This week, we share tips and best practices for senior designers who are presenting their work in a portfolio review. In The Sidebar, we break down the qualities of great typographic hierarchy in interface design.
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Main Topic:Aloni Sanbira asks: I feel like there’s a lot of discussion around entry level design portfolios. What’s your take on senior level portfolios? What do you think a seasoned designer should pay extra attention to when presenting themselves?
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464: AI Grab Bag
463: Design Medley, Vol. 1
462: Refactoring a Design System
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460: Arc Boosts ft. Gabriel Valdivia
459: What Is Humane?
458: How Do You Simplify a UI?
457: How to Find Focus
456: Should Designers Name Their Layers?
455: Shift Happens ft. Marcin Wichary
454: Is UI Design Actually That Important?
453: Building a Type Stack
452: Design Trends for 2023
451: The Whole Twitter Thing
450: Designing Hefty Interfaces
449: Google Pixel 7 Event
448: News Desk, Vol. 5
447: Stranded on Dynamic Island
446: Grab Bag, Vol. 3
445: Designing the Perfect Desk
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