The Inspired Designer

These are the slides from my talk at HybridConf 2013.
Sometimes being creative is hard work, copying could be the easiest solution, but at what cost? What is the fine line between inspiration and rip-off? And why are so many creative people attached to their designs? Follow my adventures as a developer-gone-designer through the challenges I had to face between starting a creative business, acquiring my first clients, making a name for myself, regretting my decisions and upsetting a lot of people on the way.

Transcript

1. The Inspired Designer The little talk about my adventures in the digital world of design @fffabs
2. @fffabs Things about FFFabs The lone software engineer-gone-designer
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4. Design is Fun And profitable and cool and scary and annoying @fffabs
5. Designgeneering my way At the beginning obscurity can be good. You want attention only after you’re doing great work @fffabs
6. Path to DRIBBBLE I had to be part of it somehow. For the taste of success and beyond @fffabs
7. Mash 'em like a Pro Just connect the dots and make people really mad at you @fffabs
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9. @fffabs Concept by Allen Wang
10. @fffabs Concept by Ashish Thakkar
11. Design what you need Fake it ‘til you make it @fffabs
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13. Be nice The world is a small town @fffabs
14. Thank you Lovely people, all good things must come to an end @fffabs
15. Check me out! @fffabs dribbble.com/toxinide fffabs.com