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Every screen I design starts flat – structure first, style second.
When a designer shows a case, which do you actually want to see? Same screen, two stages.

3 voted

21%

The Structure

11 voted

79%

The Final

14 votes

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Rajesh's avatar
Solid work!
Artur's avatar
If you're team «structure first» – here's the whole case →
Faraz Ahmed's avatar
Outstanding creativity as always.
Artur's avatar
Thank you!
Chidera 's avatar
I totally go for the final
Chidera 's avatar
You are welcome
Great's avatar
The final
Artur's avatar
Thank you!
Maty's avatar
Honestly the structure screen is the more interesting one to me — it tells me you actually know what you're doing before the polish shows up. Do you ever have clients push back and ask to skip straight to "the final" stage?
Artur's avatar
@Maty Sandoval Thank you, and great question! Yes, it happens a lot. Clients often don't see why this stage exists and want to jump straight to the polish.
What I tell them: any change to logic or structure is far cheaper at this stage. And I don't just mean money. It's cheaper for the quality...
Edna's avatar
The final
Girum's avatar
Love it. The final
Artur's avatar
Appreciate it! The final always gets the love, but honestly the boring wireframe underneath is what makes it work 😊
Girum's avatar
Absolutely bro
Design's avatar
love the final one!😍
Artur's avatar
Appreciate it! 😍 Quick one, did you catch the full case study behind it? :)
Sahil's avatar
Outstanding !
Artur's avatar
Thank you!
Artur's avatar
Poll's closed. Thanks to everyone who voted!
The one on the right is where every screen starts for me – one flat tone, no styling, until the flow holds up on its own. Only then the color goes on.
I break down a case like this every time one goes live – follow along if that's your...
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