newbamboo 2020-02-20 07:00 How to quickly change layer opacity in Sketch You can use your keyboard to very quickly change the opacity of a layer in Sketch. Using the number keys you can set the opacity to 10% increments, hide something or set the opacity to anything between 1 and 99. Try...
newbamboo 2020-02-19 07:00 How to make quick calculations in Sketch As a regular Sketch user, I am always surprised to find features that until now I didn’t realise existed. I recently learned that you can enter calculations into some size inputs, like dimensions (width & height),...
newbamboo 2020-02-18 07:00 The Stuff Users Can't See Matters Too It is a reality that some features have to be prioritised above others, sometimes this means sacrificing functionality in order to reach a budget or time constraint. When decisions like this start happening it’s...
giantrobots 2019-04-15 07:00 Design Sprints: Storyboarding Tips Design Sprint, day three. Today we decide on what to prototype, and ultimately test. We’ve spent the previous days assembling a collage of features, ideas, sketches and assumptions. We now need to convert it into a...
giantrobots 2018-03-12 07:00 The Barbican Estate: Walking Through Lessons Learnt On my walk to work in London, it’s hard to avoid the Barbican Estate. I wander through it almost every day and can see it from the studio windows. It has become one of my favourite places in the city. The estate was...
giantrobots 2017-09-06 07:00 Things I wish I knew before my first Design Sprint There are plenty of great books, tutorials, and case-studies that can teach you to run a design sprint. But, at some point you have to take the plunge and put that learning into practice. Design sprints encourage...
giantrobots 2017-03-06 07:00 Don't Rush The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. It’s very tempting to start fast and maintain that pace. This usually means building up a series of pieces linearly. In theory they are then tied together...