Inspiring Designers and Freelancers

An Arabic blog for designers and freelancers since 2009
مقالات عن التصميم والعمل الحر منذ 2009

Stickersa Journey: Project From Childhood Memories

Stickersa Journey: Project From Childhood Memories

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The best and most enjoyable experiences and ideas are those you create for yourself, to enjoy and love. You don’t wait for validation from anyone, nor do you care if...

Stickersa Journey: Project From Childhood Memories

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The best and most enjoyable experiences and ideas are those you create for yourself, to enjoy and love. You don’t wait for validation from anyone, nor do you care if...

What is a wireframe ? How to build a wireframe fast ?

What is a wireframe ? How to build a wireframe ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Wireframing is an essential part of a UI design strategy serves as a blueprint for your design, you could design a UI for mobile or website without a wireframe for sure,...

What is a wireframe ? How to build a wireframe ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Wireframing is an essential part of a UI design strategy serves as a blueprint for your design, you could design a UI for mobile or website without a wireframe for sure,...

Bucharest: A New Chapter in My Life

Bucharest: A New Chapter in My Life

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Every decision we make comes with a price, and in each of our journeys, there are a series of decisions that lead us to a certain place, goal, or even...

Bucharest: A New Chapter in My Life

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Every decision we make comes with a price, and in each of our journeys, there are a series of decisions that lead us to a certain place, goal, or even...

What I Learned from Picalica: A Journey of Building and Selling a Digital Platform

What I Learned from Picalica: A Journey of Buil...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Recently, Hsoub acquired Picalica, the digital product marketplace I founded in 2014, where content creators could sell their work. Honestly, I delayed writing this post because I wasn’t sure what...

What I Learned from Picalica: A Journey of Buil...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Recently, Hsoub acquired Picalica, the digital product marketplace I founded in 2014, where content creators could sell their work. Honestly, I delayed writing this post because I wasn’t sure what...

Current Design Trends

Current Design Trends

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The phrase “Best Design Trends” didn’t feel quite right to me, nor did “New Design Trends.” Many of these trends either extend from the previous year or even from years...

Current Design Trends

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The phrase “Best Design Trends” didn’t feel quite right to me, nor did “New Design Trends.” Many of these trends either extend from the previous year or even from years...

Why I Use Email Only for Work

Why I Use Email Only for Work

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

When a new client reaches out to me and requests a direct communication method, I often apologize and mention that the only communication method I use is email. For some,...

Why I Use Email Only for Work

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

When a new client reaches out to me and requests a direct communication method, I often apologize and mention that the only communication method I use is email. For some,...

Review of Identity Designed Book: A Guide to Visual Branding

Review of Identity Designed Book: A Guide to Vi...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The book Identity Designed: The Definitive Guide to Visual Branding by David Airey is one of the few things I pre-ordered long before its release. This was due to my...

Review of Identity Designed Book: A Guide to Vi...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The book Identity Designed: The Definitive Guide to Visual Branding by David Airey is one of the few things I pre-ordered long before its release. This was due to my...

My Experience with the iPad Pro: Three Months of Testing

My Experience with the iPad Pro: Three Months o...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

This post is not a typical review of the device’s specs and features, but rather a personal experience of whether the iPad Pro can truly be relied on as a...

My Experience with the iPad Pro: Three Months o...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

This post is not a typical review of the device’s specs and features, but rather a personal experience of whether the iPad Pro can truly be relied on as a...

Pros and Cons of Hourly Work Rates in Freelancing

Pros and Cons of Hourly Work Rates in Freelancing

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Pricing methods in freelancing vary, and there may not be a universally right or wrong approach. The correct method is one that “suits you or doesn’t.” Hourly pricing is one...

Pros and Cons of Hourly Work Rates in Freelancing

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Pricing methods in freelancing vary, and there may not be a universally right or wrong approach. The correct method is one that “suits you or doesn’t.” Hourly pricing is one...

Top 10 Current Design Trends

Top 10 Current Design Trends

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Design trends are extremely important in our field, and their significance isn’t tied to “keeping up with the trends or the coolness you might display” as in real life. Instead,...

Top 10 Current Design Trends

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Design trends are extremely important in our field, and their significance isn’t tied to “keeping up with the trends or the coolness you might display” as in real life. Instead,...

Layla and Starting Over: A Year of Change

Layla and Starting Over: A Year of Change

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Another year has passed, and if I had to summarize 2018 in just two phrases, they would be: my daughter Layla and leaving the comfort zone and starting over. In...

Layla and Starting Over: A Year of Change

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Another year has passed, and if I had to summarize 2018 in just two phrases, they would be: my daughter Layla and leaving the comfort zone and starting over. In...

How to deal with artists block ? How I overcome Art block ?

How to deal with artists block ? How I overcome...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Artists block, or art block, is a state that affects professionals who require mental focus, specifically content creators - designers, developers, photographers, and content writers, it's that feeling of emptiness...

How to deal with artists block ? How I overcome...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Artists block, or art block, is a state that affects professionals who require mental focus, specifically content creators - designers, developers, photographers, and content writers, it's that feeling of emptiness...

Consistency in Work and Projects: Benefits and Challenges

Consistency in Work and Projects: Benefits and ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

When you are a freelancer or own a business, it means you have complete freedom over your time, decisions, and daily activities. This concept is crucial for content creators and...

Consistency in Work and Projects: Benefits and ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

When you are a freelancer or own a business, it means you have complete freedom over your time, decisions, and daily activities. This concept is crucial for content creators and...

When Not to Switch to Freelancing: Reasons to Stick with Your Job

When Not to Switch to Freelancing: Reasons to S...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The employment phase offers unique and varied characteristics, with significant importance equal to the ambition and desire to transition to freelancing. A major part of this importance lies in the...

When Not to Switch to Freelancing: Reasons to S...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The employment phase offers unique and varied characteristics, with significant importance equal to the ambition and desire to transition to freelancing. A major part of this importance lies in the...

User Experience Reality vs. Pretenders: Warning Signs

User Experience Reality vs. Pretenders: Warning...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Have you ever met someone who claims to be an engineer, expert, or even consultant in User Experience (UX), only to find their actions completely contradicting their title? Or perhaps...

User Experience Reality vs. Pretenders: Warning...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Have you ever met someone who claims to be an engineer, expert, or even consultant in User Experience (UX), only to find their actions completely contradicting their title? Or perhaps...

Stay an Amateur |  Keeping a beginner's mindset in your work style

Stay an Amateur | Keeping a beginner's mindset...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Staying a beginner means staying free and always having a beginner's mindset which embraces mistakes, and ignores barriers, focusing on idea development and cultivating values and beliefs in your work. It means staying a...

Stay an Amateur | Keeping a beginner's mindset...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Staying a beginner means staying free and always having a beginner's mindset which embraces mistakes, and ignores barriers, focusing on idea development and cultivating values and beliefs in your work. It means staying a...

Never Break Your Rules: The Importance of Maintaining Your Professional Style

Never Break Your Rules: The Importance of Maint...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Work rules and your style are essential and significant. They reflect who you are and your professional journey. Breaking or changing them for any reason, even to avoid embarrassment, or...

Never Break Your Rules: The Importance of Maint...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Work rules and your style are essential and significant. They reflect who you are and your professional journey. Breaking or changing them for any reason, even to avoid embarrassment, or...

Be Curious in Your Work and Profession: Tips to Foster Curiosity in Your Professional Life

Be Curious in Your Work and Profession: Tips to...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

As children, we were incredibly curious, and this curiosity played a significant role in shaping our understanding of the world around us. However, as we grew older, we began to...

Be Curious in Your Work and Profession: Tips to...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

As children, we were incredibly curious, and this curiosity played a significant role in shaping our understanding of the world around us. However, as we grew older, we began to...

On Protecting Your Mood: Five Steps to Increase Productivity in Freelance Work

On Protecting Your Mood: Five Steps to Increase...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Your mood is the most crucial aspect of your life, and it plays a significant role in your profession. While your mood might not directly impact your ability to perform...

On Protecting Your Mood: Five Steps to Increase...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Your mood is the most crucial aspect of your life, and it plays a significant role in your profession. While your mood might not directly impact your ability to perform...

How to Market Yourself Smartly and Honestly in Freelancing

How to Market Yourself Smartly and Honestly in ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Success in freelancing isn’t just about your creativity in design or your professionalism in coding. There’s another crucial element: how you market yourself smartly. Marketing isn’t just about showcasing your...

How to Market Yourself Smartly and Honestly in ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

Success in freelancing isn’t just about your creativity in design or your professionalism in coding. There’s another crucial element: how you market yourself smartly. Marketing isn’t just about showcasing your...

20 Essential Questions to Ask Your Client Before Designing a Logo

20 Essential Questions to Ask Your Client Befor...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

One of the most critical steps in any project, particularly in branding and logo design, is the discovery phase, where you gather information through a series of questions to form...

20 Essential Questions to Ask Your Client Befor...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

One of the most critical steps in any project, particularly in branding and logo design, is the discovery phase, where you gather information through a series of questions to form...

Six Hours of Work and My Day Off: A Personal Experience

Six Hours of Work and My Day Off: A Personal Ex...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The bitter truth is that this is the first time I’ve written a blog post after an entire year. During that year, I couldn’t find the time for it or...

Six Hours of Work and My Day Off: A Personal Ex...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The bitter truth is that this is the first time I’ve written a blog post after an entire year. During that year, I couldn’t find the time for it or...

Client-Based Pricing: When to Use This Pricing Method

Client-Based Pricing: When to Use This Pricing ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The basic idea of this approach, in short, is to ask your client to specify the cost or budget suitable for them to complete the project. Personally, I don’t always...

Client-Based Pricing: When to Use This Pricing ...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

The basic idea of this approach, in short, is to ask your client to specify the cost or budget suitable for them to complete the project. Personally, I don’t always...

The Reality of Freelancing: Between Personal Experiences and Marketing Hype

The Reality of Freelancing: Between Personal Ex...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

I wonder if I’m the only one who feels that the concepts of freelancing and the phrases associated with it are starting to become clichéd. It seems that everyone who...

The Reality of Freelancing: Between Personal Ex...

MOHAMAD ALYOUSSFI

I wonder if I’m the only one who feels that the concepts of freelancing and the phrases associated with it are starting to become clichéd. It seems that everyone who...