Stories—the Design Blog by Dribbble

Mar 5, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Designer Luisa Mancera on allowing yourself to feel uninspired

Meet Luisa, a freelance Product Designer based in Oakland, California. In a new video, Luisa shares how feeling uninspired can actually be useful, why she’d like to make a social impact using design, and how she ended up moving to the San Francisco, Bay Area after making an important connection on Dribbble.

Feb 28, 2019

Product Designer Valentin Salmon on workspaces, productivity, and passion

Valentin Salmon is a French Product Designer currently working full-time in Montpellier at a design agency called Évolt. Learn how he landed in the field of design and hear how his different work environments fuel different ways of being productive.

Feb 25, 2019

Tips for creating web animations from Readymag's Product Designer Stas Aki

Our friends at Readymag are helping designers build beautiful custom websites with their intuitive web publishing tool. Product Designer at Readymag, Stas Aki, shares insight on the value of incorporating animations in your web designs and provides some tips on how you can get started.

Feb 21, 2019

Design student Gabrielle Widjaja on life in art school, diversifying workspaces, and staying balanced

Gabrielle Widjaja is currently completing her last semester at the Rhode Island School of Design. She takes us through a typical day in art school, shares her varying workspaces, and explains why there’s always room for a work-life balance.

Feb 20, 2019

Veerle Pieters shares the full redesign process for her blog

Why is it so hard as designers to design things for ourselves? Veerle Pieters knows the struggle very well but that hasn’t stopped her from redesigning her blog for the 4th time now! In this post, she very candidly shares her full redesign process and reminds us that even the ideas you scrap are still valuable in the end.

Feb 19, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Designer Nicola Broderick starts each day with positive vibes and a scooter ride

In a new video interview, we chat with San Francisco-based designer Nicola Broderick. Formerly at Gamut, Nicola has just opened her own business, Camino Studio. She shares what she’s working on, who inspires her, and how Dribbble has made an impact on her career.

Feb 14, 2019

Designer and illustrator Ólga Davýdova on staying on top her freelance career

Hear from Russian designer, illustrator, and mother Ólga Davýdova on her essential tools, creative process, and self-made rules to make sure she stays ahead of the game in her freelance career.

Feb 12, 2019

Edwin Carl Capalla's mind-blowing photo manipulation art

Filipino designer and artist Edwin Carl Capalla tells us how he got into photo-manipulation work and where his inspiration comes from.

Feb 8, 2019

Design inspired by Hip Hop culture with Chris Owens

Get to know SLC designer Chris Owens. He currently works at Canvas, a design studio in SLC, but his personal work is heavily inspired by Hip-Hop culture.

Feb 7, 2019

Designer Mercedes Bazan on personal and professional growth while working abroad

Designer and illustrator Mercedez Bazan has been living in Dublin for the past ten months. She takes us through her plant-filled apartment, her daily routine, and she shares how her experience moving to another country has benefitted her both personally and professionally.

Feb 6, 2019

Illustrating for print: The Picture Books of Tom Clohosy Cole

Tom Clohosy Cole has been illustrating and writing Picture Books for years now. Learn about what it takes to create these illustration-heavy prints, hear about Tom’s process, and what he believes are the biggest challenges when illustrating for print.

Feb 5, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Tim Van Damme shares a simple solution to prioritize features in your work

Meet Tim Van Damme, Principal Designer at Abstract. In a new video interview, Tim shares how the 80% solution helps him prioritize features in his work and his best advice for designers.

Jan 31, 2019

Designer and illustrator Petra Sitaru on living the freelance life in Barcelona

Meet Petra Sitaru, a Romanian designer and illustrator relatively new to the freelance world. She’s made the move to Barcelona, Spain and we get to check out her workspace and see how the freelance life is treating her.

Jan 24, 2019

Freelance designer Lilla Bardenova on creating good habits and finding balance

Get to know London based designer and illustrator Lilla Bardenova. Check out her different workspaces as she shares a few words on constantly seeking improvement, finding a healthy work/life balance, and keeping creativity levels high.

Jan 23, 2019

Brand designer Melissa Yeager is using this new approach to transform her business

Learn about what The One Concept Approach is and how this method has changed brand designer Melissa Yeager’s business for the better—both for her and her clients alike.

Jan 22, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Marina Clément helps brands communicate in a more friendly way

Originally from St. Petersburg, designer and illustrator, Marina Clément is now based in Mountain View, CA. She spends her days helping brands build trust and communicate in a friendly way with her playful illustrations. In a new video, she shares where she finds inspiration and how Dribbble has impacted her career.

Jan 17, 2019

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