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Published in The Startup

·Jan 20, 2021

Ditch MVPs, adopt minimum viable prototypes (MVPr)

Minimum viable prototypes for dummies. — The pursuit of perfection is a subtle trap that often leads designers into an endless loop of iteration and review. This is especially true in the world of digital products, where every interaction and graphic element can become an object of design obsession. But, when we step back and observe…

MVP

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Ditch MVPs, Adopt Minimum Viable Prototypes (MVPr)
Ditch MVPs, Adopt Minimum Viable Prototypes (MVPr)

Published in Prototypr

·Jan 19, 2021

How to effectively win more freelance projects as a designer.

A hands-on approach on how to increase your chances of winning clients. — Clearly, the easiest way to win a client when you’re a freelancer is to have experience in that specific field the client is in. Just to give you a quick example: John has a car repair shop and he wants to give his clients the possibility to book appointments to…

UX Design

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How to effectively win more freelance projects as a designer.
How to effectively win more freelance projects as a designer.

Published in Prototypr

·Jan 13, 2021

Quick practical tips for improving your UI/Web transitions.

4 simple After Effects tips for making smooth transitions. — 1. Get the AEUX plugin. Super nice tool to easily export your groups and layers to After Effects. UX motion design with the tools you use(Figma/Sketch/XD). Download here: https://aeux.io/guide/download.html 2. Use masks. Masks are a great way to create elegant transitions. This is a super easy trick you can do. Here is an example with no mask:

Motion Design

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Quick practical tips for improving your UI/Web transitions.
Quick practical tips for improving your UI/Web transitions.

Published in Prototypr

·Dec 19, 2020

Project Management is the best development hand-off method.

The best hand-off development tool is no tool. — It is said that being a great designer requires having good management skills, which is true to some extent, especially on very small teams where you have to wear more hats as a designer rather than focusing on very well-established and documented routes/methods/tasks. A methodology will give you that path…

Product Design

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Project Management is the best hand-off method.
Project Management is the best hand-off method.

May 28, 2020

Romanians favorite crosswords game, now in their pockets.

The indie way of making a game. — Intro If there are moments like “Unce upon a time…” which are shared from generation to generation, the classic crosswords game would be one of them. Nowadays no one carries a pen and a newspaper with them anymore, so this is how it got started. Although, this classic crosswords game, which…

Case Study

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Romanians favorite crosswords game, now in their pockets.
Romanians favorite crosswords game, now in their pockets.

May 5, 2020

Designing a home for crate-diggers and serendipitous music discovery

Intro Music shouldn’t be like McDonald’s. A bunch of very passionate people (including myself) are digging for unfamiliar music gems and we don’t have a platform where people can discover music other than big names, big marketing campaigns, and so on.

Case Study

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Designing a home for crate-diggers and serendipitous discovery
Designing a home for crate-diggers and serendipitous discovery

Apr 25, 2020

DesignOps — freelancers secret weapon

Being a freelancer, I have the opportunity to get involved in a lot of projects with different teams, different processes, different backgrounds, and so on. Most of the time, as a freelancer I need to be a “social worker” if I want to win a project or even if I…

Freelancing

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DesignOps — freelancers secret weapon
DesignOps — freelancers secret weapon

Published in Prototypr

·May 2, 2018

Introducing the “perspective view” in e-commerce.

A possible way to browse quicker than the classic list view. — Probably you already know about Amazon, AliExpress and other huge e-commerce websites. For example, if you browse on Asos for men t-shirts you would see like 5090 products. Imagine, how exhausting and stressful might be to browse all those pages. Also, imagine how many Amazon and AliExpress might have.

UX Design

3 min read

Introducing the “perspective view” in e-commerce.
Introducing the “perspective view” in e-commerce.

Published in Prototypr

·Apr 16, 2018

The illusion of easy. My first attempt at dropshipping.

How I started a drop shipping business without following the rules. — Like everybody else(except my grandpa, who’s dead), I’ve decided to start a drop shipping business. We millennials love the idea of not putting in the work and still making money. So if you really want to know our sense of business, I’ve summarized this for you. My first attempt. “Dezolat” clothing shop.

Ecommerce

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The illusion of easy. My first attempt at drop shipping.
The illusion of easy. My first attempt at drop shipping.

Nov 10, 2017

Tools, tools, and tools. Which tools to use?

How I built a music showcase website with a WordPress slider plugin. — In the recent years, there was a massive wave of new design tools, new development tools, new frameworks, new prototyping tools and loads of people debating that you should use this because of “x” or you should use that because of “y”. …

Design

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Tools, tools, and tools. Which tools to use?
Tools, tools, and tools. Which tools to use?
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