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Best Design Outcome Is No New Design At All

Sometimes the most valuable outcome of a design discovery process is the decision not to build custom software at all.

blog • April 15, 2026
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How a Designer’s Website Evolves Through Different Stages in Their Career

Just like characters develop in the Naruto series, designers grow in their careers. As they move through different career stages, their personal websites also change

blog • August 30, 2023
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Creativity is overrated

Creativity is counter-intuitive to designers who set out to re-invent the wheel. There are a bunch of thesis and principles that guide how users interact with the system

blog • May 20, 2022
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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

blog • June 24, 2021
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Is “Bagbazar Design” a real thing?

Bagbazar Design is notorious and you see it everywhere, and slowly it has even creeped its way into social media and digital marketing.

blog • May 31, 2021
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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.

blog • May 15, 2021
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In my defense for super-flat UI design

I’m proud to be a flat-UI designer and embrace aspect of it. Loving the flatness is just like being a flat-earther, but better

blog • September 8, 2020
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Do you feel the burn? 🔥

A designer’s guide to coping with work-related burnout and remidal measure to boost your productivity during the time of coronavirus

blog • August 10, 2020
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Eight things I learned running a startup

I think it would be a good idea to do a retrospect and give some pointers to people setting out to launch their own startup

blog • July 17, 2020
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The Art of Deception — A Designer’s Handbook to Cheating Users

There are certain ways you, as a designer can ensure that your users are deceived. You won’t believe the third point will blow your mind.

blog • June 7, 2020