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Who Is Your Design Mentor?

One of my mentors (which is just a fancy term for an expert designer who I admire and who agreed to hang out a few times) once asked me: Where do you go to watch tutorials? I responded: "YouTube." He was unimpressed.

What he was really asking was: who do you learn from? Is there a consistent source where you go to glean insights, technical tricks, and overall vision?

Just like a good movie or book, you'll find that a good teacher always has something new to teach you. Some new detail. Or a new way to look at the world.

Of course there is value in learning from a wide variety of teachers and mentors. But we can all admit that in 2018, we are inundated with too much information, so much that we might spend more time sifting through design tutorials, than actually practicing a particular effect.

The trick is to pick one and stick with them for a while until you feel that you've learned enough. Then you can move on to new areas. Select someone who you feel has the same values as you, or the same sense of humor, or whatever your criteria is. In the meantime, you'll save your brain power for the heavy lifting design tasks.
Sam Torrey
@Porkbun

SITE SPOTLIGHT
This week's .design site spotlight goes to...

samiharahman.design!

Samiha's site is a great example of a design portfolio for a lot of reasons. First, she displays her portfolio of projects in a visually appealing way. Second, each project includes plenty of extra information about the type of design, the problem the client needed to solve, and examples of the results. By adding pictures of all aspects of the project, it gives other visitors a clear representation of her design process.

Have a .design site you'd like to nominate? Let us know and we might feature it in the next .design digest.

 
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 NYCxDesign Event: World's Largest Design Hub

Are you in New York City right now? There's a huge design event going on through May 23rd. There are many design events taking place that are set up independently, but all under the NYCxDesign theme.
NYCxDESIGN EVENT(S)

867+ CSS Templates

Check out Templated, a website dedicated to creating and uploading CSS templates for you to use and experiment with.
867+ CSS TEMPLATES

 Kohler.design Report: In The Future, We Could Have 3D Printed Homes

kohler.design shared an interesting article on how two companies, New Story and Icon are partnering up to develop homes using 3D Printers.
3D PRINTED HOMES

Free Font, "Briberra"

 Thanks to Sarid Ezra for sharing this new font. It's a modern style that compliments fashion design, photography and more. 
BRIBERRA FONT
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