Apple Music feels like I'm trying to stream music from vinyl store.

Are side projects really ‘side’ projects when you don’t have a job?

We still can’t really talk about AI-generated work beyond the fact that it was made with AI. Think about that.

Good design is often connecting dots.

I am mourning the fact that I no longer need Photoshop as much as I did at the start of my career. I will miss it.

Creativity vs. Clarity: The Designer’s Never-Ending Quest The designer’s job is a never-ending fight against unclarity.

This year I wanted to start writing, and just before it ends, I managed to publish one. If you read it, please be gentle with me.

open.substack.com/pub/salihayd...

May God give all the time, creativity, and enthusiasm to the Helvetica haters. I’m curious to see what they will come up with.

I forgot to mention it's an amazing gift!

iPad Pro is way too expensive as a drawing tablet and very useless for anything else.

A shirt I bought from Zara six years ago is still going strong, while a t-shirt from a so-called sustainable fashion brand lost its shape after just four or five washes. Real sustainability is the lifespan of an item.

so what's your favorite nano banana pro interface?

Minimalism is not about adding less, it’s about subtracting.

Adobe makes CS5 software free in 3... 2... 1...

Yes, when I was starting it was a dream to buy Adobe Creative Suite. Plus you’re having more than software with subscription.

Let’s be honest, subscription model is much more accessible than buying software in boxes.

Can Affinity clean up Canva’s bad image among professionals?

Why PDF files I saved from Figma are 10x larger?

Such a good point Shara! Thank you

My design career feels like a cobbled-together house, built from different disciplines and ideas. To me, different fields are just other ways of telling a story. But when it comes to showcasing my work in a portfolio, it all turns into a mess. Any tips?

You can’t design culture. You either have it or you don’t.

If your work is copied once, it’s theft. If it’s copied a billion times, it’s a trend.

Garamond?

I will do it so from now on 🙏🏻

Didn’t know I can convert… but I yelled a few times I could do this in Figma lol

Too much work 😅

Thank you. I was in design mode since start but couldn't see it until now. Because it was hidden under 4th window! It's weird I can only use it via text styles tho

Me too!

Yes, and honestly, it feels less like a music streaming service but more like I’ve rented a vinyl shop for myself. Very different approaches.

First time designing a deck in Figma Slides, and I guess paragraph spacing is missing 👀

I rarely listen to new music since I switched to Apple Music