David Yeiser

Hello, everyone! I’m the founder of a company called Oombla and the maker of Export Code. Oombla is a design token management company and Export Code is the company’s first product. Export Code is a Figma plugin that allows you to export assets in Figma to code. If you have an icon collection for an app for example, you can create React components for each of those icons with the click of a...

This book is now available for free: https://davidyeiser.com/fulltime-freelancer

I have had the idea to write this book for years and I finally wrote it last year. Let me know if you have any questions. I created an offer code for 50% off for the first 10 to use it: producthunt

Here are my notes on this book: https://www.producthunt.com/books/what-is-a-designer It’s a fantastic book for designers, highly recommended.

It takes a bit to get used to the writing style but once you do you'll really start to enjoy it. Maybe you read the cliff notes in 8th grade? It's worth actually reading the book as there are beautifully rendered scenes that can only be experienced by reading it in full.

Here's a sample from the publisher's website: https://www.hyphenpress.co.uk/samples/17/WIAD_sample.pdf Another note: these books from Hyphen Press are some of the most beautiful books I own. Their discipline in structure and typography is awe-inspiring. https://hyphenpress.co.uk/products/books/978-0-907259-16-9

“What is a designer” was first written in the late 60s and then updated occasionally with new releases. Personally speaking, I have underlined and marked a (non-literal) ton in this book. Below are a few excerpts to give you a feel for the book. “…design work is ten per cent inspiration and ninety per cent fairly hard work” (p. 19) “A design capability proceeds from a fusion of skills,...

It has aspects of both. I would say it’s a holistic approach to the subject, like a liberal arts degree in typography condensed into a book. From the Foreword: “This book has therefore grown into something more than a short manual of typographic etiquette. It is the fruit of a lot of long walks in the wilderness of letters: in part a pocket field guide to the living wonders that are found...

This is probably not what you think it is. Central to the readability and pace of the book is how it centers around what could be considered the great — although perhaps not direct — antagonist of the Impressionist movement. King’s writing will keep you engaged throughout the book and you’ll learn a great deal too.

This is one of my favorite books, I'll share a few excerpts: The elaborations of elegance are at least as fascinating, and more various, more democratic, more healthy, more practical—though less glamorous—than elaborations of power. (p.51) The “informed decision,” I suggest, is as fantastical a creature as the “disinterested third party” and the “objective observer.” (p.66) One’s work may...

The full text of the original New Yorker article is available here: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima (context: http://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/john-herseys-hiroshima-now-online)