Stories—the Design Blog by Dribbble

Mar 22, 2019

What is Design Thinking?

What is Design Thinking, why is it important, and in what ways can you implement the Design Thinking mindset when building out products? Six design teams share their thoughts.

Mar 21, 2019

Design Hiring: How to thoughtfully onboard a new designer

Jordan Koschei, Senior Designer and Developer at Lightstock  shares 4 actionable strategies you can use to thoughtfully onboard new designers to your team.

Mar 21, 2019

Balancing productivity and self-care with designer Ashley Hohnstein

Meet Ashley Hohnstein, Senior Graphic Designer at Target and also an amazing lettering artist and illustrator. Check out Ashley’s sunny home-office in Minneapolis and get a glimpse into her life as a full-time designer and part-time freelancer.

Mar 20, 2019

Talk Shop: Behind the Design with Peter Laxalt

With the launch of the new Dribbble Shop, we’re excited to highlight some of the amazing designers behind the products for sale. This week, get to know Peter Laxalt, designer and co-owner at Laxalt & McIver. Peter gives us an inside look into his designs, explains what the Dribbble community means to him, and shares some fun facts about himself.

Mar 20, 2019

How Katie Cooper launched her full-time freelance design career

Two years ago, Katie Cooper made the decision to leave her full-time job and pursue freelancing full-time. Fast forward to today, and her freelance design career is thriving. Read about Katie’s journey as she shares how she approached quitting her job, managed her finances, found clients, and all of the lessons learned in between.

Mar 19, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Building a design agency with Olha Uzhykova

In this video interview, get to know Olha Uzhykova, Product Designer and Co-Founder of the design agency Netrix. Olha is passionate about design though it hasn’t always been part of her life. Hear about how her background in business development and few web design courses changed the whole track of her life and career.

Mar 18, 2019

Canopy's Alex Pasquarella shares 9 inspiring landscape illustrations

Forests and mountains and waterfalls, oh my! Landscape lover and founder of Canopy, Alex Pasquarella, shares 9 favorite shots inspired by nature.

Mar 15, 2019

10 Podcasts for every kind of designer

Are you a creative on the hunt for new inspiring podcasts in your life? We’ve rounded up a list of 10 podcasts created for and by designers in all kinds of different design fields. Grab your headphones, sit back, and press play.

Mar 14, 2019

Announcing Dribbble's Hang Time NYC: June 6

Mark your calendars for June 6, as we’ll be hosting our bi-annual conference in the Big Apple and we couldn’t be more excited. Get a sneak peek of what you can expect at Hang Time NYC—a full-day inspiration fest for designers brought to you by Dribbble.

Mar 14, 2019

Freelancing in New York City with designer Molly Hensley

What’s life like as a freelance designer working in NYC? Illustrator and animator Molly Hensley shares her typical workday and gives us a tour of her inspiration-filled home office in Brooklyn.

Mar 13, 2019

A Quick guide to designing for Augmented Reality on mobile

Bushra Mahmood, Principle Designer at Unity Technologies, shines a light on what 3D means in Augmented Reality. Explore all of the components of a 3D scene, learn how the underlying technology works, and see methods for producing 3D objects.

Mar 12, 2019

Designers learned, laughed, and connected at 18 Dribbble Meetups this February

For the shortest month of the year, February was a huge month for Dribbble Meetups around the world! Read all about the activities over 1000 designers took part in like sharing their most embarrassing moments, redesigning household objects, and of course, eating lots of snacks.

Mar 11, 2019

Step-by-step illustration process in Procreate with Gregory Darroll

Get an inside look at designer and illustrator Gregory Darroll’s process as he works through an illustration from start to finish in Procreate.

Mar 8, 2019

Dribbble celebrates International Women's Day 2019

Happy International Women’s Day 2019! Today’s daily dose of inspiration is brought to you by some insanely talented women in our community who created designs in celebration of this very important day of the year.

Mar 8, 2019

12 Women lettering artists to follow on Dribbble

Ready to fill your feed with more top-notch lettering work? Check out the profiles of some amazing women lettering artists sharing unique messages and letting styles on Dribbble.

Mar 7, 2019

Austin-based designer Jessie Farris on productivity and thriving off of routine

Austin-based designer Jessie Farris spends her workdays in either her home office or the WeWork co-working space in town. Read about where she finds inspiration, why she works better with a very structured routine, and how the cleanliness of her workspace is a product of her productivity.

Mar 7, 2019

Poster designs inspired by Gateway Arch National Park

The folks at Type Hike have called upon designers to create a poster in celebration of Gateway Arch National Park. Take a peek at some of the wonderful submissions participating Dribbblers have shared.

Mar 6, 2019

Starting your own design studio: The story of Down the Street Designs

Meet the trio behind the Los Angeles-based design studio, Down The Street Designs. In this post, Paul, Colin, and Remo share their story about how they were able to successfully launch a design studio of their own shortly after graduating college.

Mar 5, 2019

Dribbble Interview: Designer Luisa Mancera on allowing yourself to feel uninspired

Meet Luisa, a freelance Product Designer based in Oakland, California. In a new video, Luisa shares how feeling uninspired can actually be useful, why she’d like to make a social impact using design, and how she ended up moving to the San Francisco, Bay Area after making an important connection on Dribbble.