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Ira
@eirena.bsky.social
I teach developers-turned-founders how to bootstrap their early-stage brands in less than 12 min per week, for free: embracevariety.com ★★★★★ Brand designer & creative director in #OpenSource #DWeb and #P2P tech.
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A curated list of the most beautiful podcast covers: www.embracevariety.com/most-beautif...

This 1/4 issue was inspired by @lucastauil.bsky.social, who launched @entangledfutures.bsky.social last week ✨

#podcast #podcasttips #designinspiration #aethetics
August 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Take me back in time, and I'd tell my junior self: “To make #brand pop, consider context. If everyone is bold & loud, break the noise with ONE BIG white space. If everyone is colorful, go black & white. Then, because all-things-color are lost in darkness, make it glow."
Recent work for @getdweb.net
June 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#BerlinBlockchainWeek is over. My top 3 takeaways as an event organizer, speaker and attendee 👇
🌱 As an event organizer 🌿

1 ― People are tired of talks and panels. If you want your space to buzz, host an unconference or a pre-scheduled workshops track.
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June 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What an honour! Embrace Variety zine is showcased on
@fontsinuse.com — the biggest & the most-loved-by-designers archive of typography:
fontsinuse.com/uses/64928/e...
Get your copy on @metalabel.bsky.social: embracevariety.metalabel.com/vol01
It's free. It will change the way you design brands.
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Slack is wiping out YEARS of the team history to push small groups to pay... If you are affected, know that a land where the soil is more fertile exists!

It's in pre-alpha. If your group is ready to try it already, DM me - I'm looking for First Movers to launch it together in spring #p2p #dweb
December 11, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Last year at #DWebCamp, I almost distributed my zine for beta reading without crediting myself! No names, no URLs, nothing :) 👻

So I printed this inlay right in Redwoods. People's feedback - sweet and on-point - shaped the revised edition which is coming tomorrow on @metalabel.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Inspired by many gorgeous zines in #decentralizedweb space,
and with a belief that what lives on chain will stand the time 🥁
"Embrace Variety. Vol.01" is coming on @metalabel.bsky.social next week 👁️👁️
November 29, 2024 at 6:09 AM
1/ #Brandguidelines is the very last step of the design handoff, with which you can close either a design milestone or an entire branding journey. It is a set of rules of what worked well in production. The bigger the guidelines, the better.
November 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The design story of this year's @dweb.bsky.social DWeb Camp visual identity is around the corner 🥁 ASCII, sunshine, the flame of passion and nature everywhere you look!
October 28, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Calling all designers: Join the Design Track at Dweb Camp! dwebcamp.org/design

🦸‍♀️ Why? Because decentralized web needs us.

💪 How? Give a workshop, facilitate discussion or just jam with others.

🤑 Need help convincing your boss? I have your back:
www.figma.com/proto/6zVvnP...
May 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
It's one week until my final speaking gig of the year, at @walletuncon.org. Heading to Devconnect in a few days, I thought it was time to update my website with all the recent talks and workshops I've conducted.

2023 has been a productive year!
nezhynska.com/talks
November 8, 2023 at 7:43 AM
Who is coming to the DWeb Camp?
May 22, 2023 at 6:03 PM
If you ask me: "What is your secret sauce [to the design that lasts]?" I'll say: "Moodboards done right! And this sauce is not a secret anymore ;)"A 33-min-to-read guide from the archive of my Embrace Variety blog: nezhynska.com/brand-moodboards
May 10, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Kicking off my Bluesky era with a community-wide invite: Join us for the one-of-a-kind event - the DWeb Camp https://youtu.be/zx7Dduv0Hd4 - a five days retreat for builders of the decentralized web in Redwoods, CA. June 21-25. Tickets are on sale, with family and team bundles! https://dwebcamp.org/
April 20, 2023 at 4:22 PM