what are some ways to exercise my design skills if I don't wanna do dailyui or these weird random generators lol serious question.
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I'm in the same boat, but what are seeking to practice exactly? Is it information architecture? Exploring different styles? Designing innovative ideas?
find problems, solve them design doesn't have to be about pixels. you will probably learn more by explicitly staying away from pixels.
Recently I've started redesigning the apps from my country that feel very clunky to me.
Oh, if you can work in industrial design projects, you can even find problems in your own daily life. I've watched this video about a product development process and it might be very helpful for this particular idea: youtu.be/5RJGSGTkpt0?si…
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Although I think this is a fantastic way to practice, it's not that simple to find problems, to do it every day (probably take a week), and when you find them, it might not be solved through a digital product. How would you address these problems?