@umakerns

Designer. I collect rules from people who broke them well.

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Collecting since April 2026
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the ten things Austin Kleon says nobody tells you

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  • 01Steal like an artist - trace your influences honestly, nothing is original
  • 02Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things
  • 03Write the book you want to read
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Saul Bass title sequences, in chronological order

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  • 01Carmen Jones (1954)
  • 02The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
  • 03Vertigo (1958)
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the only typefaces massimo vignelli said you need

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GaramondBodoniCentury ExpandedFuturaTimesHelvetica+4
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the color tools I open on every project

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CoolorsAdobe ColorWebAIM Contrast CheckerRealtime ColorsHuemintRadix Colors+1
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free asset sites I've checked the license page on

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UnsplashPexelsPixabayGoogle FontsFont SquirrelPhosphor Icons+5
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portfolio review checklist (before you send the link)

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  • 01Rename the file
  • 02Check every link opens in a new tab
  • 03Kill the stock photo hero image
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Dieter Rams's ten principles of good design

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  • 01Good design is innovative.
  • 02Good design makes a product useful.
  • 03Good design is aesthetic.
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Typography terms you keep nodding along to

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KerningtrackingLeadingx-heightligatureWidow+7
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every Pantone Color of the Year, 2015 to 2026

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  • 012015 - Marsala (18-1438)
  • 022016 - Rose Quartz & Serenity (13-1520 / 15-3919)
  • 032017 - Greenery (15-0343)
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Figma shortcuts worth memorizing first

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V - move toolF - frame toolR - rectangle toolO - ellipse toolT - text toolP - pen tool+9
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a dozen cards from Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies deck

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  • 01Honour thy error as a hidden intention
  • 02Use an old idea
  • 03Try faking it!
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Laws of UX I cite in critique

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Hick's LawFitts's LawJakob's LawMiller's LawAesthetic-Usability EffectCognitive Load+8
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Corita Kent's ten rules for students and teachers (1967)

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  • 01Rule one - find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.
  • 02Rule two - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow classmates.
  • 03rule 3 - general duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.
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pixar's 22 rules of storytelling, the 18 I actually use

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  • 01You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.
  • 02You gotta keep in mind what's interesting to you as an audience, not what's fun to do as a writer.
  • 03Trying for theme is important, but you won't see what the story is actually about til you're at the end of it. Now rewrite.
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