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What actually makes a design feel “minimal”… and not just empty?🤔
When I was building my own-site I was conscious of balancing minimalism with being intentional.
Mentally I am always thinking:
What needs attention first?
How does the viewed get instant understanding?
What can I take away without losing the meaning?
I think minimal design works best when it’s doing something for the user, not just for aesthetics.
I'd love to know, what is your way of approaching minimalism without the design falling flat? 🔍
I would say to strip away anything that doesn’t serve a purpose but keep elements that create hierarchy and meaning!
Create post as always Amanuel 🙌
clean as always Amanuel 🔥
Pulling off a minimal design is often more difficult than producing a super bold and striking design. You nailed it with your site! 🙌
Minimalism done right is one of the hardest things in design. Intentional beats empty every time!
Great!!
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Why not approach a pitch deck… the way you approach a website? 🤔
Without realising it, I applied the same design logic behind websites to my pitch deck showing my services.
It helped me create a better flow with:
• Clear hierarchy
• 1-2 goals per page/section
• Structured journey
In this example, I focused on pulling attention quickly (credibility first), then guiding through services in a way that feels natural and easy to scan.
Using Figma to wireframe the slides is my approach with the grids and components.
Tip: If a slide is trying to say too much, it’s probably not doing its job.
What’s the hardest part of building a deck for you?
Super insightful! Definitely going to apply
Client said "can we make it look more modern" on a call yesterday and I just sat there for a second because I never know what to do with that one.
It's not a bad note but not a design note either.. Nobody who says "modern" can tell you what modern actually looks like. I've asked. They point at someone else's site and say "like that" but what they're really saying is "that company looks like they have their stuff together and I want to feel that way too."
I used to just go tweak stuff in Figma when I got this note. Make things cleaner. Whatever I thought modern meant that week. Didn't work. They'd come back and say it still felt off, obviously, because the design wasn't the problem.
Anyway I don't have a clean takeaway here. I think the move is to just stop and ask "what feels off" instead of trying to fix it.
Yes, modern has many shades. It can be micro interactions, minimalist/ maximalist layout, cool gradients, abstract shapes, subtle/heavy contrast.
Sometimes, it can even mean whatever the category leader is doing at the time.
Finished redesign for dahlquist.nu
Case study coming soon but could not wait to to try reframeit.figma.site by @Dann Petty and it's truly a banger!
Very Nice!
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