Margarita Pardeilhan

I recently saw a designer on Instagram that said: “Good design is contextual.” The argument was that Chinese users are simply used to much denser interfaces, while Western users tend to prefer cleaner, more minimal UI. But I’m not completely convinced. Is this really...

In 2016, a wallpaper wasn't enough. To get that "Tumblr Hippie" look, we used CocoPpa to overhaul everything. 🌸

Before widgets were "official," we used clunky hacks to replace icons with kawaii pastels and glitter. It wasn't about speed; it was a digital scrapbook, a unique...

Stop romanticizing 2016. It wasn’t a "golden era", it was a warning we ignored. We reminisce about Snapchat and We Heart It as peaks of creativity, but 2016 actually birthed the distraction economy. We traded users for metrics and intent for algorithms.

From Aesthetics to...