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Darshan Gajara

@weirdowizard

Wandering creatively • Maker of @ProductDisrupt & @withaview_co • Led design at Hygraph • Curious tweets about design, side projects & travel

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You get job offers when you already have one. You get more projects when you're already busy. You get free tickets when you can already afford them. You make money more easily when you’re already comfortable. The world gives you more of what you already have.

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Something strange happened with me yesterday. I was stuck on a design decision the whole day. Decided to sleep on it, then woke up in the middle of the night with supreme clarity. I rushed to note it down on my phone, then went back to sleep again. Today I followed through with

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Subko's story is very inspiring ▸ Rahul Reddy went from Starbucks barista + corporate roles to building a culture-first Indian brand ▸ Built Subko out of frustration with how Indian coffee was represented globally ▸ Launched in 2020 from a restored 1920s bungalow in Bandra,

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I often notice a mindset gap between self-taught and formally trained designers. Self-taught → obsess over outcomes Trained → obsess over process This is mostly an early-career thing. With experience, most designers learn when process helps, and default back to outcomes.

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I feel for the recent graduates who're stepping into this job market. Especially for those who went into debt to pay their tuition fees.

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Every year I spend some solo time in Southeast Asia and mostly eat alone. I become highly observant of people around me and go into thinking loops. It often leaves me with some deep realisation.

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"This might be the most important year of your career. Work accordingly. I don't say that to stress you out. I say it because right now, there is a brief window where most people at most companies are still ignoring this. The person who walks into a meeting and says "I used

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Added a new hover interaction to show two sides of my personality ▸ Designer – gradient morphing ▸ Maker – matrix simulation

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Discovered these sampler coffee beans from Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters in India. A set of 3 – 75 grams each. I wanted to try them out but didn't want to risk getting the wrong beans as I'm very precious about them. So this worked out perfectly. I wonder why other roasters don't provide

Discovered these sampler coffee beans from <a href="/BlueTokaiCoffee/">Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters</a> in India.

A set of 3 – 75 grams each. I wanted to try them out but didn't want to risk getting the wrong beans as I'm very precious about them.

So this worked out perfectly. I wonder why other roasters don't provide