Less Quality, Less Motivation

Article originally published on DESK of van Schneider

I often receive emails from other creatives looking for career advice. I suppose it’s due to my habit of sharing strong opinions all over the internet. Or maybe it’s because I’m not afraid to get a little vulnerable online as well, especially in my private newsletter.

Whatever the reason, I can’t answer every email with as much detail and thought as I’d like or my day would be consumed with writing emails.

Yet there are times when someone asks a particularly pertinent question that might later inspire an article on this blog. While I would usually speak broadly about it, I thought I would try something new and start answering a few emails more directly here. This seemed like a good place to start:

Tobias -

I’m head of design / cd for a consumer-product focused on AR. As our team sprints to hit deadlines, I’m observing corners being cut and the product quality decreasing. After designing the experience, it’s hard to not want to control all assets of the app. I’d love to learn new tools and tricks to help with quality but I just don’t have the capacity. Observing…