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Design needs to have a thought process. A purpose. And one of them is to solve a problem. Are we asking ourselves these questions when we jump onto designing? “Who is this for?”, “How will people use my product” and “Is it actually usable?”


“Type can be placed outside of the 4dp grid when it’s centered within a component, such as a button or list item. When placed outside of the grid but centered within a component, text can still appear vertically center-aligned.” — Google Material Design


If you’re using Figma or Adobe XD, things are a little more difficult. Figma and XD are not colour managed, so there is no way to assign or convert profiles for documents. I recommend setting up Figma so the canvas is displayed as sRGB, which helps a little, if you’re working on sRGB designs. It’s an app-wide setting just for the computer you’re making the change on, so other people viewing the document may see different colours. - Note: Figma is not color managed


”The difference between good and great is often an extra round of revision. The person who looks things over a second time will appear smarter or more talented, but actually is just polishing things a bit more. Take the time to get it right. Revise it one extra time.”