Design Tactics
Ridd❖ Deep dives into product design ❖
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Ridd here 👋
Over the last ~18 months I’ve done 100+ interviews with A-list designers like:
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the VP of Design at Airbnb
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the first ever interface designer at Adobe
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the person designing the Linear mobile app.
But lately I’...
design idea engine 🚂
Ridd here 👋 I received this DM late last night…
The answer is “yes” 😬
I did stop publishing on Substack but I did not stop writing.
In fact… I think this is the best writing I’ve done in my entire career (admittedly, being hooked up to...
soooo... about the last 6 months 😬
Yo it’s Ridd 👋 Somehow after ~14 years in design, I’m learning more right now than at any point in my career (and I want to share it with you) 🧠
So I’m sending this email to let you know that I’m sunsetting Design Tactics and going all-i...
Design Tactics #19 — How to level up your UI Kit with variables
Lately I’ve been channeling all of my creative energy into 🤿 Deep Dives so I’ve fallen a bit behind here. But there’s a new design tactic in Figma that I simply had to tell you about 👇
So far, one of the best use cases I’ve found...
Design Tactics #18 — AI and the designer of the future
Somehow diving into the latest Figma tactics feels less important than it used to (well, at least until Config anyway 😄).
The truth is that I can’t stop thinking about the impact of AI.
Specifically, how can designers set themselves up f...
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Creator of Figma Academy, Dive, and founding designer at Maven
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