Index of Design Buddy

This page serves as an index for all posts across different sections in Design Buddy.

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Embracing Change and Thriving as Designers in the Age of AI

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The Playbook

A collection of practical tactics, frameworks, and mindsets about design to help you become more creative, critical, intentional, and self-aware.

Mindsets

It’s okay. It’s not an easy journey

Find the root cause

Push just a little bit

We can’t do it alone

Start small

Design artifacts are the journey, not the destination

What if

☯️ The paradox mindset

Design exploration (Divergence & Convergence)

Iteration & Variation

Beauty and its flaws

Reinforce your design with reason and evidence

😈 Playing devil’s advocate

🎯 Decisiveness

Process, Tactics, and Frameworks

Start with a map

🤔 Questions and assumptions

😳 Share your work-in-progress early and regularly

Self-development

Impostor Syndrome

Practice by doing, and improve by self-observation and feedback

How to make better decision

✍️ Think clearly by writing

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Free Resources

Download a free design handbook that offers frameworks and tools to assist designers and creatives in critical thinking, idea generation, and complex problem-solving.

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