Tips & Tricks for a Successful Online Portfolio
At Toptal we screen a lot of designers, so over time we have learned what goes into making a captivating and coherent portfolio. Each designer’s portfolio is like an introduction to anRead More...
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Your Brand Story
This evening, when you’ve finished work, you’ll encounter a story. Maybe you’ll seek the story out on television, at the theater, or in a book. Or perhaps the story will find youRead More...
Let’s Redesign Facebook: 10 Inspirations to Get You Started
What does it mean to design for 1.9 billion people? This is the question that we must face when taking on the challenge to redesign Facebook. Many of Facebook’s business decisions oftenRead More...
Alternative Housing Lifestyles for Remote Workers
BY KENT MUNDLE – TOPTAL TECHNICAL EDITOR @ TOPTAL #Lifestyle #RemoteWork Ask anyone who works remotely about their quality of life, and they will gladly indulge in telling you every bit ofRead More...
How to Become a Master Designer
Painter Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” This has never been more true than today. Many outsiders believe that designers are unicorns, gifted or special in some way.Read More...
The Vital Guide to Web Design Interviewing
The Challenge Hiring web designers can be difficult. There are many disciplines under the common term ‘designer,’ and experts in one field may be novices in another, while others are a “JackRead More...
Everything You Need to Know about UX Sketching
If you’ve done any sort of serious creative work, you are all too familiar with creative block. It feels like hitting a brick wall: None of the ideas you’re able to visualizeRead More...
Build Ultra-Modern Web Apps with Angular Material
At the Google I/O Conference back in 2014, Google announced Material Design, their new design language. They have since converted much of their popular applications to adhere to this new spec inRead More...