Nate Kadlac

Writer at Freelance

Founder Approachable Design — Helping creators make smarter design decisions.

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Discover your visual style using one word in Midjourney

Oct 1, 2023 | approachabledesign.co | Nate Kadlac

Learning a new skill requires an appreciation for what's come before. Kevin Garnett and Lebron James entered the NBA as high schoolers with an internet-sized index of knowledge of the Hall of Famers who came before them. Filmmaker Quentin Tarintino often stylizes his films and produces musical scores that pay respect to his own influences. They all have studied the output of another's work, learned from it, and remixed it with their own taste.
I hate that I love technology: Part II

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac |David D. Sherry

š Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mĀ Nate Kadlac, and this is Plan Your Nextāa Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. š¹ļø If youāve been around awhile, you might know me for talking about design and drawing. But, Iām also neck deep in the casual gaming space. Weāre close to announcing some news about our new game studio, but for the time being, we currently soft-launched a redesign of one of our oldest games, Hitori Conquest.
Despite all my rage, I am still just a soft and gooey ego in a cage

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac |Salman Al Ansari |Aaron Kardell

š Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mĀ Nate Kadlac, and this is #139 of Plan Your Next. A Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. ā¤ļø Iāve never had more responses to a newsletter than last week. Thanks to everyone who wrote in. And if youāre stuck, letās find time to chat. (link in footer)āØ I updated my home page and finally added a Now page (h/t Derek Sivers).
Embracing transformation: Hitting reset on a puzzling identity crisis

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac |Tom Critchlow |Steven Wilkinson |Paul Millerd

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is #140 of Plan Your Next. A Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. đ§ Publicly kicking the fresh rubber of Fresh Prompts, an AI-driven daily drawing prompt generator. Text prompts for now, visuals to come soon. Sign up for the waitlist if youâre curious. đ¤ and I are building a Figma course for knowledge workers in public.
How to take your Google Docs from, "OMG, I'm going blind!" to a Zen like experience

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac |Tom Critchlow |Paul Millerd

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is #141 of Plan Your Next. A Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. đ¤ Building Figmathinkers.com: Thanks to everyone who showed up to our live event this past week as and I build out our course in public. Join us here this week, or check out the live Figma file as we design. A simple book is the perfect example of great design.
Fresh Sheets for your spreadsheets

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac |Tom Critchlow

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is Plan Your Nextâa Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. đ Ever since writing about my slow-growth (but impactful) newsletter, 600 of yâall showed up to prove me wrong. I appreciate you being here and if you think anyone else might enjoy it, Iâd love for you to let them know. *kisses*đ¨ Want to build an online product or service that stands out?
Four years of memory loss

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is Plan Your Nextâa Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. đŹ I donât share this much, but I watch a lot of movies. Too many to be honest. Iâm a bit embarrassed at how many I watch during the week, especially while I design. And one of my favorite genres happens to be low-budget sci-fi. If youâre into that, check out The Artifice Girl on Amazon Prime.
A paid subscriber exclusive present...

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac

Happy Friday friend! I just wanted to reach out and say thanks for supporting my newsletter and being one of the paid subscribers of Plan Your Next. It means the world to me. To say thanks, I wanted to give you early access to something I’ve been putting together the past week, and before I announce it to anyone else. It’s called The Taste Vault, and it’s an ongoing collection of highly tasteful sites that I love and use for inspiration when I’m working on anything new.
Make it yours: A new beginning

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is Plan Your Nextâa Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thingâŚBut soon to be something newâŚIâve got a few things to talk about today. Which affects mainly me, you, and this newsletter. But first, I built something Iâve come to depend on when I start out a new project. Itâs called the Design Vault, and itâs a collection of highly organized, hand-picked sites that I love.
How to pick a font (that doesn't suck)

Jun 26, 2023 | planyournext.substack.com | Nate Kadlac

đ Good morning from Los Angeles! I'mÂ Nate Kadlac, and this is #142 of Plan Your Next. A Sunday newsletter that connects design, creativity, and how you prepare for your next thing. đ¨ Iâve been writing about how to approach design. Not coincidentally, I teach a two-day workshop designed to help non-designers like you make better decisions for their own projects and businesses. My next cohort is on the weekend of Feb 25-26, and these past few issues are a snippet of what you'll learn.