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Feb 2023
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274: Are you inexperienced if you don't ...

CHARLI PRANGLEY, FEMKE VAN SCHOONHOVEN
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Are you an inexperienced designer if you don't name your layers? In our first episode of 2023 we discuss this question and why gatekeeping like this within the industry holds designers back. 
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