Workflow – Karsten Rowe • Director of Product Design

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A rebound of an old blog post Too many apps. Here are some I actually use. May 1, 2014. What my phone looks like today in 2016.

How to stay inspired Before starting up, I worked at a number of design agencies in the UK and Europe. In that time I’ve designed a lot of logos and built many websites. One of the biggest challenges for any designer is creating a large volume of work that is unique to each customer.

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How to love your work I’m often asked how come you enjoy your job so much? It’s true I do love my work – day to day my job involves ideas, pictures and pretty colors – its quite an easy job to like. I also work with a hugely talented and inspiring team of friends atContinue reading “Workflow 33”

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There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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A little late posting this but DotYork was a lot of fun. DotYork is a conference aimed at people who make for the web – designers, developers and other digital creatives held in April at Grand Opera House, York.

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The studio playlist over the last 3 months.

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Design iteration … So many options … Only one final design.

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The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it’s lack of clarity.

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Having a hobby completely separate from design is a great way to improve as a designer.

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Design should be logical, but it also should connect with people on a human, emotional level.

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A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest man.

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Previously we were able to design and hand over wireframes, but now with heightened interactivity in the mix, that’s no longer effective. Wireframing is dying – Prototyping is the way forward. Handing off design specs as a wireframe just isn’t enough anymore.

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Is silence acceptance? If you post and no one comments, does that mean they read it and they agree? Read it and don’t care? Or didn’t read it? No way to know without poking at people. Team leads should ensure all posts are answered.

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Laughter leads to running jokes, and running jokes lead to a shared history, and a shared history is culture.

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It didn’t matter if you were pantless, bathing in the sun or swinging in a hammock with a martini. What mattered was your output. Shouldn’t the quality of work be the primary measure of worker performance?

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Most people doubt online meetings can work, but they somehow overlook that most in-person meetings don’t work either.

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The studio playlist over the last 3 months.

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A ship in port is safe but that’s not what ships are built for.

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As a designer, you can’t be afraid to completely start over when something isn’t working. Sometimes to get to the right solution you have to throw things out.

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We’ve recently discovered two new design prototyping tools – Marvel and Invision. Both offer similar functionality and make it super simple to create interactive prototypes, ready to share and gather feedback.

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The studio playlist over the last 3 months.

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I still always start with a sketch, however rough.

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Doing my best to Learn Sketch 3. We created Sketch specifically for designing interfaces, websites, icons …

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Too many apps. Here are some I actually use.

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Ask yourself, can I give more? The answer is usually yes.

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Even if your on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

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Improving www.nutshell.com experience – a fixed header on a longer page makes sense.

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Three blogs that I regularly visit: Creative Review Advertising, design and visual culture. Little Big Details Your daily dose of design inspiration. Signal vs. Noise A publication about the web by 37signals.

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Invest in knowledge not pensions.

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Set goals, learn new things, measure results, repeat. Happy New Year.

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To be fair, it’s only been a week but Jumpcut continues to come in handy, providing quick access to your clipboard’s history.

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A simple website to showcase new design work. View work sample By no means a ground-breaking or innovative design and very much a work in progress, but having a point of reference is important.

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In terms of a quick design inspiration fix, Pinterest is a great place to be – composition, form, typography, color, texture.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4H6U_28MDk&w=480&h=360] Why I use Gmail – keyboard navigation.

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I’m stilling loving Feedly. Web, kindle & iPhone. All my news in one place.

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I think most clearly when I’m running – Nike+ helps me keep motivated.

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GitHub – making intelligent version control less painful for design folk like me.

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Feedly is my RSS reader of choice.

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A multi-page skeleton web project framework. A simple aim; create a basic, yet expansive web project template that you can download, use and deploy quickly. Bootstrapped LESS integrated stylesheets – commented, variables, mixins, retina ready, minified. jQuery & Google Web fonts ready. Mobile friendly design. View live website View on GitHub Please feel free to download and use in yourContinue reading “Resource 03”

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At Nutshell we use HipChat daily, resulting in CloudApp becoming a fundamental tool. The Auto-upload screenshot preference which I initially found frustrating has become a convenient way to quickly share content – visuals & text. It also serves as a running history of UI inspiration.