Pascal Gärtner

Designer · 🏳️‍🌈 · Temporary and undefinable as art · previously @getstarkco and @createdbymad

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

III Back to Freelance

The past years have been remarkable. They're filled with gratitude and growth. I'm beyond thankful to have been a part of @createdbymad and @getstarkco and have worked with such unprecedented talent.

I'm equally excited about the next chapters and what they will hold. The next one is all about me going back to freelance. I'm available, hmu!

Though I go back to freelance, I'm still open for other opportunities. Might even launch a thing myself. The weirder and impactful the better. In my 12 years, I have contributed to all parts of the design process: from turning a vision into a start-up to building and managing a design team.

[Thilo @thilokonzok]

Do you want to start a company in 2-3 years, can code and are willing to work really hard in between? DM me :)

[leon @leonguaiana]

In case you were wondering what happened to our design recruiting service..

For the past two years, I’ve been partnering with founders to help them build best-in-class design teams. It takes a lot of work to find phenomenal people.

But we also quickly found that “just being a recruiting agency” wasn’t true to self.

[Mike Rundle @flyosity]

Design systems need to emerge organically during the course of designing a product.

If you start by designing common components without understanding how and where (and if) they'll be used, you're prematurely optimizing and limiting your product's aesthetic possibilities.

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@jloeweofficial @FlavienGuilbaud @AntinomyStudio @KonstantinDatz @KonstantinDatz +10000!

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@chadtomkiss Crazy talent!

[Christian Reber 🇪🇺 @christianreber]

I'd like to back a team that aims to productize politics, government, and voting. A bold, high-risk venture with 95%+ chance of failure. But if it succeeds, it will benefit everyone. Would invest up to 500.000 USD/EUR.

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@egg_ert You never know where you end up, haha!

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@egg_ert No more flexing with a 6 digit ICQ number :(

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

Might share it out of fun.

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

Had loads of fun feeding @withdelphi with an absurd amount of personal information and later ask my clone to write an analysis about myself.

[Halide + Kino aka halideapp.bsky.social @halidecamera]

Kino is packed with presets by amazing pros — @prolost, @sandwich, @stalman, @Evanjschneider_ and @kevouthere — giving you beautiful color grades right out of the box.

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@sdw @sandwich @adamlisagor Can relate to that. Their work as well this video are more than fabulous!

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@imcatnoone @joeyabanks @jina @auareyou @StuRobson @aweary @plasticmind @chexee @majouji @zerox_me @sarah_federman @mds @ilikescience @killnicole @hiloki @samirarahimee +1 @killnicole! @aaroniker, @nicks_twt, @HonzaTmn, @ridd_design, @DanHollick, @darylginn, @salleedesign, @KenChenDesign

[Cat Noone @imcatnoone]

As usual, a jam-packed release for the month at @getstarkco. What I'm most stoked about? One of the most requested features ever: Smart Suggestions from your design system library (local or remote) in @figma! (oh and seven additional updates — from design tooling to browsers)

The power of a sophisticated design system cannot be argued, but ensuring that system is continually accessible is critical to the maturity of the software the system supports. Until now? There was no way to do so efficiently, intelligently, and integrated into your design workflow.

Now Stark provides suggestions for fixes straight from your team's system, while continuously informing you where components are out of compliance.

Oh, and these updates are delivered in a beautiful updated UI that's friendly, intuitive, and with increased readability. All in prep for more to come, of course... 😉

[Stark @getstarkco]

🌸 May Release 🌸

- Smart suggestions from your design system
- Beautiful UI tweaks
- React Native + Accessible Name annotations
- Updated Landmarks
- Filter WCAG Audit results
- Auto-generate alt-text + copy code
- Copy XPath & selector from WCAG audit

Let's dive in! 👇

[MDS @mds]

1. Understand the problem
2. Determine the complexity
3. Complex? Use lists, content maps, and user flows to help guide the project
4. Complex? Design in low-fidelity (wireframes) to get everyone on same page about the same features
5. Set design direction
6. Present early and often
7. Explore, iterate, and exploit
8. Systematize

Let's dissect each one...

[Nicholas Christowitz @nchristowitz]

I'm looking for more long-term clients. Are there any teams taking the time to build humane, considered products out there? Or is everyone just racing towards the next investor presentation?

Please help connect me with the former 🦥🌱

[Christian Reber 🇪🇺 @christianreber]

Superlist 2.0 will be an epic release! Completely revamped mobile app, nested lists, simplified interface, and everything will be blazingly fast. ⚡️ Hope you'll love it! Team is working hard on getting it done.

[Pascal Gärtner @pascalgart]

@DinBisevac ❤️