Trong Nguyen
Hi, I'm Trong, product designer living in Singapore. I write to practice, and write to find ideas. Nice to meet you!
My second week of learning to draw
In the second week of learning to draw, my lessons are still very basic for absolute beginners.
My first drawing tablet
My first week of learning to draw
Designer’s guide for designing for performance - Part 2
In combination with a fast launch time, a skeleton screen makes your website feel immediately responsive.
Designer’s guide for designing for performance - Part 1
Performance is a shared responsibility and everyone on your team impacts it. Considering performance when making design decisions will have an enormous impact on your users.
GIF vs Video
I have just launched my side project called Awesome Figma Tips where its content is heavily GIF-like experience. Instead of using GIF, I used the Video file format that fastens the site.
The function of beauty
We got so carried away with the idea of functionality, we lost sight of who we were designing for in the first place, humans
Updates for the week
Some updates for the past week
Keep a hero file and steal like an artist
How to find your own design style at the early stage of your design career.
People I love at Carousell
Things come very differently when switching from a one-designer-team to a multi-designer-team. We have to work with many people who are better than you. So it’s a chance for you to learn from the others.
Plan 2020 for my website
2020 will be the year of making, more writing, more side projects, more books, more crazy things.
Best chapters and lessons from “Sapien, a brief history of humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
A look at the history of humankind from a very new perspective, and surprised.
Lessons from the movie “Schindler’s List” by Steven Spielberg
Everything I learned I learned from the movies.