Author Archives: Andrei Procopie

Five key skills every designer needs

By Andrei Procopie | Published: March 3, 2009
There’s a reason why they keep top-dollar design jobs spread so thin. It’s not just because there’s so few of them. And it’s not because designers, as a species, aren’t worth the extra buck. Playing in the design PGL is all about skills. And, as it turns out, mastering these skills comes down to accepting [...]
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Why this website is so slow

By Andrei Procopie | Published: February 24, 2009
IPSX is an on-again, off-again type of blog. Not keen on usability or anything. Well, in some ways it is—but read on. You could say, ‘this website doesn’t feel like a masterstroke. Not the work of a genius.’ And you’d be right. It’s not a masterstroke. But before I tell you the secret to slow [...]
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Hug a designer today

By Andrei Procopie | Published: February 16, 2009
Granted, design may not save the world.While design may be about solving client problems, meeting insane deadlines or challenging the way in which we see the world, it’s also about translating things from one side to the other. About communicating. But as far as saving the world is concerned, unlike many a honorable professions, it’s just [...]
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Why this website has almost no footer

By Andrei Procopie | Published: February 16, 2009
This website adheres to a strick ‘no-footer’ policy. Also, despite topics including ‘design’ and ‘copywriting’, you may have noticed that ipsx.ro has almost no graphics. The reason behind this is not usability. Perhaps, if this no-graphics-at-all-kind of thing bothers you, you’re not in the right place. Followed the wrong link. Clicked on one of those [...]
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This better work

By Andrei Procopie | Published: February 16, 2009
Bukowski once said that, unless it’s coming out on its own — and coming out in a no-chance-they’ll-miss-it-‘Brokeback Mountain’ kind of way —, you shouldn’t even be trying. ‘Stop trying so hard’, he used to say. No shame in not being able to write. We do it all the time, surrounded by clueless epics. Writing—the [...]
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