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Semplice Portfolio Inspiration of November 2017

Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are the best of the best, chosen by yours truly from hundreds of fantastic submissions.

by Tobias van Schneider

The Hottest Websites from the Late 90s

While most of us can’t imagine our lives without it, the internet in its more accessible form is just a few years older than Justin Bieber. The World Wide Web hasn’t been around that long, but it’s come a long way since its inception.

by Lizzy Spano

10 monthly subscriptions you absolutely need

Your life is about to get a whole lot easier.

by Tobias van Schneider

The slow decay of a designer

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been heads down on a lot of work. Existing projects and new ones. In general, I’ve never shied away from work that wasn’t part of my core skillset.

by Tobias van Schneider

The Turning Point

We’ve all come to the point where we’ve had enough. Enough of a specific relationship, job, habit, feeling. The “that’s it” moment, when it feels like something’s gotta change, or you won't be able to go on any longer. So you break the habit you’ve been trying to break. You escape a painful relation

by Tobias van Schneider

Design in Brazil 🇧🇷 featuring Sweety & Co.

With this latest interview in our Design Around the World series, we're excited to introduce Sweety & Co., a branding studio based in Porto Alegre.

by Tobias van Schneider

The hard truth about soft science

If I’ve learned one thing after working as a designer for almost 15 years, it’s the fact that humans are awesome, but also weird and always surprising. As a designer I’m as fascinated with psychology and social science as I am with design. After all, it’s the mind that shapes our behavior, how we th

by Tobias van Schneider

How to not suck at remote working

I’ve been trying to work remotely (from home, in my case) since the moment I had my first job. I’m not sure why exactly, but I just wasn’t made for the 9 to 5 office life.

by Tobias van Schneider

When the pendulum swings back

I’m a big believer of what I like to call The Pendulum Dynamic. Simply put, many things around us can be explained by the simple movement of a pendulum that swings back and forth. Being an optimist, I believe the pendulum swings back a little harder in the progressive direction every time it recover