Interview
Copenhagen's Orsa Coffee: We're literally going crazy with the growth we're experiencing
Solidpixels is often chosen by projects that are doing great things and the world should know more about them. We asked the founders of Orsa Coffee, a successful new Copenhagen-based café and a creative hub, how they got started in the first place, what they're currently working on or who their favourite regulars are.
From the life of an ambassador: from creating identities to basketball and back again with designer Lukáš Joch
Who are our ambassadors? What is their work process, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the next part of our column, we talked to designer Lukáš Joch.
From the life of an ambassador: from running a non-profit to a yoga mat and back with service designer Kateřina Vondráková
Who are our ambassadors? How do they work, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the next part of our column, we talked with service designer Kateřina Vondráková.
From the life of an ambassador: From leading an agency to everything creative and back with ambassador Maxim Krušina
Who are our ambassadors? How do they work, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the next part of our column we talked to the agency's director Massimo Filippi and versatile creative Maxim Krušina.
Anežka Řepík of Design for All: Accessible design is a competitive advantage in business
Anežka Adamíková is a design thinking specialist who is part of the team behind Zlín Design Week and, together with Jitka Smolíková, has recently founded the Design for All project, which deals with accessibility issues and how to design products and services for the widest possible audience. We talked with Anežka about universal design, the unmanaged websites of health institutions, the Scandinavian model or the need for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Radka Dohnalova from ATAIRU: Explaining and selling an intangible product remotely is a real challenge
ATAIRU is on the threshold of major changes. It is about to digitise its leadership training programmes and bring them to one million people by 2025. We talked to its founder and CEO Radka Dohnalova and marketing manager Petr Ondrůj about why the business adage "change is the new normal" doesn't apply, why companies shouldn't tune different teams to the same speed, or how Pippi Longstocking can make absolutely everything manageable.
From the life of a solidpixels ambassador: from five in the morning to midnight with Dagmar Korbová from Oktopusy
Who are our ambassadors? How do they work, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the next part of our column, we talked to Dagmar Korbová, the founder of Oktopusy.
From the life of an ambassador: from branding to the tap and back again with Patrik Medřický
Who are our ambassadors? How do they work, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the next part of our column, we talked to the founder of the studio::čtyry agency and creative Patrik Medřický.
Martin Vácha of Displaay: We name our fonts after cheese or after our sons
Displaay is currently one of the most prominent Czech type design studios, their fonts are used by companies such as Nike, Apple and Harvard University. We talked to its founder, typographer Martin Vácha, about the frustration of graphic designers, bizarre merch, the sterility of Scandinavian countries, deadlines, and how to choose a good font for a website.
Why are we so interested in what others think? On trends in social proof with Pavlina Louženská from the Trendspotting podcast
Surveys show that sharing user experiences is becoming increasingly important, with 89% of customers worldwide actively reading reviews before buying a new product. How do you become a trusted brand through the magic called social proof, start using it to your advantage and prepare for the future of user reviews?
MEWS' George Barker: Hotels are more than just a place to stay
Mews is a Czech startup that provides accommodation establishments with a system for managing reservations, receiving payments, handling guest requests or dealing with the complete management of the hotel, including staff. In order to do their job in the best possible way, they need to keep a good overview of everything that is happening in the hospitality industry and what current trends need to be taken into account.
From the life of a solidpixels ambassador: from Prague to Copenhagen and beyond with photographer Vojta Tesárek
Who are our ambassadors? How do they work, what do they enjoy and what are they currently working on? In the first part of our new segment, we talked to the talented photographer Vojta Tesárek.