Explore Karina's Insights on Design Flexibility and Life

Explore Karina's Insights on Design Flexibility and LifeExplore Karina's Insights on Design Flexibility and Life

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Faith Ayodeji

pro

• Mar 11

this hit different. the way Karina breaks it down — design is flexible, life is not. worth sitting with 👏

Karina

pro

• Mar 10

Do different paths lead to the same result?

People often say “all roads lead to Rome.”

And I can see it clearly in design. Different fonts, colors, layouts, and strategies can all solve the same brief.

But in life, it’s not so simple.

Outside the canvas, the same starting point can...

Mariyam Afzal

pro

• 15h

KAMAKURA is a Japanese matcha brand I designed to bring traditional matcha into everyday life. There are three flavours, each inspired by a flower: Ajisai (Hydrangea), Sakura (Cherry Blossom) and Hasu (Lotus).

I didn’t want the flowers to just sit there as decoration. So I started the whole identity from them. Their shapes and colours shaped the graphics and gave each flavour its own personality.

Then I added gradients. Petals are never one flat colour, so I wanted the design to shift the same way. It gave the brand some depth and made it feel a bit more artistic.

The final look is floral forms, soft gradients and bold type. Nothing like the green tins you usually see.

This was a collaborative project with my designer friend, Safna. What do you guys think of the whole identity

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Rakhi Kumbhakar

• 1h

A new design for Diwali Celebration 🪔✨

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#Diwali Poster #Diwaliposter

#Graphicdesigner #Posterdesign #Diwali2026

happydiwali rkgraphicdesigner

Ayush Kanoujia

• Nov 9

The primary intention of this specific frame was not to present a BALANCEED VIEW, but to visually manifest the paradox of procrastination.

While the absolute narrative focus is only the clock—it is literally placed "in the trash"—the frame deliberately uses the red chip bag to create immediate, powerful visual tension.

As the analysis notes, the bag’s "shape/placement" and aggressive color saturation directly counter the clock's structural dominance, forcing the viewer into a perpetual cycle of looking at the time being wasted, only to be constantly distracted by the immediate, low-reward temptation.

It worked effectively to create a visceral sense of anxiety, perfectly encapsulating the inner turmoil of time slipping away during moments of mindless indulgence.