Swapnil Acharya
Tagged #opinions
September 26, 2019 • blog
A Designer’s Guide to Design Job Interviews
I think sharing my experiences can help designers applying for jobs to get better insight and ideas on how to appear prepared in one of these design job interviews.
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May 31, 2021 • blog
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.
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October 25, 2019 • blog
Content is the King. Take a bow, peasants!
Making an app and putting it out there is the easiest thing, the difficult part is making it work. Because content is the king, and you are banana republic.
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May 20, 2022 • blog
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
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June 7, 2020 • blog
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.
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June 24, 2021 • blog
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
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August 30, 2023 • blog
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
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July 17, 2020 • blog
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
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August 10, 2020 • blog
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
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December 17, 2019 • blog
Graphic Design Experience won’t get you a UI/UX Job
Print design does not qualify as UI/UX Design. So the next time you think of including your lovely logos while applying for a job in a tech company, think again.
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September 8, 2020 • blog
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
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May 23, 2020 • blog
Lo-fi wireframes don’t work, stop using them!
There is a specific reason why a wireframe is gotta be more than a skeleton for your UI Design. With realistic content, a wireframe gets its true meaning.
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July 1, 2019 • blog
Machines are taking over, and your design career is doomed
I was in Singapore a couple of weeks ago to attend a design masterclass. I was venturing into the unknown, the invisible. This was fascinating as I embarked on a journey to visualize the invisible.
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May 15, 2021 • blog
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.
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December 16, 2018 • blog
Sorry, I can’t teach you how to design
I cannot teach design because it’s not something that I can train you over a session. I won’t give you instructions and you’ll manage to pull off a million dollar interface in a week. It doesn’t work that way.'
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June 8, 2019 • blog
What designers must learn from the hotel industry
A good user experience is like a good hotel experience. People will not remember what color your bedsheets were, trust me. People will remember if they had troubles falling asleep.
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June 12, 2019 • blog
WTF Went Wrong with Nepali films?
Spoiler Alert: Nepali films are 💩 One after another film still tanks at the box office but the filmmakers are still very much adamant that they HAVE made good films, but the films aren’t working.
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