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Portfolio Website Tips

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February 23, 2014
This is just a small collection of articles I read through when putting together my portfolio. Although they are not steadfast rules, they add some different perspectives to the practice of portfolio-making. How Not …

Innocence and Magic

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February 9, 2014
Video I don't know why I feel so strongly about this but this video really pulled at my heart strings. Not because she's a cute little asian girl who is discovering rain for the …

Reflections of Grad School (Round 1)

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January 1, 2014
A lot of people have asked me since I've come back how graduate school is and what differences I see between it and college. Well first off, yes, they are indeed quite different. Especially …

The Dribble Trickle

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November 3, 2013
As the importance of design increases in the world and especially on a digital platform, the existence of sites such as Dribble and Behance also increases. While originally started to get feedback on designs …

Weird quirks of designers: things I’ve noticed

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November 2, 2013
1. Designers will use one of the following to differentiate items within a line of text: // . | x 2. They like having good product photography. That might include taking pictures of pets …

Design School . . . what?

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November 2, 2013
One of the main things that has struck me about CMU is their two-folded approach to both functionality (training designers professionally) and philosophy (helping designers design for "the good"). However, sometimes it seems like …

Things that I’ve seen change about me since I’ve entered design/grad school

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November 2, 2013
1. I dress better (or at least I'd like to think so). 2. I wear darker colors generally (yay designer stereotypes). 3. I eat better (woo off-campus lifestyle). 4. I have more intellectual conversations …

Side Project: Designing Your Resume

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July 9, 2013
Trying out Jessica Hische's philosophy of side projects, I seized an opportunity to make more of a simple lesson. I received an email asking me recommendations on how to better design a resume. Combining …

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