non-visual solutions.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.
Think Business: How to Increase Your Designer Value
The principles that govern design are foreign to many business leaders but it takes more than shiny deliverables to span the knowledge gap. Designers must translate design value into business value.
Damola Taiwo
Damola is an expert UX/UI designer with a passion for problem-solving and experience in finance, government, tech, and entertainment.
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