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A community of 5000+ early and founding designers in SF and Silicon Valley. Facebook: Tweets by @malouie.

[Marissa Louie @malouie]

👋🏽 Design Twitter: I just published my first article to @uxdesigncc! ⚡️

Many design managers primarily focus on project success.

But growing designers is the best investment.

Here are 10 ways to grow the designers you manage:
https://t.co/bcKWnYcCGT Thanks @caioab @fabriciot

[Marissa Louie @malouie]

Nice roundup of #MotionDesign trends by @InVisionApp.

2019 Expectations:
1/ Kinetic typography will prevail
2/ Grain effect will make designs more relatable

2020 Predictions:
1/ Storytelling will help you stand out
2/ Good design drives business

https://t.co/CBvV2JBjMx

[Marissa Louie @malouie]

How @Design_Guild became a massive design community of 15k+:

1/ Built on FB Groups
2/ Designers only
3/ No recruiters or spam
4/ Encourage useful content
5/ Positive community environment
6/ Good designers lead: @stedmanhalliday @JellyIvy @BradMonahan1 @mimicinteract @tannerc

[Marissa Louie @malouie]

How to build a great UX/product design team from 0:

1st designer must be a design generalist, sets precedent for design system and design team caliber

2nd designer shares workload w/ 1st designer

3rd designer cements design team’s caliber

More on this:
https://t.co/CV5OyOlhst

[Marissa Louie @malouie]

Checklist for designers:

10 Principles for Good Design by Dieter Rams

Good design is:
1/ Innovative
2/ Useful
3/ Aesthetic
4/ Understandable
5/ Unobtrusive
6/ Honest
7/ Long-lasting
8/ Thorough down to the last detail
9/ Environmentally-friendly
10/ As little design as possible

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

DG, it’s your chance to learn ✍🏼 from the best: @steveahn82, Director of Voltron and Blossom Detective Holmes, and DG member!

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Our amazing and brilliant community leader, product designer Stedman Halliday @stedmanhalliday, is now on the hunt for the perfect design job!

Help us help our fearless leader who has done so much for DG, with a simple RT!

[Steve 인창 Ahn @steveahn82]

Please check out Animoodles Kickstarter campaign! https://t.co/UYfMJdItWn My friend, @malouie is crafting amazing plush dolls. Only 3 days are left! @Animoodles

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Looking to hire Product Designers? Here are some awesome DG members who are on the market and open to job opportunities:
@_1binary0 @GaurangAlat @conniechiiiwa @tiffanycyu @shuaybkhann @pxlwtch @marcomwright @ceejaygabriel

Please RT far and wide to help designers out!

[Nor Sanavongsay @ArtofNor]

Yay! My daughters' video of the @Animoodles are live! They put a lot of heart and soul into this video. Amily is 13, she's the show runner, and Arya is our spunky host of The Sparkle Show... Enjoy! Give them a Like and Subscribe! https://t.co/bcfAZpGc7E

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

So much of what we talk about is how.

But what is your why? What draws you to design, what change do you want to make, what stories do you want to tell? Why did you become a designer in the first place?

[Steve 인창 Ahn @steveahn82]

Only 2 Days Left. How I feel now? I feel like I’m piloting Eva w/o power line on my back, yet I need to make a Giga Drill Break somehow to do the impossible. Basically, please support this making Animetion project at https://t.co/I9Lyl6ZoDT

Let’s get Episode 4 funded!

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Behind the scenes of “Blossom Detective Holmes: The Animated Mini-Series” (Kickstarter), directed by @steveahn82:
https://t.co/fdREGJIHeR by @JaynesisOng

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Please join us for Designers Guild’s first ever AMA with @steveahn82, Director of DreamWorks Voltron, Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra, and his independently produced anime series Blossom Detective Holmes.

It’ll be tomorrow 2p PST inside DG!
https://t.co/1N0pYDhjbe

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Something mind-blowing by Voltron’s Director @steveahn82 is dropping tomorrow on Kickstarter. Watch him change animation as we know it!

[Clark Valberg @ClarkValberg]

Announcing InVision 7: Saying goodbye to 6 years of code is hard -- but the so fresh, so clean feeling of a whole new stack is priceless. Excited to be able to move even faster than ever before 🚿🚀
https://t.co/Y0Ze9mN3rf

[First Designer @FirstDesignerCo]

Check out @KiwiCo projects for young scientists, artists & makers ages 0-16+. So much fun! https://t.co/ZCa5DJ4IAU

[Damian Madray @themadray]

Exploring How to Design Meaningful Products with Culture https://t.co/99vd8lrT13

[Designers Guild @Design_Guild]

Learn how @DelanieWest, VP of Design and Product at @FaberCastell, ensures creativity at work: https://t.co/KSDtGhVi7h

[🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Fin 🦈💨 @agentFin]

Knowledge drop by @CarlNelson on what signs to look for - and out for - when considering a big company job. Read the whole feed. #ux #uxjobs https://t.co/F0Jv7NSxTF