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Thoughts, opinions and wishful thinkings by Swapnil Acharya

10 things I learned conducting a design workshop

50+ aspirants have graduated from this local home-grown design workshop and so far the impact has been phenomenal.

Is “Bagbazar Design” a real thing?

Bagbazar design is notorious and you see it everywhere. You see it on sign boards, on brochures/flyers, and slowly it has even creeped its way into social media and digital marketing.

Please take care and stay safe 😷

This is not really a blog post. It’s basically a jot down of things going around in my life and around me.

5 ways to improve toxic client-designer relationship

I did a lot of recollection of what went wrong with the client and designer relationship, and here are a couple of things I came out of the project with.

How to build a designer CV that doesn’t suck

How do I make a kick-ass CV? What does it take to make that perfect first impression? What is a good CV, and why is the bar even higher for designers?

January 1, 2021

My New Year’s Gift of Learning To You

Introducing an exclusive hands-on design workshop targeted towards young designers who are either just starting out or need help elevating their skills.

December 2, 2020

Staying relevant in times of change

I was suddenly irrelevant. My skills were no longer useful. This really scared me. I really did not see a way I could get back doing what I once did so well.

October 14, 2020

Things we can learn from an Apple Keynote Event

Apple Events Team, take a bow. You guys are just incredible — even the last three “virtual” events have been nothing but amazing!

September 28, 2020

That thing about doing a design favor to your friend

There is a word in Nepali, “Fokat”. I am particularly intrigued by this word — and how deeply it’s rooted in our culture. How easily we gather guts to ask somebody for a favor.

September 8, 2020

In my defense for super-flat UI design

I’m proud to be a flat-UI designer. Just like a flat-earther, but better.

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