Evolution is important. That’s why we need to keep evolving. And with that in mind, let’s discuss how we’re evolving our brand style. — It’s been over 2 years since our brand here at Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) had an overhaul by the creative agency Ueno, and to date, we still feel the project, as a whole, has been a huge success. It brought Shortcut up a level. It made us feel like a grown-up…

Sometimes evolution happens, but it’s one of those things that only happens if you’re willing to make it happen, amirite? — Here at Shortcut, we love evolution. Our latest evolution, our logo. Actually, from a brand perspective, we’ve been chipping away, evolving almost everything, not only the logo. We started with an update to our logo, but as we dug deeper into it, the change had a knock-on effect across other…

Expanding your skillset not only keeps you relevant in terms of what you can offer your employer, but it also keeps you passionate and excited about turning up to work every day. — For me, I’ve always seen myself as more of a creative designer. The visual side of design has always been at the forefront of my career, and I’ve always pushed to try expand that expertise. All through my career I’ve pushed myself to learn new programs or techiniques to help…

Down from the hills of he came, holding two large tablets inscribed with the words of the unspoken truths for all designers to echo…. — 👀 Only share your work with relevant people — otherwise it’ll end up a shitshow of everyone giving their opinion. 🙋‍♀ Stop asking so many questions — but why? But why? But why? But why? Stop it. Just stop it. You’ll end up driving the rest of your team crazy…

Medium has become a great place to earn especially when a recession looms. All you have to do is read this article, very slowly! — Ok, so here we go. All this will take is you doing me a solid. Basically, Medium have a Writer Payment Feature, so the more time you spend reading this, and scrolling around and basically just moving the mouse, the more I’ll get paid. So let’s cut a deal. You…

Ok, first off, they’re not secret, they’re generic. Also, maaaaan, writing this kind of article makes me feel old. Very old. I’m not old. Maybe I am old? Damn it. I’m old! How did that happen. One day you’re the new guy in the corner terrified to say anything, the…

A set of illustration of artists that have come and gone, but left a mark on the world forever. — I want to share a little project I worked on recently. As a designer, music is so important to me, it’s what I listen to all day as I work. It’s like the music is a part of my job. A few months ago, I got an itch. Generally these…

Ok, lets discuss branding. What it is, why it’s important, and how you can go about creating something that is going to be beneficial to your company. What is a brand? Let’s ask the most obvious question to kick this whole thing off. What exactly is a brand? So, this article is not going to be a step by step guide to creating your first brand identity. It’s not going to be a join the dots tutorial on how to create…

At Shortcut, we love writing great content, and who doesn’t love reading great content. Well, alongside the great content, we also create great illustrations too! — We here at Shortcut love our users but we also love getting more and more new users too. So, here’s our hypothesis. We write great content for our great Shortcut Blog, readers read the great content, learn about how great our product is and sign up to our great product…