Understanding Client Needs: Bridging Design and Audience

Understanding Client Needs: Bridging Design and AudienceUnderstanding Client Needs: Bridging Design and Audience

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Hossain Jahed

• Jul 16

Clients may not understand design, but they understand their audience and product better than we do, I think.

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Claude GSAP React frontend Web Design Web Development

Hossain Jahed

• Jul 20

1st version in my UI library: https://easemize.21st.dev/components/cinematic-app-hero 2nd version in client live product: https://www.sobers.app/

easemize.21st.dev

Cinematic App Hero | Community Components | 21st

A high-fidelity cinematic hero section optimized for premium app showcases and modern landing pages. Powered by a complex GSAP ScrollTrigger timeline, it features a pure CSS 3D iPhone mockup, staggered animations, and dynamic mouse-tracking lighting. Engineered with physical skeuomorphic materials, glassmorphism floating badges, and tactile depth-effect buttons inspired by the Apple Design System. A completely self-contained, zero-image visual engine incorporating SVG progress rings, film grain, and interactive scroll-driven storytelling.

Cheong Tan jin

• Jul 24

Wow you got a great list of components there, I personally like your chat input component

Serge Herasymchuk

max

• Aug 28

What should a homepage prioritize first: understanding or action?

A hero section can look almost identical visually and still be built around a completely different goal.

Version A focuses on clarity. Version B focuses on conversion.

One helps users understand before they decide. The other makes the next step immediately obvious. Neither approach is automatically better. The right one depends on what visitors need most at that stage of the journey.

Which would you prioritize on a homepage: clarity first or action first?

Web Design

14 voted

27%

38 voted

73%

52 votes

Closed

Mohamed Sharaf

• Aug 29

I love the filled button more than the outline however I recommend to use one filled button and the other should be secondary otherwise users will be confused “where should I click”

Yaroslav Dykyi

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• Aug 28

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React Native Claude React

Progress Fisayo

• Aug 28

Congratulations Man

Daniel Sun

• Aug 28

Recruitment automation: Web design, Branding A design exploration for a recruitment automation platform, built around trust, transparency, and cultural fit rather than the cold office interview candidates dread. I designed the website and the illustrations, using gradient lines to bring a sense of movement and warmth, and a loose, open composition to keep the whole thing feeling simple and unforced.