Desk of Tobias von Schneider

Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268

Welcome back to DESK! New York threw us another perfect weekend so I took the Escape Machine down to Balthazar in SoHo for some overpriced eggs benedict (a Tobias favorite, although I prefer it at PASTIS in Meatpacking District, same owner, better food). While enjoying my brunch I watched the

by Tobias van Schneider

Design in Argentina 🇦🇷 featuring Twentyfive

For the latest addition to our Design Around the World series, we are going back to South America, this time to Argentina.

by Tobias van Schneider

3 reasons to work on your portfolio right now

No, you don't have to use the quarantine as an opportunity to be productive or improve yourself. However, from what I've picked up from my friends and the creative community online, there's a lot of fear around work and our income right now. Rather than letting that panic or paralyze you, you can do

by Tobias van Schneider

My favorite studio & agency portfolios built with Semplice

If you've ever worked at a studio or agency, you know internal projects always get pushed to the bottom of the list. Especially your company website.

by Tobias van Schneider

How to be helpful

This applies whether you’re working with a client, running a business, doing customer support, trying to be useful within your team or simply trying to help someone out.

by Zoe

How to make a UX portfolio in 15 minutes with Carbonmade

If we spent half the time working on our portfolios as we do talking or thinking about working on our portfolios, we'd have launched two decades ago. The good news is, you don't have to spend all that time working on your site. You can build your UX portfolio in 15 minutes.

by Jon Vio

Monthly portfolio inspiration of March 2020

Once a week, we select two portfolios created with Semplice to feature in our Best Of Showcase. Here we've collected our favorites from the month of March.

by Tobias van Schneider

The sensory and surreal worlds of teamLab

Before our feeds were filled with Zoom screenshots and sourdough loaves, you probably saw at least one Instagram post featuring the work of teamLab. The collective has produced numerous immersive exhibits internationally, and it's the sort of thing you can't experience without photographing. Yet ph

by Tobias van Schneider

Down with contact forms

You see a contact form on a website and an email address next to it. Which one do you use? For me, it’s always the email address. If a contact form is the only option, I probably won’t reach out at all.

by Lizzy Spano

A data designer’s responsibility during a global crisis

If you’re like many of us, you’ve been obsessively refreshing the news and Coronavirus maps for at least a week now. Or, if you’re like me, you’re making an intentional effort to control your media intake during this anxious, confusing time.

by Tobias van Schneider

How to write UX copy that makes your product a joy to use

Study a speaker on stage. A bad speaker passively dumps information on their audience, more concerned with hitting their Keynote bullets than connecting with the crowd. A good speaker delights and inspires. At the end of their talk, people feel ready to jump out of their seat and take action.