Welcome to the 13th Issue of Design Vitamins ๐Ÿ’Š & Happy new year! ๐ŸŒˆ
If you want to access the previous issues, you can check them out in this link.

Let's jump into it to get our weekly fix now, click on a toggle to read more โฌ‡๏ธ

Five Finds of the week

  1. Annual report framework by Shane Parrish (Try Now ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ)

  2. Breakpoints - Figma Plugin (Play Now ๐Ÿ”—)

  3. Google Journalist Studio (View Now ๐Ÿ”—)

  4. Seven free gorgeous open-source typefaces you can use (Check it out ๐Ÿ”—)

  5. Find your team's Design System Maturity level (Try Now ๐Ÿ”—)

Four Things to Read, See and Hear this week

  1. Lessons learned as a Design Founder (Read ๐Ÿ”–)

  2. Design for startups by Gary Tan - Part 1 (View Video ๐Ÿ“บ)

  3. An Indepth guide to Twitter by Tasshin (View Guide ๐Ÿ“–)

  4. Andy Hsu's Design Portfolio (View Portfolio ๐Ÿ“œ)

Three Things to Try this week

  1. Learn about Non Linear Professional Development (Check it out ๐Ÿ”—)

  2. Content Reel - Figma Plugin by Microsoft (Try Plugin ๐Ÿ”—)

  3. Readwise reader for all your web highlights in one place (Check Now ๐Ÿ”—)

Portfolio Tips

Portfolio Tip #1

Make it easy for your future hiring manager to understand your role better in any project. A quick and easy list will help them know your contributions better.

Share what you've been accountable for โคต

Portfolio Tip #2

Recruiters or Hiring Managers probably have less than a minute to go through your portfolio. If you have a long portfolio, it might take them longer to see what you've accomplished. Offer simpler versions which tease them enough to go into details.

Tease to show and tell just enough, here's a good exampleโคต