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How I do web design
24th Dec 2025
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How I do web design

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

24th Dec 2025
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Datum ipsum tl;dr — I’ve created a tool called Datum Ipsum to enable designers to use realistic data when...
27th Jul 2016
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Datum ipsum

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

27th Jul 2016
tl;dr — I’ve created a tool called Datum Ipsum to enable designers to use realistic data when mocking up data visualizations. Also, this is a written version of a talk I gave at Data Viz Camp 2016 in NYC. The slides for that talk are here. In my career as a designer, both at...
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I like watercolor painting
3rd Jan 2024
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I like watercolor painting

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Jan 2024
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Design-by-wire There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better at design, it’s natural for designers to be...
2nd Mar 2023
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Design-by-wire

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2023
There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better at design, it’s natural for designers to be worried about their jobs. But I think the question — will AI replace designers? — is a waste of time. Humans have always invented technology to do their work for them and will continue...
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YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SHOPPING ANTIQUES Whether you’re a collector or a new devotee, there’s a renewed energy in the industry and an...
8th Aug 2023
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YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SHOPPING ANTIQUES

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Aug 2023
Whether you’re a collector or a new devotee, there’s a renewed energy in the industry and an explosion of interest as online auction shopping gives all the convenience of mass-produced decor without the environmental impact. The benefits of decorating with antiques are almost...
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Hype is a Business Tool Remember WAAAY back in late 2022 (what feels like ancient history now) when you first started...
6th Aug 2025
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Hype is a Business Tool

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Aug 2025
Remember WAAAY back in late 2022 (what feels like ancient history now) when you first started playing with ChatGPT? Like everyone else, you probably created a poem in a pirate’s voice. “Pirate Poetry” was fun, exciting, and even playful. Today, EVERYONE is talking about AI, and...
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Dear Young Designer, Part II (this is a timely continuation of Part I of Dear Young Designer) → You don't need to become a...
4th Nov 2025
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Dear Young Designer, Part II

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Nov 2025
(this is a timely continuation of Part I of Dear Young Designer) → You don't need to become a grifter to be successful. I know it seems that way today (given the context of 2025), but trust me there is another way that's more meaningful and
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Writing a VS Code extension in ES modules in early 2025
17th Mar 2025
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Writing a VS Code extension in ES modules in early 2025

from Jan Miksovsky’s blog [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Mar 2025
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Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design Has design become boring? A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the Cultural Tutor) has been...
21st Sep 2022
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Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Sep 2022
Has design become boring? A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the Cultural Tutor) has been making the rounds lately, arguing just that. Quirke describes the many shortcomings of modern design: architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and interior design have all been...
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Casa Giardino by Claudio Larcher Design Studio Set within the vast urban regeneration of Scalo Farini, Casa Giardino is a temporary restaurant and...
2nd Feb 2026
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Casa Giardino by Claudio Larcher Design Studio

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Feb 2026
Set within the vast urban regeneration of Scalo Farini, Casa Giardino is a temporary restaurant and social space that transforms...
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Pavilion TEUM by one-aftr Today, people are constantly exposed to strong stimuli in their daily lives, which has led our...
2nd Mar 2026
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Pavilion TEUM by one-aftr

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2026
Today, people are constantly exposed to strong stimuli in their daily lives, which has led our brains to become ‘popcorn...
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Blog Questions Challenge Hey there. It has been a minute since my last post. I was semi-recently tagged by Zach Leatherman to...
25th Mar 2025
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Blog Questions Challenge

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

25th Mar 2025
Hey there. It has been a minute since my last post. I was semi-recently tagged by Zach Leatherman to (optionally) participate in this year's Blog Questions Challenge. I had planned on doing it then. But life really hit hard as we entered this year and it has not let up. Energy...
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Addicted to ideas Having an idea is like taking a hit of a fine drug.
10th Oct 2023
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Addicted to ideas

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Oct 2023
Having an idea is like taking a hit of a fine drug.
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The paradox at the heart of A/B testing A/B testing began with beer. At the turn of the 20th century, William Sealy Gosset was exploring new...
9th Jan 2020
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The paradox at the heart of A/B testing

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Jan 2020
A/B testing began with beer. At the turn of the 20th century, William Sealy Gosset was exploring new ways of running experiments on his production line. Gosset was trying to improve the quality of Guinness’s signature stout but couldn’t afford to run large-scale experiments on...
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Annoucning Niche design: The Creative Practice Inside the next issue + patronage
4th Aug 2026
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Annoucning Niche design: The Creative Practice

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Aug 2026
Inside the next issue + patronage
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The hand and the brain Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve...
18th Nov 2020
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The hand and the brain

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Nov 2020
Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve struggled to articulate the exact reasons and their remedies. Recently, though, I got some insight from an unusual source: a game of chess. Even though it wasn’t the last move, pawn...
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In pursuit of democracy Every time someone said 'democracy' in Congress.
3rd Nov 2025
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In pursuit of democracy

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Nov 2025
Every time someone said 'democracy' in Congress.
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The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One Since the invention of the car, instrument clusters have largely consisted of a speedometer,...
1st Jan 2024
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The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Jan 2024
Since the invention of the car, instrument clusters have largely consisted of a speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, and engine…
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CSS @property and the New Style The @property at-rule recently gained support across all modern browsers, unlocking the ability to...
2nd Sep 2024
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CSS @property and the New Style

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Sep 2024
The @property at-rule recently gained support across all modern browsers, unlocking the ability to explicitly define a syntax, initial value, and inheritance for CSS custom properties. It seems like forever ago that CSS Houdini and its CSS Properties and Values API were initially...
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Goldilocks your graphs Data visualization is everywhere. From analytics platforms to infographics, across newsrooms and...
11th Nov 2015
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Goldilocks your graphs

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Nov 2015
Data visualization is everywhere. From analytics platforms to infographics, across newsrooms and social media channels, there are vast swaths of the internet devoted to delivering data in non-tabular format. There are entire blogs devoted to the subject, such as the ubiquitous...
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The secret of good metaphors Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
7th Jul 2025
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The secret of good metaphors

from UX Collective [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Jul 2025
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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We Cannot Talk About AI Without Talking About Capitalism, Fascism, and Liberty Let me begin with a disambiguation: I’m not talking about AI as some theoretical intelligence...
2nd May 2025
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We Cannot Talk About AI Without Talking About Capitalism, Fascism, and Liberty

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd May 2025
Let me begin with a disambiguation: I’m not talking about AI as some theoretical intelligence emerging from non-biological form — the sentient computer of science fiction. That, I suppose, can be thought about in an intellectual vacuum, to a point. I’m talking about AI, the...
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Figma just made your design system debt everyone’s problem Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
6th Jul 2026
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Figma just made your design system debt everyone’s problem

from UX Collective [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Jul 2026
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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The future of blogging I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post...
10th Nov 2022
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The future of blogging

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Nov 2022
I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
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A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars When looking around in traffic, the number of people being distracted by their phones and...
1st Apr 2020
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A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Apr 2020
When looking around in traffic, the number of people being distracted by their phones and infotainment systems is alarming. The latter is a…
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Bold art direction, UX and web design for GV Bold art direction, UX and web design for GV abduzeedo0501—23 ...
1st May 2023
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Bold art direction, UX and web design for GV

from abdz.do - Have you given up on being inspired? [alt+shift+b] in design

1st May 2023
Bold art direction, UX and web design for GV abduzeedo0501—23 GV, previously known as Google Ventures, recently underwent a rebranding and relaunch of their corporate website with a simpler UX. The new strategy and branding was created by the...
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Reactive Haptics When people think of haptics, they usually think of typing on mobile keyboards or tapping on...
11th Feb 2025
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Reactive Haptics

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Feb 2025
When people think of haptics, they usually think of typing on mobile keyboards or tapping on trackpads. While impressive, these are fairly limited uses of haptics, both attempting to recreate a simple “click.” These are one-shot user events that don’t respond dynamically to the...
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Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all...
12th Oct 2020
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Making semantic sidenotes without JavaScript

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

12th Oct 2020
One of the first things I learned about professional writing is that it’s best to remove all unnecessary words. Problem...
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Things I learned from doing a side project
20th Mar 2018
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Things I learned from doing a side project

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Mar 2018
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Ramones presidential seal logo Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: sinistersaladmusikal.wordpress.com License: All Rights...
4th Nov 2020
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Ramones presidential seal logo

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Nov 2020
Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: sinistersaladmusikal.wordpress.com License: All Rights Reserved. Source: i-d.vice.com License: All Rights Reserved. Arturo Vega had the logo tattooed on his back with his own name incorporated and a type style that is less stylized...
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Introvert Designer I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my...
1st Sep 2020
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Introvert Designer

from Oykun Yilmaz [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2020
I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my life. I have always been the person who talks less in a large group. I've always preferred to be either by myself or with a small number of people
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Plotter Notebook System Taking notes, in my opinion, is the best thing one can do for themselves. Writing is a form of...
24th Feb 2025
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Plotter Notebook System

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

24th Feb 2025
Taking notes, in my opinion, is the best thing one can do for themselves. Writing is a form of thinking, and writing manually, in an analog manner, elevates the process. It has a positive impact on your well-being. It’s akin to working out for hours and then returning
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Celebrating the Power of Female Friendships with Adobe XD This quarter I got to work on a really exciting project in collaboration with Adobe XD. The brief...
24th May 2018
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Celebrating the Power of Female Friendships with Adobe XD

from Sarah Parmenter [alt+shift+b] in design

24th May 2018
This quarter I got to work on a really exciting project in collaboration with Adobe XD. The brief was slightly open to interpretation and one of the themes put forward back in February was “Celebrating the good in the world” by creating content that speaks to a cultural trend or...
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A New AI: Creation as Exploration and Discovery AI transforms UX into exploration-based discovery.
21st Aug 2025
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A New AI: Creation as Exploration and Discovery

from Jakob Nielsen on UX [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Aug 2025
AI transforms UX into exploration-based discovery.
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head on the cloud, feet on the ground A conversation with Sari Azout of Sublime
17th Jul 2025
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head on the cloud, feet on the ground

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Jul 2025
A conversation with Sari Azout of Sublime
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Markdown is really good I was reading Manu’s post about ‘old tech’ and suddenly thought, markdown is really, really...
4th Feb 2025
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Markdown is really good

from Luke Mitchell | Product Designer [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Feb 2025
I was reading Manu’s post about ‘old tech’ and suddenly thought, markdown is really, really good. What is it? Markdown is a markup (get it?) language which aims to make formatting text as easy as possible, while still being easy to read. Markdown can be processed into HTML, which...
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Fairway Market logos Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: nypost.com Christopher Sadowski. License: All Rights...
26th Jan 2020
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Fairway Market logos

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

26th Jan 2020
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: nypost.com Christopher Sadowski. License: All Rights Reserved. Dom Bold and Agenda. Fairway Market is a chain of grocery stores in the New York metropolitan area. From Wikipedia: Founded in 1933, it expanded in the New York area...
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a new space over the years, I’ve used multiple services to host my website. from geocities, to the most recent...
19th Jan 2025
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a new space

from ramsés cabello [alt+shift+b] in design

19th Jan 2025
over the years, I’ve used multiple services to host my website. from geocities, to the most recent read.cv — which is getting sold to perplexity — ive enjoyed building, designing and planning my personal site. i moved to pika.page today and im excited to build a small space where...
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I like watercolor painting Yep, that’s it: I like painting with watercolors. As a hobby. As a student, I thought hobbies were...
3rd Jan 2024
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I like watercolor painting

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Jan 2024
Yep, that’s it: I like painting with watercolors. As a hobby. As a student, I thought hobbies were lame. Because:...
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Horizontal Scrolling in a Centered Max-Width Container The layout challenge When I had first assembled a gallery of CodePen projects to include on my...
11th Mar 2022
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Horizontal Scrolling in a Centered Max-Width Container

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Mar 2022
The layout challenge When I had first assembled a gallery of CodePen projects to include on my personal site redesign in the summer of 2021, I imagined the following layout and interaction: The page's main content container is centered on the page with a max-width set. The first...
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100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying "1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a...
12th Jan 2023
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100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying

from Koos Looijesteijn - Everything [alt+shift+b] in design

12th Jan 2023
"1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.3 Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).4 Bring...
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New homepage design I changed my website’s design. I'm using the previous design since September 30, 2022 (when I moved...
4th Nov 2024
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New homepage design

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Nov 2024
I changed my website’s design. I'm using the previous design since September 30, 2022 (when I moved to Ghost from Cloudflare Pages). The previous design served me well for the past two years, but it was time for a change. Firstly, I wanted to create a
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sketchbook – 2024 March 9 - March 16 Putting these up on my website is a new thing I am doing! Either nothing is magic or everything...
9th Mar 2024
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sketchbook – 2024 March 9 - March 16

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Mar 2024
Putting these up on my website is a new thing I am doing! Either nothing is magic or everything is. We are doing solar this year! The back is better than the front.
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My anti-New Year’s resolutions I suck at New Year's Resolutions. Most of them are boring which is one reason we don't really stick...
30th Jan 2024
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My anti-New Year’s resolutions

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Jan 2024
I suck at New Year's Resolutions. Most of them are boring which is one reason we don't really stick with them.
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The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One Is it possible to design a digital instrument cluster that is better than its analog counterpart?
1st Jan 2024
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The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Jan 2024
Is it possible to design a digital instrument cluster that is better than its analog counterpart?
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What it means to design a platform After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of...
11th Jan 2023
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What it means to design a platform

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Jan 2023
After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of the words, phrases, acronyms, and figures of speech I took for granted no longer held the same meanings. Specifically, the word “platform:” before my time off, I would breeze over it...
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UX Roundup: User Research Game | AI Photo Recommendations | AI Helps TA | Teaching Metacognition |... User researchers as role-playing game classes | AI posture recommendation feature in Huawei Pura 90...
4th May 2026
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UX Roundup: User Research Game | AI Photo Recommendations | AI Helps TA | Teaching Metacognition | AI Shorts | 100 TW Compute | Happy Horse

from Jakob Nielsen on UX [alt+shift+b] in design

4th May 2026
User researchers as role-playing game classes | AI posture recommendation feature in Huawei Pura 90 phones | AI helps teaching assistants provide better feedback to students | AI as a metacognitive coach | Recommending an entertaining short AI film | SpaceX’s plan for 100 TW...
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The Big Tough UX-AI Quiz 70 hard questions about the last year in UX and AI.
5th Jan 2026
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The Big Tough UX-AI Quiz

from Jakob Nielsen on UX [alt+shift+b] in design

5th Jan 2026
70 hard questions about the last year in UX and AI.
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3D & motion design spotlight: Abacus - Pathways 3D & motion design spotlight: Abacus - Pathways abduzeedo0421—23 ...
21st Apr 2023
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3D & motion design spotlight: Abacus - Pathways

from abdz.do - Have you given up on being inspired? [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Apr 2023
3D & motion design spotlight: Abacus - Pathways abduzeedo0421—23 Abacus, Switzerland's leading software development company, is embarking on a new chapter in its journey by collaborating with Hup.Studio to revamp its visual identity. This bold...
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The Bond Designed by Common Curiosity, Birmingham, London.
1st Sep 2023
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The Bond

from Identity Designed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2023
Designed by Common Curiosity, Birmingham, London.
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The...
30th Jan 2023
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Jan 2023
You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The kitchen could use a face-lift and the lawn has seen better days. Every seller has to decide whether to sink money into their home before listing it, and how much. Lately, the stakes...
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Why people avoid social media detox (let’s bust those excuses) I truly believe everyone would benefit from taking a long break from social media at least once a...
30th Oct 2023
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Why people avoid social media detox (let’s bust those excuses)

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Oct 2023
I truly believe everyone would benefit from taking a long break from social media at least once a year. In my many articles on this topic I gushed about the benefits of digital media sabbaticals, and my own experiences with increased mindfulness, focus, and productivity. So let’s...
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Amouage Zhang Yuan In the heart of Shanghai’s historic Zhang Yuan district, Paris-based agency Héroïne has redefined...
1st Aug 2025
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Amouage Zhang Yuan

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Aug 2025
In the heart of Shanghai’s historic Zhang Yuan district, Paris-based agency Héroïne has redefined luxury retail with The Sillage, a...
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Quickstop Groceries Based on the Quickstop Groceries and RST Video shopfronts from the 1994 Kevin Smith film Clerks....
9th Nov 2018
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Quickstop Groceries

from Joshua Smith [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Nov 2018
Based on the Quickstop Groceries and RST Video shopfronts from the 1994 Kevin Smith film Clerks. Created for the Culture 4 Cult Exhibition at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, December, 2018. Scratchbuilt 1:25 Scale Miniature created from MDF, Wood, cardboard, plastic card, chalk...
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The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept A behind the scenes look at the design of the new touch concept
1st May 2020
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The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st May 2020
A behind the scenes look at the design of the new touch concept
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Datum ipsum tl;dr — I’ve created a tool called Datum Ipsum to enable designers to use realistic data when...
27th Jul 2016
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Datum ipsum

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

27th Jul 2016
tl;dr — I’ve created a tool called Datum Ipsum to enable designers to use realistic data when mocking up data visualizations. Also, this is a written version of a talk I gave at Data Viz Camp 2016 in NYC. The slides for that talk are here. In my career as a designer, both at...
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Designing for a single purpose What do a Dutch chocolate chip cookie and a thousand-year-old teahouse in Kyoto have in common?
7th May 2024
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Designing for a single purpose

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

7th May 2024
What do a Dutch chocolate chip cookie and a thousand-year-old teahouse in Kyoto have in common?
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Bringing the Coolest Car of the Carrera Panamericana to Life I recently came across the work of Ralph Morse, a photographer who worked for Life Magazine. Many of...
1st Sep 2019
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Bringing the Coolest Car of the Carrera Panamericana to Life

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2019
I recently came across the work of Ralph Morse, a photographer who worked for Life Magazine. Many of his photos are made available by Google…
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Sticky Page Header Shadow on Scroll We've seen it plenty of times around the web where a website's page header follows us as we scroll...
2nd Apr 2023
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Sticky Page Header Shadow on Scroll

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Apr 2023
We've seen it plenty of times around the web where a website's page header follows us as we scroll down the page. CSS makes doing this a breeze with sticky positioning: .page-header { position: sticky; top: 0; } What if we desired something a little bit extra, like applying a...
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The service-based design org Last year, I joined SimpleHealth with the mission of building a design org from scratch. On my first...
23rd Jan 2021
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The service-based design org

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

23rd Jan 2021
Last year, I joined SimpleHealth with the mission of building a design org from scratch. On my first day, there were no in-house designers — just a rotating cast of freelance designers hired by various departments as they were needed. A blank slate is a design leader’s dream....
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Tiny data visualizations This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d...
8th Feb 2016
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Tiny data visualizations

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2016
This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d like to see a video of the talk, you can check it out on YouTube. Have you seen this comprehensive list of Donald Trump’s insults? Or maybe this detailed rundown of the 2016...
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How to Become an Automotive UX Designer A comprehensive guide to building a career in automotive UX design, from getting started to landing...
4th Apr 2026
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How to Become an Automotive UX Designer

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Apr 2026
A comprehensive guide to building a career in automotive UX design, from getting started to landing your first role.
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HAVV by Widarto Impact OVERVIEW Soy milk commands 37.4% of the $23.8 billion plant-based milk market, holding the largest...
5th May 2026
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HAVV by Widarto Impact

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

5th May 2026
OVERVIEW Soy milk commands 37.4% of the $23.8 billion plant-based milk market, holding the largest share of any plant milk...
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How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars
1st Feb 2020
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How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Feb 2020
How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars
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My favorite type of designers There are many types of GREAT designers I've had the pleasure of working with over the past two...
16th Dec 2025
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My favorite type of designers

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

16th Dec 2025
There are many types of GREAT designers I've had the pleasure of working with over the past two decades and what I learned is that they are all not measured equally. Below are some of my favorites for the various circumstances. (FYI: very rarely does a designer inherit
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STRAUSS CI FACTORY Engelbert Strauss is one of the world’s leading work brands. The CI Factory is a progressive...
1st Jul 2025
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STRAUSS CI FACTORY

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Jul 2025
Engelbert Strauss is one of the world’s leading work brands. The CI Factory is a progressive production site and high-tech...
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mymind keeps getting better We've been hard at work making every aspect of the mymind.com experience better, smoother, faster...
10th Sep 2024
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mymind keeps getting better

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Sep 2024
We've been hard at work making every aspect of the mymind.com experience better, smoother, faster and lovelier.
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Design can be free As consumer devices get ‘smart’, they tend to sprout a large number push buttons. It’s almost cliche...
15th Jan 2023
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Design can be free

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

15th Jan 2023
As consumer devices get ‘smart’, they tend to sprout a large number push buttons. It’s almost cliche at this point to complain about them. The tiny buttons, hidden modes, and Konami Code interaction encourages mistakes and forces frequent trips to the user manual. Of course, they...
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How Estonia, AI gardens, and plywood make designers prolific Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
3rd Nov 2025
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How Estonia, AI gardens, and plywood make designers prolific

from UX Collective [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Nov 2025
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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UI Density Interfaces are becoming less dense. I’m usually one to be skeptical of nostalgia and “we liked it...
20th May 2024
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UI Density

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

20th May 2024
Interfaces are becoming less dense. I’m usually one to be skeptical of nostalgia and “we liked it that way” bias, but comparing websites and applications of 2024 to their 2000s-era counterparts, the spreading out of software is hard to ignore. To explain this trend, and suggest...
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. On...
5th Jul 2020
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

5th Jul 2020
Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. On July 5th, 1852 (168 years ago today) Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to 500–600 people in the Corinthian Hall of Rochester, New York. The speech, preceded by a reading of the...
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Art Day: How to make time for creative projects while busy with client work Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those...
12th Nov 2024
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Art Day: How to make time for creative projects while busy with client work

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

12th Nov 2024
Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those employed in other organizations, but finding time for our own art can still be a challenge. While I was writing and editing my first book, I started using a technique that helped me...
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The hand and the brain Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve...
18th Nov 2020
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The hand and the brain

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Nov 2020
Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve struggled to articulate the exact reasons and their remedies. Recently, though, I got some insight from an unusual source: a game of chess. Even though it wasn’t the last move, pawn...
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Handwritten notes in the time of AI note takers “Here is the thing people get wrong about AI in meetings. The transcript captures what was said. It...
9th Apr 2026
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Handwritten notes in the time of AI note takers

from Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Apr 2026
“Here is the thing people get wrong about AI in meetings. The transcript captures what was said. It does not capture what mattered.”—Lucas Radke The best project management tool is still a pen, plus the discipline to notice what the machine cannot. The post Handwritten notes in...
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I sold Big Timer Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so...
18th Apr 2022
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I sold Big Timer

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Apr 2022
Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so here’s what...
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Crystal ball 1-on-1s 1-on-1s are my favorite management tool. Not only for managing direct reports; sideways and upwards...
25th Mar 2018
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Crystal ball 1-on-1s

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

25th Mar 2018
1-on-1s are my favorite management tool. Not only for managing direct reports; sideways and upwards management need 1-on-1s, too. Here’s my general definition for a 1-on-1: Reoccuring - Whether it’s weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, set a cadence and stick with it. Informal - Don’t...
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The invisible problem Whenever I explain my research at Google into mobile text editing, I’m usually met with blank stares...
22nd Sep 2023
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The invisible problem

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

22nd Sep 2023
Whenever I explain my research at Google into mobile text editing, I’m usually met with blank stares or a slightly hostile “Everyone can edit text on their phones, right? What’s the problem?” Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible...
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In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It Why has the design of in-car climate controls gone backward, and is there a better way to design...
1st Feb 2023
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In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Feb 2023
Why has the design of in-car climate controls gone backward, and is there a better way to design them?
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Earning Attention This is something I say in the course of nearly every conversation I have with every agency design...
6th Apr 2026
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Earning Attention

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Apr 2026
This is something I say in the course of nearly every conversation I have with every agency design team I consult. I remind them, over and over again, that marketing is two kinds of persuasion: FIRST, persuading a person to actually pay attention, and THEN, persuading them of...
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3 lessons from Jony Ive I nearly walked away from writing this essay. Trendy or current topics usually make me turn the...
27th May 2025
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3 lessons from Jony Ive

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

27th May 2025
I nearly walked away from writing this essay. Trendy or current topics usually make me turn the other way, but I'm making an exception today. I'm not sure if you watched the interview with Jony Ive and Patrick (CEO of Stripe) last week. It's
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#3 Telegram - The mysterious messenger app Exploring the "new era of messaging"
7th Dec 2023
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#3 Telegram - The mysterious messenger app

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Dec 2023
Exploring the "new era of messaging"
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Why some people mow a lawn better than others. Why some people mow a lawn better than others.
4th Aug 2026
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Why some people mow a lawn better than others.

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Aug 2026
Why some people mow a lawn better than others.
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Why Niche design A few updates + a manifesto?
12th Nov 2025
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Why Niche design

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

12th Nov 2025
A few updates + a manifesto?
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Law & Order Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series...
13th Sep 2020
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Law & Order

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Sep 2020
Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series set in New York City that first aired 30 years ago today, on September 13, 1990, and ran for 20 seasons until its final episode in 2010. Each episode is split into two segments:...
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Replication Is Not Innovation AI’s efficiency gains don’t justify trillion-dollar valuations. The economy is both thriving and...
2nd Feb 2026
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Replication Is Not Innovation

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Feb 2026
AI’s efficiency gains don’t justify trillion-dollar valuations. The economy is both thriving and failing, depending on where you’re standing. The stock market remains strong, driven almost entirely by the valuations of seven companies. Meanwhile, most people experience a daily...
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How to make a minimalist portfolio with Carbonmade You don't need anything too fancy. You don't want to work for hours on your site.
9th Mar 2023
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How to make a minimalist portfolio with Carbonmade

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Mar 2023
You don't need anything too fancy. You don't want to work for hours on your site.
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10 Years of Fonts In Use Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Fonts In Use officially launched 10...
21st Dec 2020
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10 Years of Fonts In Use

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Dec 2020
Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Fonts In Use officially launched 10 years ago today, on December 21, 2010. The site, which started as just the Blog before opening up to public contributions in 2012, has grown far beyond our expectations when we...
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Home science and engineering projects that my kids and I enjoyed
2nd Apr 2025
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Home science and engineering projects that my kids and I enjoyed

from Jan Miksovsky’s blog [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Apr 2025
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The fundamental shift Like David I think it’s going to be a long time before the interfaces I sometimes daydream...
13th Jun 2023
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The fundamental shift

from Luke Mitchell | Product Designer [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Jun 2023
Like David I think it’s going to be a long time before the interfaces I sometimes daydream about will get close to reality, for me the Vision Pro is the first view into the future, which surprised me. That shift is fundamental. The interface for Vision Pro felt like it...
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The Mystery of the Dune Font Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved....
26th Jan 2023
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The Mystery of the Dune Font

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

26th Jan 2023
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. In the six decades since the publication of the original Dune novel in 1965, the science fiction franchise has gone through many different typographic identities. Notable examples...
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Ballet dancers and shot putters Starting a career in design is like crash-landing on Mars. You may have studied it through a...
6th Nov 2022
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Ballet dancers and shot putters

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Nov 2022
Starting a career in design is like crash-landing on Mars. You may have studied it through a telescope, but nothing can prepare you for actually being there. One of the biggest surprises many new designers experience is that design isn’t always about coming up with the most...
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Generative art Open Graph preview images I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when...
29th Oct 2022
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Generative art Open Graph preview images

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

29th Oct 2022
I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when they have images that stand out in the timeline. In the past, I’ve created illustrations for each of my posts. But I have two problems: 1. Creating illustrations takes time, and 2....
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Cherry by Nico Walker (Alfred A. Knopf) Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.janet-hansen.com Janet Hansen. License: All Rights...
6th Jun 2019
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Cherry by Nico Walker (Alfred A. Knopf)

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Jun 2019
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.janet-hansen.com Janet Hansen. License: All Rights Reserved. The cover for Nico Walker’s debut novel Cherry was designed by Janet Hansen, senior designer at Alfred A. Knopf, with creative direction from Carol Devine Carson. It was...
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There are no individual contributors in design This term, that I believe comes from software development, is taking hold in other fields too:...
3rd Jun 2021
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There are no individual contributors in design

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Jun 2021
This term, that I believe comes from software development, is taking hold in other fields too: individual contributor. I don’t...
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Practice makes perfect Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing. Editor’s note: I...
9th Apr 2014
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Practice makes perfect

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Apr 2014
Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing. Editor’s note: I think this falls under the heading of ‘conventional wisdom.’ In addition, I’m walking a fine line between ‘self-help’ and ‘beating a dead horse.’ Perhaps poorly. Bear with me. I do...
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Dress codes: The meaningful tailoring of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy By Robbie Collin. It’s a formative stage in every man's sartorial journey: when the height of good...
2nd Mar 2026
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Dress codes: The meaningful tailoring of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2026
By Robbie Collin. It’s a formative stage in every man's sartorial journey: when the height of good taste means trying to dress like a spy from a film. There’s James Bond of course – and goodness knows there’s enough advice out there for anyo... > Read more
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How I repaired our oven with a piece of Lego
1st Aug 2026
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How I repaired our oven with a piece of Lego

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Aug 2026
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The Generational Legacy of Samples in Music We trace musical DNA from the classical "Hall of the Mountain King" to 2pac's "Hit Em Up."
1st Apr 2025
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The Generational Legacy of Samples in Music

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Apr 2025
We trace musical DNA from the classical "Hall of the Mountain King" to 2pac's "Hit Em Up."
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Will I regret buying a new Mac?
19th Jan 2026
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Will I regret buying a new Mac?

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

19th Jan 2026
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Copying is the way design works CC-BY SA 4.0 (more on that in a bit). You can download, copy, remix, excerpt, ...
28th Oct 2020
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Copying is the way design works

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

28th Oct 2020
CC-BY SA 4.0 (more on that in a bit). You can download, copy, remix, excerpt, change, and repost it however you see fit. I Charles Eames said it best: “We don’t do ‘art’ — we solve problems.”1 2 They...
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The Fifty-Fifty Split and Overflow The fifty-fifty split—or 50/50 for a dash of brevity—is a classic layout pattern where two elements...
19th Feb 2024
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The Fifty-Fifty Split and Overflow

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

19th Feb 2024
The fifty-fifty split—or 50/50 for a dash of brevity—is a classic layout pattern where two elements occupy the same amount of inline space inside a row. These two elements will stack once it becomes too narrow to properly display them side by side. Both flexbox and CSS grid can...
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What makes me a designer? This question crossed my mind enough times recently that I went into the DESK archives to find my...
29th Nov 2022
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What makes me a designer?

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

29th Nov 2022
This question crossed my mind enough times recently that I went into the DESK archives to find my own answer. To my surprise, there wasn’t one. I’ve never written about it, not until today.
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Common Threads Visualizing how musicals use motifs to tell stories.
9th Dec 2025
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Common Threads

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Dec 2025
Visualizing how musicals use motifs to tell stories.
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Periodical – 10 It’s a grey afternoon here in Durham. I’m about to shut down for the evening, put on some music, mix...
1st Dec 2023
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Periodical – 10

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Dec 2023
It’s a grey afternoon here in Durham. I’m about to shut down for the evening, put on some music, mix up a gin and tonic, and get dinner together for the family. The kids are eager to open the first drawer of our advent calendar. These evenings of the twilight of the year are...
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Mountains of work This is part of a new experiment I started in an effort to document the process of making Niche...
3 weeks ago
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Mountains of work

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

3 weeks ago
This is part of a new experiment I started in an effort to document the process of making Niche design.
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Designers, charge more $$$ to help yourself and your clients. By charging more $$$, you are lifting up the quality of the outcome and satisfaction.
25th Mar 2024
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Designers, charge more $$$ to help yourself and your clients.

from Oykun Yilmaz [alt+shift+b] in design

25th Mar 2024
By charging more $$$, you are lifting up the quality of the outcome and satisfaction.
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Blogging or posting on social media—what's better? I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to...
30th Oct 2022
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Blogging or posting on social media—what's better?

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Oct 2022
I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to add...
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A digital tool built like a physical product? Does it seem like there's more bad TV these days? More mediocre writing? More low quality...
8th May 2023
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A digital tool built like a physical product?

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

8th May 2023
Does it seem like there's more bad TV these days? More mediocre writing? More low quality clothing?
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Layout Breakouts with CSS Grid A post about the layout you're looking at right now The previous structure of this page layout was...
7th Oct 2022
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Layout Breakouts with CSS Grid

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Oct 2022
A post about the layout you're looking at right now The previous structure of this page layout was virtually the same, the foundation of it expertly defined in the article Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid by Josh Comeau. It's a technique I've used on many projects. I've even...
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The Greatest Game You’ve Never Heard of Welcome to Crokinole, the greatest game you’ve never heard of.
16th Oct 2024
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The Greatest Game You’ve Never Heard of

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

16th Oct 2024
Welcome to Crokinole, the greatest game you’ve never heard of.
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Blushbar is 4 this year–here’s what I’ve learned. . The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve...
25th Jul 2017
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Blushbar is 4 this year–here’s what I’ve learned.

from Sarah Parmenter [alt+shift+b] in design

25th Jul 2017
. The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve learned so much about business during these last four years; I can’t even begin to start writing it all down. The salon business is a complicated business to make work. It runs on...
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THE 23 MOST DEFINING PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE LAST 100 YEARS How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in...
20th Jan 2025
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THE 23 MOST DEFINING PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE LAST 100 YEARS

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Jan 2025
How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in October of last year, when, in a conference room on the 15th floor of The New York Times building, six experts — the architects and interior designers Rafael de...
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Acacia Coffee & Wine Bar by A-Malysheva Studio Acacia is a small café and wine bar designed by A-Malysheva studio, situated in a quiet residential...
1st Sep 2025
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Acacia Coffee & Wine Bar by A-Malysheva Studio

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2025
Acacia is a small café and wine bar designed by A-Malysheva studio, situated in a quiet residential neighborhood of Odesa,...
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Click Spark Last week I had made this fun little experiment. When clicking or tapping on the page, sparks (of...
2nd Jan 2024
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Click Spark

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Jan 2024
Last week I had made this fun little experiment. When clicking or tapping on the page, sparks (of joy) fly out from the mouse cursor/tap position. It started with me just messing around a bit in CodePen, but after sharing and getting a few friendly nudges on my Mastodon post,...
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WHERE TO FIND EXCEPTIONAL FLOWERS IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES Not only do fresh flowers bring joy and delight into a home, they’re also a symbol of important...
3rd Oct 2025
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WHERE TO FIND EXCEPTIONAL FLOWERS IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Oct 2025
Not only do fresh flowers bring joy and delight into a home, they’re also a symbol of important moments in life: they are the decoration of choice at weddings and funerals, and also the ultimate gift of love on Valentine’s Day. Their delicate nature, however, can make it tricky...
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Periodical – 1 This is a semi-daily check-in. Experimental; likely to not actually be daily. Regular and...
11th Nov 2023
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Periodical – 1

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Nov 2023
This is a semi-daily check-in. Experimental; likely to not actually be daily. Regular and short. The kids are in the bath, listening to the Yoto Daily, which aptly describes itself as a “morsel.” The host offers stray thoughts, short learnings, words of the day, fascinating...
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UI Density Interfaces are becoming less dense. I’m usually one to be skeptical of nostalgia and “we liked it...
20th May 2024
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UI Density

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

20th May 2024
Interfaces are becoming less dense. I’m usually one to be skeptical of nostalgia and “we liked it that way” bias, but comparing websites and applications of 2024 to their 2000s-era counterparts, the spreading out of software is hard to ignore. To explain this trend, and suggest...
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UX Roundup: UX Leaders Need Profits | In-depth AI | Emotional Avatar Animation | Construction Time |... UX should quest for profits, not a seat at the table | In-depth AI reviews of draft academic papers...
1st Dec 2025
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UX Roundup: UX Leaders Need Profits | In-depth AI | Emotional Avatar Animation | Construction Time | User Needs

from Jakob Nielsen on UX [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Dec 2025
UX should quest for profits, not a seat at the table | In-depth AI reviews of draft academic papers | Emotional lip-synching of avatars when singing | Time needed to build AI supercompute data centers | Discover user needs
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Website Themes and Color Schemes Getting into the mode Before we begin, I'd like to preface this article with the following resources...
1st Feb 2022
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Website Themes and Color Schemes

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Feb 2022
Getting into the mode Before we begin, I'd like to preface this article with the following resources that were helpful guides on my theming quest. They explain a lot of the intricacies of setting up dark mode and I recommend reading them before my own. A Complete Guide to Dark...
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NFIB Offices by HLGstudio HLGstudio reimagined the NFIB offices in Nashville, creating a vibrant, collaborative environment...
6th May 2025
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NFIB Offices by HLGstudio

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

6th May 2025
HLGstudio reimagined the NFIB offices in Nashville, creating a vibrant, collaborative environment that maximizes natural daylight and promotes productivity and...
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Agile & anxiety Managing anxiety is a big part of my life. I have generalized anxiety:1 I constantly feel that...
14th May 2018
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Agile & anxiety

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

14th May 2018
Managing anxiety is a big part of my life. I have generalized anxiety:1 I constantly feel that something will go wrong at any moment. Often, I can’t even identify what I’m anxious about. Work is a significant contributor to my anxiety. When I’m at work (and often when I’m not), I...
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Responsive roadmaps Shane Parrish’s essay The Map is Not the Territory begins: The map of reality is not reality. Even...
8th May 2019
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Responsive roadmaps

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

8th May 2019
Shane Parrish’s essay The Map is Not the Territory begins: The map of reality is not reality. Even the best maps are imperfect. That’s because they are reductions of what they represent. The same is true for product roadmaps. Understanding and applying Parrish’s mental model is...
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visual journal – 2024 May 20 - June 1 Faces The last two weeks have been unusually busy and routine-disrupting. Half the input to the...
1st Jun 2024
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visual journal – 2024 May 20 - June 1

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Jun 2024
Faces The last two weeks have been unusually busy and routine-disrupting. Half the input to the book as usual, but still, something is better than nothing! I intended to make the collage on the right only black and white. Couldn’t resist a bit of color. Very...
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I designed a Christmas gift I love the idea of charity donations as gifts, but I find they lack something. I don’t know about...
10th Dec 2021
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I designed a Christmas gift

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Dec 2021
I love the idea of charity donations as gifts, but I find they lack something. I don’t know about you,...
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The Fundamentals Problem Anyone can make something that looks designed, but that doesn’t mean that design has happened. A...
3rd Nov 2025
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The Fundamentals Problem

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Nov 2025
Anyone can make something that looks designed, but that doesn’t mean that design has happened. A few months ago, a client was reviewing a landing page design with my team. They had created it themselves using a page builder tool — one of those platforms that integrate content...
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Product thinking is a lifeline for struggling design systems Here’s a common problem: a design team creates a design system. They craft beautiful documentation,...
12th Dec 2019
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Product thinking is a lifeline for struggling design systems

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

12th Dec 2019
Here’s a common problem: a design team creates a design system. They craft beautiful documentation, crystal-clear guidelines, and meticulously organized files. But the design system never gains traction. Engineers don’t use it, and other designers quickly stop maintaining it. It...
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Beautiful ugly websites Form is cheap, function is everything(?)
7th Mar 2024
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Beautiful ugly websites

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Mar 2024
Form is cheap, function is everything(?)
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5 things you need before raising your prices Many freelancers feel like they “deserve” more money, but are confused about how to make that...
11th Jul 2023
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5 things you need before raising your prices

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Jul 2023
Many freelancers feel like they “deserve” more money, but are confused about how to make that happen. The hard truth is, you may not be able to raise your prices overnight. But in this article I'll tell you exactly what you need to do in order to become appealing to higher-paying...
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Tan Mok Won Mixed Use Spaceby USER + NAUxLab Tan-Mok-Won is located on the site of a 2013 fire in Ulsan, South Korea. Such history defines the...
3rd Feb 2025
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Tan Mok Won Mixed Use Spaceby USER + NAUxLab

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Feb 2025
Tan-Mok-Won is located on the site of a 2013 fire in Ulsan, South Korea. Such history defines the site’s locality,...
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My policy on the use of generative AI in creative work I have never used generative AI software to produce original written content, images, code, audio,...
10th Jun 2024
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My policy on the use of generative AI in creative work

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Jun 2024
I have never used generative AI software to produce original written content, images, code, audio, or video, and do not intend to in the future. All of the art, design, photography, writing, video, and audio material published on NelaDunato.com and other websites I own have been...
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Holograms, light-leaks and how to build CSS-only shaders. "With mix-blend-mode finally gaining wide browser-support, we now have access to many of most common...
9th Jul 2022
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Holograms, light-leaks and how to build CSS-only shaders.

from Koos Looijesteijn - Everything [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Jul 2022
"With mix-blend-mode finally gaining wide browser-support, we now have access to many of most common shading techniques in CSS. With some choice images and a bit of careful layering it’s possible to build some surprisingly high-quality effects without the need for introducing any...
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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon The advice in this book is timeless! No...
21st Mar 2022
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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

from Oykun Yilmaz [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Mar 2022
My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon The advice in this book is timeless! No wonder why this book has taken its well-deserved place in the best-ever investment books. The main premise is investing in the companies we know of and believe its value at. Not...
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Tiny data visualizations This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d...
8th Feb 2016
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Tiny data visualizations

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2016
This is a direct translation of a talk I gave at the NYC D3.js meetup in January of 2016. If you’d like to see a video of the talk, you can check it out on YouTube. Have you seen this comprehensive list of Donald Trump’s insults? Or maybe this detailed rundown of the 2016...
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IAM FINE Mix While in Korea, I used Shazam to record all the songs played in coffee shops. Here’s a mix I put...
18th Sep 2015
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IAM FINE Mix

from Alex Baldwin [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Sep 2015
While in Korea, I used Shazam to record all the songs played in coffee shops. Here’s a mix I put together of all the discovered tracks.
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Creating a simple blog in Python with Origami concepts
7th Oct 2025
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Creating a simple blog in Python with Origami concepts

from Jan Miksovsky’s blog [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Oct 2025
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Ralph Lauren cap: How great things age There have been a few companies popping up in recent years making higher-end baseball caps. Both the...
3rd Nov 2025
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Ralph Lauren cap: How great things age

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Nov 2025
There have been a few companies popping up in recent years making higher-end baseball caps. Both the plain, dull, luxury ones that became a trend in the wake of Succession, and ones that look exactly like a traditional cap, just higher quali... > Read more
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The rules and how to break them: Your socks should match your trousers Well, hello there. Welcome back to our series on the menswear ‘rules’, where we explain why these...
2nd Feb 2026
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The rules and how to break them: Your socks should match your trousers

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Feb 2026
Well, hello there. Welcome back to our series on the menswear ‘rules’, where we explain why these conventions exist and as a result how they should be broken.  The key is not to follow any rule blindly. Instead, see these rules as advice fr... > Read more
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Who else would use a shared Electron library to create and deploy Netlify sites?
5th Mar 2026
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Who else would use a shared Electron library to create and deploy Netlify sites?

from Jan Miksovsky’s blog [alt+shift+b] in design

5th Mar 2026
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No, I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter — horrible uses of exit overlays When a user moves their mouse from the middle of the page toward the navigation bar — presumably...
23rd Oct 2018
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No, I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter — horrible uses of exit overlays

from Kat Snyder [alt+shift+b] in design

23rd Oct 2018
When a user moves their mouse from the middle of the page toward the navigation bar — presumably to abandon the page — there are...
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Design-by-wire There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better at design, it’s natural for designers to be...
2nd Mar 2023
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Design-by-wire

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2023
There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better at design, it’s natural for designers to be worried about their jobs. But I think the question — will AI replace designers? — is a waste of time. Humans have always invented technology to do their work for them and will continue...
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Why the web will win 197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6...
6th Jan 2018
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Why the web will win

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

6th Jan 2018
197 billion apps were downloaded in 20171: that’s almost 26 per human being on the planet Earth. 6 apps per second. In the 10 years since Apple opened the App Store, app downloads have doubled, on average, every two years.2 Given the numbers, it’s not surprising that many...
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I'm writing a zine Will I become an author now?
2nd Dec 2024
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I'm writing a zine

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Dec 2024
Will I become an author now?
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Someone Great Where to start? The grief is heavy and far too real. I barely slept last night. The brain fog is...
13th Mar 2024
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Someone Great

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Mar 2024
Where to start? The grief is heavy and far too real. I barely slept last night. The brain fog is thick but finding the words and placing them here may provide some catharsis. I lost someone great. Oscar was so much bigger than most folks will ever understand. His love, not just...
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A not so gentle intro to web3 Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the...
30th Dec 2021
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A not so gentle intro to web3

from Koos Looijesteijn - Everything [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Dec 2021
Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the distributed part of blockchain technology...
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Working to work Despite the fact that I build websites for a living, I do a significant amount of work in my...
18th Jan 2014
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Working to work

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Jan 2014
Despite the fact that I build websites for a living, I do a significant amount of work in my notebooks. Quick quiz: what does a web developer do for a living? If you said ‘make websites, duh,’ you’re technically correct (the best kind of correct). And you’re in good company; I’d...
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#5 Kubera: What's my net worth? Respect master spreadsheet
8th Feb 2024
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#5 Kubera: What's my net worth?

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Feb 2024
Respect master spreadsheet
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SEASON’S TREE-TINGS! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS, 2023 The past few years have been rocky for Christmas. In 2020 it was cancelled. In 2021, it felt a...
5th Dec 2023
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SEASON’S TREE-TINGS! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS, 2023

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

5th Dec 2023
The past few years have been rocky for Christmas. In 2020 it was cancelled. In 2021, it felt a little more appealing. Things began to feel more normal in 2022, but having been homebodies for so long we were still flexing our dormant social muscles. In 2023 the weight of current...
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A website to call my own Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and...
2nd Dec 2013
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A website to call my own

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Dec 2013
Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and developing, among many many other things, websites. So, for the past few years, I’ve had the embarrassing task of explaining something to all my clients and — worse, if you can...
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Sega logo (1976–present) Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo...
17th Aug 2021
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Sega logo (1976–present)

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Aug 2021
Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo used since 1976, in its official color for the Japanese market. Source: segaretro.org Image: Scarred Sun. License: All Rights Reserved. Sega logo used from the late 1950s to...
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Transition to the Other Side with Container Query Units Managing the position of an element as it travels across the length of its parent container can be...
11th Oct 2025
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Transition to the Other Side with Container Query Units

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Oct 2025
Managing the position of an element as it travels across the length of its parent container can be tricky. Assuming they both have dynamic, responsive dimensions, we might rely on JS to check the width and/or height of each element and do some calculations for a proper end...
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Managing friction I thought lately about what has changed in my life over the years. People change (even if they don't...
8th Apr 2025
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Managing friction

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Apr 2025
I thought lately about what has changed in my life over the years. People change (even if they don't admit it). And there are always some sort of triggers that cause these changes. Some people start a habit of running, maybe; some start hanging out with friends who
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Using Netlify to build an email sign-up widget You can read this article on CSS Tricks.
2nd Aug 2019
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Using Netlify to build an email sign-up widget

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Aug 2019
You can read this article on CSS Tricks.
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Media Consumption (Apr 2021) >_ Summary Read 4 books (671 min, -60% MoM) and 33 articles (-23%) Listened to 613 songs (+3%) and...
3rd May 2021
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Media Consumption (Apr 2021)

from julian.digital [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd May 2021
>_ Summary Read 4 books (671 min, -60% MoM) and 33 articles (-23%) Listened to 613 songs (+3%) and 11 podcasts (704 min, -6%) Watched 6 movies (752 min, +199%), 12 soccer games (1395 min, +105%) and 0 TV episodes (0 min, -100%) Played 1 board game (50 min, + ∞) and 0 video games...
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Your lifestyle won’t save the world
1st Sep 2024
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Your lifestyle won’t save the world

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2024
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Star Wars movie posters from Hungary Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: movieposters.ha.com Image: Heritage Auctions. License: All...
4th May 2025
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Star Wars movie posters from Hungary

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

4th May 2025
Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: movieposters.ha.com Image: Heritage Auctions. License: All Rights Reserved. Csillagok háborúja (Star Wars), 1979. The custom acute accents are simple squares. The secondary typeface is ITC Avant Garde Gothic. More info on...
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phenom israel Phenom is a global HR technology company that delivers a single-platform solution and...
2nd May 2024
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phenom israel

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd May 2024
Phenom is a global HR technology company that delivers a single-platform solution and hyper-personalized experiences for candidates, recruiters, and employees....
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Responsive video is (almost) easy now
20th Jul 2025
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Responsive video is (almost) easy now

from Koos Looijesteijn [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Jul 2025
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My management philosophy After reading Lara Hogan’s post and getting some inspiration from my own manager, I thought it’d be...
10th Jun 2018
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My management philosophy

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Jun 2018
After reading Lara Hogan’s post and getting some inspiration from my own manager, I thought it’d be good to write up my management philosophy. This reflects my approach at this moment in time — I’m still pretty new to management, and will be revisiting this over time. My...
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Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping Can mixed reality make it easier to test and iterate on automotive user interfaces?
1st Mar 2024
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Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Mar 2024
Can mixed reality make it easier to test and iterate on automotive user interfaces?
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Mercedes vs Lucid: Different Views on Luxury UI Design With each launch of a Mercedes S-Class, the whole automotive world watches. It is a prelude to the...
1st Nov 2020
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Mercedes vs Lucid: Different Views on Luxury UI Design

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Nov 2020
With each launch of a Mercedes S-Class, the whole automotive world watches. It is a prelude to the technologies that will be the industry…
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An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck ...
23rd Jan 2023
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An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck

from abdz.do - Have you given up on being inspired? [alt+shift+b] in design

23rd Jan 2023
An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck AoiroStudio0123—23 Grant Franck is a 3D artist and design director who has pushed the boundaries of sneaker design with his use of AI generative techniques. His series of...
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Organization – Office – 2024 After the kitchen, the office is still the most used room in our home. This is how we have optimized...
21st Dec 2024
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Organization – Office – 2024

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Dec 2024
After the kitchen, the office is still the most used room in our home. This is how we have optimized it this year. About a year and a half ago, I wrote a long entry to this blog about how we keep this office space organized. While much of it is still as it was then, it is...
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Towards better creative feedback Creative work — be it designing, writing, coding, or managing — is a collaborative practice. At...
7th Jan 2015
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Towards better creative feedback

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Jan 2015
Creative work — be it designing, writing, coding, or managing — is a collaborative practice. At least two parties are always involved: The maker (a designer, developer, or manager) on one end, and the audience on the other.1 Feedback between the maker and the audience is...
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How to create a brand mood board A brand mood board is a collage that represents your core values and aesthetic brand qualities in a...
9th Jun 2023
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How to create a brand mood board

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Jun 2023
A brand mood board is a collage that represents your core values and aesthetic brand qualities in a visual way. It’s the first step in translating these abstract concepts into visual language. Whether you decide to work with a designer or by yourself, creating a mood board is a...
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How to take your team's creative pulse “Could we explore other options?” If you’ve been to a design review, you’ve probably heard this...
10th Feb 2019
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How to take your team's creative pulse

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Feb 2019
“Could we explore other options?” If you’ve been to a design review, you’ve probably heard this question. When I hear it, my heart breaks. It says that our team is out of alignment: the work I’m sharing isn’t meeting everyone’s expectations. I’d like to share a workshop that I...
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The new heroes of design I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
21st Feb 2022
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The new heroes of design

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Feb 2022
I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
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Gestalt Principles for Visual UI Design Users parse a layout before they read its labels. Whitespace, borders, alignment, color, and motion...
2nd Sep 2026
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Gestalt Principles for Visual UI Design

from Jakob Nielsen on UX [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Sep 2026
Users parse a layout before they read its labels. Whitespace, borders, alignment, color, and motion determine what belongs together. When these cues fight the content, users attach the label, price, warning, status, or action to the wrong object. Proximity, similarity, enclosure,...
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Signals #001: The Politics of Naming Signals Something new here—a weekly signal from noise, or at least I hope so. Connections drawn...
25th May 2026
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Signals #001: The Politics of Naming

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

25th May 2026
Signals Something new here—a weekly signal from noise, or at least I hope so. Connections drawn between things I have encountered… Something strange happens when we put a name to things. The moment “cassette futurism” or “Corporate Memphis” enters circulation, it stops being...
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The...
30th Jan 2024
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Jan 2024
You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The kitchen could use a face-lift and the lawn has seen better days. Every seller has to decide whether to sink money into their home before listing it, and how much. Lately, the stakes...
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Chicken accessories for chickens This post originally appeared on thoughtbot.com I was browsing an online marketplace the other day...
17th Jan 2025
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Chicken accessories for chickens

from Luke Mitchell | Product Designer [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Jan 2025
This post originally appeared on thoughtbot.com I was browsing an online marketplace the other day because I was a bit bored, and because I have a unique need to seek out dark patterns. Something caught my eye as I scrolled. Amongst all the other suspiciously cheap items, was a...
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A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar I borrowed a friend’s Tesla 3 yesterday. About 5 minutes into the ride, the windshield started...
29th Dec 2021
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A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar

from Scott Jenson [alt+shift+b] in design

29th Dec 2021
I borrowed a friend’s Tesla 3 yesterday. About 5 minutes into the ride, the windshield started fogging up. I couldn’t find the defroster on the large control screen Teslas are so famous for. In desperation, I tapped the CAR icon but that took me to the settings screen which ended...
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Pictures of websites A scene from the 2001 movie Zoolander1: INT. THE PALATIAL OFFICE OF FASHION MOGUL JACOBIM MUGATU...
13th Mar 2021
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Pictures of websites

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Mar 2021
A scene from the 2001 movie Zoolander1: INT. THE PALATIAL OFFICE OF FASHION MOGUL JACOBIM MUGATU (PLAYED BY WILL FERRELL) MUGATU Without much further ado, I give you... MUGATU The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good! ZOOLANDER (suddenly enraged) What is...
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Who are design systems for? I’ve spent the past few days feeling an immense amount of FOMO. A major design conference called...
14th Dec 2018
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Who are design systems for?

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

14th Dec 2018
I’ve spent the past few days feeling an immense amount of FOMO. A major design conference called Clarity happened here in New York, and my twitter feed has been full of pictures and quotes from the very talented and articulate speakers. Lesson learned: go to more conferences. To...
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CSS Custom Property Fallbacks in Shorthand Values CSS Custom Properties are incredibly versatile and have become especially useful as customizable...
14th Jul 2023
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CSS Custom Property Fallbacks in Shorthand Values

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

14th Jul 2023
CSS Custom Properties are incredibly versatile and have become especially useful as customizable props in common layout and component style patterns. Here's an example derived from the SmolCSS site: .grid { --min: 15ch; --gap: 1rem; display: grid; gap: var(--gap); ...
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NON-OBVIOUS MEGA DESIGN TRENDS: HOW TO SEE WHAT OTHERS MISS If you want to understand what’s going to be big in design this year, peer into the world’s psyche....
20th Feb 2025
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NON-OBVIOUS MEGA DESIGN TRENDS: HOW TO SEE WHAT OTHERS MISS

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

20th Feb 2025
If you want to understand what’s going to be big in design this year, peer into the world’s psyche. When the world was scared and isolated during the Covid shutdown, we decorated for comfort. This year, weary and worried after a stretch of inflation and political uncertainty,...
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Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative To Touch Interaction in Cars? Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the...
1st Dec 2021
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Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative To Touch Interaction in Cars?

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Dec 2021
Interacting with in-car controls requires drivers to divert visual attention from the road to the dashboard. For example, adjusting the…
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Display
4 days ago
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Display

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

4 days ago
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How do you know what you like anymore? "Did you see Turtle Boss yet?" Tim asked over brunch. "I saw it," said Katie over a mouthful of...
27th Sep 2023
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How do you know what you like anymore?

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

27th Sep 2023
"Did you see Turtle Boss yet?" Tim asked over brunch. "I saw it," said Katie over a mouthful of hash browns. "It was so freaking good." "Good?" said Sam. "You actually thought it was good?" "Yeah, it was incredible.
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Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design Has design become boring? A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the Cultural Tutor) has been...
21st Sep 2022
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Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

21st Sep 2022
Has design become boring? A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the Cultural Tutor) has been making the rounds lately, arguing just that. Quirke describes the many shortcomings of modern design: architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and interior design have all been...
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Something big “might” be happening Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
2nd Mar 2026
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Something big “might” be happening

from UX Collective [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Mar 2026
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces Good design is not a function of talent, but number of iterations. Here's my guide to prototyping...
1st Sep 2023
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A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Sep 2023
Good design is not a function of talent, but number of iterations. Here's my guide to prototyping automotive interfaces
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Research, empathy, simplicity, speed photo by Toa Heftiba Earlier today, I read a thought-provoking tweet from John Maeda: "Salt Fat Acid...
17th Oct 2018
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Research, empathy, simplicity, speed

from The personal website of Matthew Ström [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Oct 2018
photo by Toa Heftiba Earlier today, I read a thought-provoking tweet from John Maeda: "Salt Fat Acid Heat" as the perfect set of ingredients for a meal makes me wonder what a similar set of essential ingredients might be for digital products. https://t.co/z1w1PUyQsD — John Maeda...
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Overcoming Automotive Overconsumption Through Design The average car consists of around 30,000 parts. They are built up from many different resources...
1st May 2019
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Overcoming Automotive Overconsumption Through Design

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st May 2019
The average car consists of around 30,000 parts. They are built up from many different resources that come from all over the world. These…
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Media Consumption (Mar 2021) >_ Summary Read 6 books (1664 min, -24% MoM) and 43 articles (+95%) Listened to 596 songs (+64%) and...
2nd Apr 2021
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Media Consumption (Mar 2021)

from julian.digital [alt+shift+b] in design

2nd Apr 2021
>_ Summary Read 6 books (1664 min, -24% MoM) and 43 articles (+95%) Listened to 596 songs (+64%) and 17 podcasts (747 min, -.3%) Watched 2 movies (251 min, -72%), 5 soccer games (680 min, -30%) and 15 TV episodes (944 min, +133%) Played 0 board games (0 min, same) and 0 video...
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Braun Börse 2024 The Braun+Design Börse is an annual event and fair focusing on Braun products. Braun might not be...
5th May 2024
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Braun Börse 2024

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

5th May 2024
The Braun+Design Börse is an annual event and fair focusing on Braun products. Braun might not be the design icon it was 40 years ago, but starting in 1955, it profoundly impacted the design world, starting with its cooperation with the Ulm School of Design. With Dieter
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Swiping vs Tapping, What is Less Distracting to Drivers? Is it possible to make touch interaction as easy as with a physical control?
1st Feb 2022
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Swiping vs Tapping, What is Less Distracting to Drivers?

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Feb 2022
Is it possible to make touch interaction as easy as with a physical control?
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Journaling technique: Polarity integration journal spread Journaling is the most potent way to resolve inner challenges, find solutions to problems, and...
18th Jul 2024
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Journaling technique: Polarity integration journal spread

from Nela Dunato Art & Design [alt+shift+b] in design

18th Jul 2024
Journaling is the most potent way to resolve inner challenges, find solutions to problems, and develop your own creative voice. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite journaling techniques that I use quite often when I want to explore two sides of a problem.
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FENDI store FENDI has upgraded its presence in Osaka‘s downtown Shinsaibashi area by relocating to new and...
1st Jul 2024
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FENDI store

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Jul 2024
FENDI has upgraded its presence in Osaka‘s downtown Shinsaibashi area by relocating to new and bigger premises a few blocks...
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My feelings about X (formerly Twitter) This will be short, but I just wanted to rant and vent here because this is my space. I'll use X or...
7th Apr 2024
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My feelings about X (formerly Twitter)

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

7th Apr 2024
This will be short, but I just wanted to rant and vent here because this is my space. I'll use X or Twitter interchangeably throughout the post, but they represent the same entity. Loss of integrity Since Elon's takeover of Twitter, a lot has changed. But
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Design from the inside Imagine you’re an architect hired to redesign the floorplan of an office. The company hiring you has...
5th May 2026
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Design from the inside

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

5th May 2026
Imagine you’re an architect hired to redesign the floorplan of an office. The company hiring you has grown from 10-100 employees and wants to make sure the space is easy to navigate and the common areas are in the optimal location. You ask the client for the existing floorplan,...
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Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.
4th May 2026
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Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise

from The Pudding [alt+shift+b] in design

4th May 2026
An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.
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The View from Here There are many reasons to make things and share them, to write and publish, to speak and record. So...
10th Sep 2023
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The View from Here

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

10th Sep 2023
There are many reasons to make things and share them, to write and publish, to speak and record. So many reasons, most unknown; far be it from me to make assumptions about other peoples’ motivations. But among them, amidst even the most altruistic, is the one that is most...
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Discernment in the Digital Age How elimination, curation, and optimization can help us see through the technological...
8th Apr 2025
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Discernment in the Digital Age

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Apr 2025
How elimination, curation, and optimization can help us see through the technological mirror. Technology functions as both mirror and lens — reflecting our self-image while simultaneously shaping how we see everything else. This metaphor of recursion, while perhaps obvious...
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What it means to design a platform After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of...
11th Jan 2023
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What it means to design a platform

from The personal website of Matt Ström-Awn [alt+shift+b] in design

11th Jan 2023
After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of the words, phrases, acronyms, and figures of speech I took for granted no longer held the same meanings. Specifically, the word “platform:” before my time off, I would breeze over it...
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Friction Can Be Good Something I have noticed as content, software, and product design have attempted to eradicate...
8th Mar 2023
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Friction Can Be Good

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

8th Mar 2023
Something I have noticed as content, software, and product design have attempted to eradicate friction is that friction is not necessarily a bad thing. Friction is a part of everyday life. It comes from the difference between one thing and another — the encounter of two things....
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A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars A design concept exploring how to improve touch interfaces in cars
1st Apr 2020
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A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Apr 2020
A design concept exploring how to improve touch interfaces in cars
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“A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era” Posted today for no particular reason: “A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era” is the slogan...
4th Feb 2026
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“A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era”

from Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Feb 2026
Posted today for no particular reason: “A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era” is the slogan that replaces “A free press means a free people” in Frank Capra and Robert Riskin’s 1941 classic film, “Meet John Doe.” The threat in the film is incipient fascism led by a...
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summer & new inspector panels @ sketch hi everyone 〜 ദ്ദി ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ ) it’s been a few months since i sat down to write an update on the...
22nd Aug 2025
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summer & new inspector panels @ sketch

from ramsés cabello [alt+shift+b] in design

22nd Aug 2025
hi everyone 〜 ദ്ദി ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ ) it’s been a few months since i sat down to write an update on the journal. we’re almost at the end of august and all my memories of the last few months include really high temperatures.  most days i escaped the heat by going to a cafe and ordering a...
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Why Do New Cars Have Speed Limit Warnings, and Do They Work? The speed limit warnings are part of a system called Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA). Any system...
1st Oct 2024
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Why Do New Cars Have Speed Limit Warnings, and Do They Work?

from The Turn Signal RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Oct 2024
The speed limit warnings are part of a system called Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA). Any system inside a vehicle that ensures that a…
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Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268 Welcome back to DESK! New York threw us another perfect weekend so I took the Escape Machine down to...
4th Jun 2025
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Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268

from The DESK Magazine [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Jun 2025
Welcome back to DESK! New York threw us another perfect weekend so I took the Escape Machine down to Balthazar in SoHo for some overpriced eggs benedict (a Tobias favorite, although I prefer it at PASTIS in Meatpacking District, same owner, better food). While enjoying my brunch...
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