In today’s digital landscape, visuals and trendy interfaces often take center stage online, but effective UX/UI design demands much more than an aesthetic appeal.

In today’s social media world, people aren’t just scrolling, they’re connecting, discovering, and deciding which brands feel worth their time. Some brands make their presence known, especially when it comes to capturing Gen Z’s attention.

It sounds like an exaggeration, but it’s true.

When I was choosing a college, I knew two things: I wanted to study graphic design, and I wanted real-world experience while on campus.

There was nothing I wanted to hear less than “Be ready to present your work for critique next class.” In my high school AP art class, and my first year of university, I dreaded critiques.

Promoting a (digital) project on socials is one of the best ways to get more eyes on it. I wanted to share how I am promoting my upcoming article titled “K-Design: Seoul’s Impact on Global Graphic” on medium.com through social media.

Graphic design is an industry that is always evolving, with new styles emerging constantly. New trends come in and out quickly.

Attention spans are short. Time is limited. People have better things to do. If you want to catch someone’s attention, especially in writing, you have to hook them immediately. If you don’t, they’ll move on, quickly.

A writer must choose between writing authentically, and therefore creating their best work, or writing what they think the audience wants to hear, which may not be as effective.

Designers are often known as a ‘Jack of All Trades’: familiar with a variety of different softwares and skilled in designing everything from websites to social media graphics to package design.

With 2025 just beginning, its time for an introduction. Whether it be in art classes or on her own, Ashley has always enjoyed working creatively. In high school, she took her creative passion more seriously and found her love for design through classes, clubs, and participating in extracurricular activities.

When writing, we often feel tempted to ‘fluff’ it up, adding unnecessary words and phrases that make it longer but not necessarily more meaningful. With the increase of electronic writing, the issue has worsened, as writers add more and more ‘frills’.

The important question is, how much are we losing? If even Steve Jobs restricts and limits his child’s screen usage, how big of a problem is this?

In efforts to become more organized with my classwork and tasks as a student taking both undergrad and grad classes, I tried out two project management systems. The two platforms I tried…

The widely popular tech designer, Nir Eyal believes that we as individuals must look inward to understand the eager need for distractions primarily taking place on our phone (Hari).

In Stolen Focus, Hari shares how in the same way magicians know and use your weaknesses against you, designers and tech professionals do the same. Although these designers may have the intention to do good, it is often the opposite.

I have always wondered why my mind is always drifting and daydreaming, and why I love to think about other things when I should be focusing on something else. In simple terms, it is Mind Wandering.

Stolen focus by Joanne Hari, is a very interesting read based on how technology and the fast pace of society contributes to the way our minds are overwhelmed and exhausted.