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Always a good feeling to see a project featured on the Contra homepage. Real talk though...this one had a BUMPY start.
If you've ever had a project that felt shaky out of the gate, you know the feeling of dread and disappointment. What turned it around was building a genuinely strong relationship with the client (fitting, since they're a matchmaker). We collaborated with them, worked through the finer details, and by the end, we were both thrilled with the result.
Check out the project here where you can even see a live flip-through of their new brand guide. Leave us a 🖤 or a 🐐 if you like it.
Two templates in with Cobi Studio. The third is already on the way. 👀
A premium Framer template for creative studios, branding agencies, and film teams who want a site that sells the work, not just shows it.
Eleven editorial pages, full CMS, and a design system you can rebrand in minutes. Plus a full step-by-step walkthrough video, so you can launch even if you’ve never touched Framer.
Running a studio? Tell me what your current site is missing. 👇
This is so smooth and effortlessly clean
Today I got my final paycheck as a Design Lead — and I find myself in a place we all know very well: 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆.
Uncertainty is not a phase you get through. It's the 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of a career. No matter how high in the ranks you are and no matter how well you perform — sometimes, those things don't matter.
So what do you do? You invest in yourself from day 1.
Here's what that looked like for me while I was employed full time:
→ Built a YouTube channel teaching motion design to thousands of designers -https://youtube.com/@asquareportal/videos
→ Ran live creative workshops in Berlin - https://youtube.com/watch?v=3UU2hp7DhF4
→ Launched a newsletter on creativity and design - https://substack.com
→ Built an open source AI-powered learning tool — and gave it away for free - https://flashlearn.asquareportal.com
→ Learnt how to code & everything I could about AI, Generative AI, and building with code
→ Started building an AI-powered creative & Design workspace from scratch — going into Beta soon
More Info coming in the next post, follow this space, I will be giving away free seats!
None of this was planned. All of it was just — 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁.
Build what you want to build, now.
My studio Asquareportal is now open here on Contra — Creative Direction & Design partner, Motion Design, Interactive Graphics & Explainer Animation.
Now, I'd love to hear how you think about and navigate uncertainty, share it in the comments.
Maybe someone who needs to hear this finds this post.
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