A collection of insights on the topic of designers:
“Brands need to listen to the customer”
Vancouver, May 19th, 2022
Holmgren is the co-founder of Hammerhead, based in Vancouver. He started Hammerhead because of his frustration by the limitations of big agencies.
He highlights the importance of open communication in his agency.
Taja Dockendorf: “I believe in always finding a path forward”
Portland, February 16th, 2022 Pulp+Wire is a 100% female founded and owned award-winning, full service, consumer packaging, branding and marketing agency. Pulp+Wire specializes in helping natural and organic foods, cannabis, […]
“We help companies navigate their digital transformation”
Montevideo, Oct 26th, 2021
Guillermo Perez is the CEO and Co-Founder of Octobot, an agency from Uruguay.
He went through several roles at the agency, including programmers and tester.
He highlights the diversity culture of the agency as way to change the status quo.
“Time management is the key to success in working remotely”
Marseille, Jul 15th, 2021
Louis Ansa was the creative director at makemepulse and is now a freelancer.
He found the pandemic challenging to organize his daily work.
Having side projects is vital for creatives, according to Ansa.
Twitter Acquires Ueno to Help Design New Products
Twitter acquired the full-service design agency Ueno, adding the firm’s nearly 50 employees to improve the quality of its social-media service and speed the rollout of new products.
“Successful digital experiences require consistency and depth”
New York, Nov 26th, 2020
Freedman is based in New York City, which he describes as the greatest city on Earth. His main role is to facilitate and support his team in opening and closing deals. The agency is growing extremely quickly, which can be challenging.
Creatives get more talented at OFFF Festival in Vienna
For the second time in a row, the design festival OFFF visited Austria for two days filled of talks, workshops and inspiration. From illustration to typography, graphic design to motion design and film, everything was represented at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, with hundreds of creative minds joining forces in the same place.
‘Site design should be based on the brand and its users’
Vancouver, Aug 13th, 2019
With the incredible amount of websites that have been moulded by different brains and criteria, web designers and developers often come across clients for whom they have to work with other companies and teams. To find out if this might be convenient, we asked Major Tom’s Creative Director and Senior Account Manager what’s needed to work with third parties.
Celebrating Creative Excellence at ED Awards
The 12th edition of the European Design Awards took place in Warsaw, to recognize outstanding and deserving work in the fields of print, web and exhibition design, illustration, packaging, mobile apps and motion graphics, with a total of 40 available categories. The event was hosted by British stand-up comedian Dane J. Baptiste and featured people from 20 different European countries.
10 UI Design Instagram Profiles to follow in 2019
The future has arrived and along with it, new roles and professions. The greatest players of design and digital marketing nowadays, are UI designers who every day show us the path the sector is taking through their social media channels. Who are the UI designers worth the follow in 2019? Do not miss this list.
Is prototyping the death of coding?
Copenhagen, Oct 4th, 2018
“Prototyping is the only way we design for digital,” says Mikkel Noe Westh, Founder, CEO and Senior Adviser at Granyon, a Copenhagen-based agency. Mikkel is a great advocate of prototyping and how this technique allows agencies to come as close as they can be to the end product without the need for heavy coding. We interviewed him to find out more.
DDW dreams big in Netherlands
Dutch Design Week (DDW) celebrated a new edition in the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, showcasing during nine full days the work of more than 2,500 designers in 110 different venues. This year’s theme was “Stretch,” with the exhibitions and events trying to show ways that designers try to make a difference.
Bruno Gavino: “We built a team of strong individuals”
Bruno Gavino, CEO and Founder, Codedesign, a data-driven digital marketing agency founded in 2015 in Lisbon, specialized in white label marketing solutions.
How to build a community of like-minded developers and coders
Charlotte, April 24th, 2017
“It is our vision of using disruptive technologies in an innovative and constructive way that gave birth to the idea of having our own development company.”
How to use a dynamic and agile process to create awesome UX
Chicago, March 14th, 2017 Codal is a Chicago-based UX design and development agency with a focus on blending an agile process with the latest technologies. The company says that it […]
Why does Hong Kong need Dutch-quality designs?
Hong Kong, March 3rd, 2017 WECREATE was founded in 2007 in Amsterdam. The company doubled in size within a year, and within a few years the office had grown to a […]
There is an Infinum number of digital possibilities
Zagreb, January 23th, 2017 Infinum is an independently run design and development agency. It offers full-service tech consulting and work with funded start-ups, SMEs and big brands on incorporating digital […]
“We believe in the power of doing it yourself to create successful digital experiences”
Utrecht, August 22th, 2016 Concredibles is a creative digital agency, specialised in crafting awesome products & experiences, mostly for the web and mobile devices. The Netherlands-based company has come into […]
A Berlin-based Team Marching to its Own Beat
Berlin, June 21th, 2016 Based in Berlin, Germany, Ape Unit is a digital agency with a unique mindset. Calling themselves a “digital task force”, the team of eleven is equally […]
Meet think moto, a Design Agency with a Digital Focus
Berlin, May 23th, 2016 Berlin has garnered an international reputation for housing some of the most creative minds in the world and the agency think moto is no exception to […]
An Agency as Creative as its Name
New York, March 17, 2016. Launched in the late 90’s by Creative Director and Founder Ken Braun, Lounge Lizard is a success story that’s been evolving with the times for […]
Donny Escolastico: “We help brands discover what stories they are trying to tell and what identity they would like to build.”
New York, October 23, 2015. Maxburst is a top rated digital agency focused on creative and results-driven solutions. Whether it’s to increase profits, provide support, sell products, or promote your […]
Elmar Kruitwagen: “I believe everyone should be a creative beyond their profession”
Amsterdam, January 8, 2015 Four friends were looking for adventure and decided to create their own creative agency. They challenged themselves with the belief that creativity can overcome all limits. […]
German Web Award
About us: German Web Award is an international platform that honors and showcases the most innovative and beautiful examples of inspirative web design from the best web designers, agencies and freelancers […]
CSS Design Awards
About us: Every day of the year the CSSDA judges scrutinize submissions from web professionals in over 200 countries on a quest to award and promote brilliant web design and uncover […]
How the Digital Fabric Affects Our Behavior
How the Digital Fabric Affects Our Behavior by Livia Veneziano, Happy Fun Corp / April 15, 2014. We are all aware of our interactions with devices, whether our phones, computers, cars […]
Design Reimagines Google Glass as Fashionable Eyewear
While Google Glass is a technological marvel, it isn’t exactly the most stylish of gadgets. Its awkward frame and chunky camera make the wearer look like they belong in a science-fiction film. […]
The Type Directors Clubs
About us: The Type Directors Club is the leading international organization whose purpose is to support excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Founded in 1946 by some […]
Communication Arts
About us: Founded by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard in 1959, Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising […]