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A Designer’s Guide to File Organization
5 tips to help you design more efficiently
Objective: Learn how to set up your design art-boards, files, and folders so that you can spend more time designing, instead of searching and rearranging.
Being organized is often a secondary thought for designers. “I’ll organize my files once my project is done,” or, “it’s not a big deal to stop what I’m doing to just send a file,” is the typical response when I ask designers how they approach organizing their work. However, when do you ever have time to organize your files after a project? And how much time are you spending tracking down files? Wouldn’t it be great if people could help themselves to your files because your Google Drive is so easy to navigate?
Erica Tjader, VP of Product Design of SurveyMonkey, believes that, “being organized is actually a core competency in this profession. Performance is half the craft — and how you work (organize, communicate, and collaborate) is the rest.” If you are looking for ways to communicate or collaborate better, getting organized is a great way to start. An organized file system opens the doors for a more efficient workflow. Here are some easy tips to help you get your file system organized once and for all. If your desktop is overloaded with files, or you’re hesitant to share your screen when opening up your…
