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9¾ by Constantin Bolimond This gin is based on the industrial revolution that began in England in the last third of the 18th...
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This gin is based on the industrial revolution that began in England in the last third of the 18th century...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2025 May Catching Up
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Retail Design Blog
Milhóc Whisky by My Creative Milhóc Whisky, is located in the middle of France’s famous Armagnac producing region! Their...
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Milhóc Whisky, is located in the middle of France’s famous Armagnac producing region! Their first-born single-grain whiskey, Le Premier-Né and...
Christopher Butler
Order is Always More Important than Action in Design Before users can meaningfully act, they must understand — a principle our metrics-obsessed design...
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Before users can meaningfully act, they must understand — a principle our metrics-obsessed design culture has forgotten. Today’s metrics-obsessed design culture is too fixated on action. Clicks, conversions, and other easily quantified metrics have become our purpose. We’re...
Retail Design Blog
Glenmorangie whisky collection by Butterfly Cannon Glenmorangie wanted to celebrate their Head of Whisky Creation’s combined passion for whisky and...
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Glenmorangie wanted to celebrate their Head of Whisky Creation’s combined passion for whisky and wine, through the release of three...
Christopher Butler
Printing Everything and Owning Nothing Something is starting to happen. As of right now, 3D Printer ownership is niche. Many know what it...
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Something is starting to happen. As of right now, 3D Printer ownership is niche. Many know what it is, but very few people have one. This will change rapidly over the next few years. Plenty of contemporary sci-fi have depicted futures where everything is “printed.” The exact...
Retail Design Blog
Fang Eyewear Showroom by M-D Design Studio the Fang Eyewear Showroom by architecture firm M-D Design Studio, a project which reimagines the...
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the Fang Eyewear Showroom by architecture firm M-D Design Studio, a project which reimagines the traditional showroom in the town...
Christopher Butler
Screens Are Good, Actually A screen isn’t a technological distraction to overcome but a powerful cognitive prosthetic for...
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A screen isn’t a technological distraction to overcome but a powerful cognitive prosthetic for external memory. Screens get a lot of blame these days. They’re accused of destroying attention spans, ruining sleep, enabling addiction, isolating us from one another, and eroding...
Retail Design Blog
nuvéa body lotion by Aiham Othman This project involves a packaging series for nuvéa, a brand focused on hydration, softness, and...
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This project involves a packaging series for nuvéa, a brand focused on hydration, softness, and sensory beauty. The design seamlessly...
UX Collective
It’s far past time to control the algorithm Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Fonts In Use – Blog...
Star Wars movie posters from Hungary Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: movieposters.ha.com Image: Heritage Auctions. License: All...
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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...
Christopher Butler
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...
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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...
The personal website...
The history of album art Album art didn’t always exist. In the early 1900s, recorded music was still a novelty, overshadowed...
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Album art didn’t always exist. In the early 1900s, recorded music was still a novelty, overshadowed by sales of sheet music. Early vinyl records were vastly different from what we think of today: discs were sold individually and could only hold up to four minutes of music per...
UX Collective
Everything’s a vibe: is it progress or just an illusion? Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Christopher Butler
Periodical 22 – Technological Entitlement Technological entitlement, knowledge-assumptions, and other things. Are we entitled to...
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Technological entitlement, knowledge-assumptions, and other things. Are we entitled to technology? A quick thought experiment: A new technological advance gives humans the ability to fly. Does it also confer upon us the right to fly? Let’s say this isn’t a Rocketeer...
Retail Design Blog
All in One by Antonia Skaraki A nourishing and convenient meal solution designed for today’s health-conscious, eco-aware...
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A nourishing and convenient meal solution designed for today’s health-conscious, eco-aware consumers. Two freeze-dried velouté soups—Lentils & Vegetables and White...
Christopher Butler
You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown I often find myself contemplating the greatest creators in history — those rare artists, designers,...
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I often find myself contemplating the greatest creators in history — those rare artists, designers, and thinkers whose work transformed how we see the world. What constellation of circumstances made them who they were? Where did their ideas originate? Who mentored them? Would...
Retail Design Blog
The Department of Bed Intentions by Blurr Bureau The Department of Bed Intentions is the world’s first fully sustainable microbiome-friendly...
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The Department of Bed Intentions is the world’s first fully sustainable microbiome-friendly prebiotic personal lubricant. The brand shakes up the...
The DESK Magazine
The story of the Orange Welcome back! Many new readers joined this email list last week. Makes me happy that my writing...
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Welcome back! Many new readers joined this email list last week. Makes me happy that my writing resonates. Thank you for recommending this newsletter to your friends and colleagues, it means a lot to me ♡ LAST WEEK ON DESK Last...
Retail Design Blog
Opulence body cream by Tatyna Koreneva The body cream packaging exudes minimalist sophistication, brought to life through carefully curated...
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The body cream packaging exudes minimalist sophistication, brought to life through carefully curated design elements. Matte square boxes frame stylized...
UX Collective
A case for slow growth Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
Morokanella Fermented in Concrete Egg by Marios Karystios Makarounas Vineyards Unveils Exclusive Release of Morokanella Fermented in a Concrete Egg....
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Makarounas Vineyards Unveils Exclusive Release of Morokanella Fermented in a Concrete Egg. Makarounas Winery presents its latest limited release—an exceptional...
Christopher Butler
Developing Digital Disgust Our world treats information like it’s always good. More data, more content, more inputs — we want...
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Our world treats information like it’s always good. More data, more content, more inputs — we want it all without thinking twice. To say that the last twenty-five years of culture have centered around info-maximalism wouldn’t be an exaggeration. I hope we’re coming to the end...
Retail Design Blog
Root Labs by BRIGADE Challenge Develop strong brand foundations for an international supplement company with a proven...
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Challenge Develop strong brand foundations for an international supplement company with a proven product to help them take the US...
UX Collective
When faces go virally wrong Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
PMW Next-Gen Street Culture Label Store by ADS The store is conceived as an “exploded box,” symbolizing the act of breaking free. Red brick...
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The store is conceived as an “exploded box,” symbolizing the act of breaking free. Red brick flooring, lightweight brick walls,...
Product Identity
Building as gardening Although I've never had a garden
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Retail Design Blog
Louis Vuitton store by Peter Marino Following a three-year renovation, the Louis Vuitton store in Milan timely reopened its doors during...
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Following a three-year renovation, the Louis Vuitton store in Milan timely reopened its doors during this year’s Salone del Mobile,...
Fatih Arslan
Managing friction I thought lately about what has changed in my life over the years. People change (even if they don't...
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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
Retail Design Blog
Krem by Camille Piot Creating a skincare brand means crafting an experience down to the finest detail. The packaging: A...
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Creating a skincare brand means crafting an experience down to the finest detail. The packaging: A sculptural bottle topped with...
Christopher Butler
Discernment in the Digital Age How elimination, curation, and optimization can help us see through the technological...
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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...
The DESK Magazine
The future of the designer — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №263
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Retail Design Blog
Xilote restaurant by Espacio 18 Arquitectura As in many a capital city across the planet, the culinary scene in Mexico City continues to evolve...
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UX Collective
No research is often better than “some” research Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
Confidential Reinsurance Company Offices by Trispace AG Trispace AG redesigned a Zurich office, focusing on flexibility and sustainability with intelligent...
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Trispace AG redesigned a Zurich office, focusing on flexibility and sustainability with intelligent interior design, harmonious color schemes, and a...
UX Collective
UX or PX? Why naming matters Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
House of Olives by ARHINGinženjering House of Olives is a building intended for the Association of Olive Growers of Montenegro as an...
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House of Olives is a building intended for the Association of Olive Growers of Montenegro as an administrative and educational...
Christopher Butler
Digital Echoes and Unquiet Minds There’s a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction. When the iPhone...
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There’s a psychological burden of digital life even heavier than distraction. When the iPhone was first introduced in 2007, the notion of an “everything device” was universally celebrated. A single object that could serve as phone, camera, music player, web browser, and so...
julian.digital
The case against conversational interfaces 01 Intro Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI...
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01 Intro Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go “This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We’ll only use natural language going forward!”. But then nothing actually changes and we...
Retail Design Blog
Hoapham Mid-Autumn Packaging Design 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival is not only an occasion for people to gather and enjoy delicious mooncakes, but...
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Mid-Autumn Festival is not only an occasion for people to gather and enjoy delicious mooncakes, but also a moment to...
Product Identity
Surf the browser A guest's identity
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Fatih Arslan
I was wrong about AI Coding I'm mostly anti-AI person since the AI hype started years ago. However with time I realized that I...
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I'm mostly anti-AI person since the AI hype started years ago. However with time I realized that I misjudged AI Coding — Here’s Why.
Retail Design Blog
TATER TRADER Diner Bar Jakarta, Indonesia – EVONIL Architecture Indonesia Design & Build by EVONIL Architecture Indonesia
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Ryan Mulligan
Blog Questions Challenge Hey there. It has been a minute since my last post. I was semi-recently tagged by Zach Leatherman to...
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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...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Book Notes: “The Order of Time” by Carlo Rovelli I recently finished Carlo Rovelli’s book “The Order of Time” and, of course, had a few web-adjacent...
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I recently finished Carlo Rovelli’s book “The Order of Time” and, of course, had a few web-adjacent thoughts come to mind. Who says lessons from physics can’t be applied to making software? (I know, nobody is actually dying on that hill.) A Weakness of Being Data-Driven Being...
Retail Design Blog
Nuestros Nombres Mezcal by TORO PINTO The land spoke to us; it spoke our language. We are, and always will be, a part of it. It...
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UX Collective
Cracking the code of vibe coding Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
JM Café by B.L.U.E Architecture Studio The project is located in the old city zone of Xicheng District, Beijing, adjacent to the west side...
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Proving Binaries Heydon Pickering has an intriguing video dealing with the question: “Why is everything binary?” The...
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Heydon Pickering has an intriguing video dealing with the question: “Why is everything binary?” The gist of the video, to me, distills to this insight: The idea that [everything] belongs to one of two archetypes is seductive in its simplicity, so we base everything that we do and...
Retail Design Blog
Heni Herbáriuma plant relief packaging by Corvin Art School Heni Herbáriuma specializes in delicate yet vivid flower arrangements, bouquets and ceramic reliefs...
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Heni Herbáriuma specializes in delicate yet vivid flower arrangements, bouquets and ceramic reliefs made with plant prints. Their motto, “Just...
Scott Jenson
Design for a Small Planet Back in 1971, “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé made it clear the costs of eating...
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Back in 1971, “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé made it clear the costs of eating meat were far greater than we had assumed. If we wanted the planet to thrive, we needed to shift to a more resource-efficient way to eat. UX Design is going through its own “you cost...
Retail Design Blog
Laconicum’s Museum of Everyday Pleasures Laconicum, the renowned online cosmetics store, recently took a new step into the physical world...
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Laconicum, the renowned online cosmetics store, recently took a new step into the physical world with its first pop-up: ‘The...
UX Collective
Our human habit of anthropomorphizing everything Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Ecosystems vs. Artifacts: Don’t Break the Web Here’s Gordon Brander in an article titled “Don't fork the ecosystem”: Most of our software has been...
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Here’s Gordon Brander in an article titled “Don't fork the ecosystem”: Most of our software has been shaped by chance decisions made in haste by people who could not have predicted how the system would end up being used today. And if we could rebuild those systems today, knowing...
Retail Design Blog
Vigdis Rosenkilde by Fibra Branding Vigdis Rosenkilde is a Norwegian fine chocolate brand using cacao from the Peruvian Amazon. Its...
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Vigdis Rosenkilde is a Norwegian fine chocolate brand using cacao from the Peruvian Amazon. Its rebranding aimed for greater visual...
Christopher Butler
No Orphans to Ambition Back in 2012 when my first (and only) book was published, a friend reacted by exclaiming, “You wrote...
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Back in 2012 when my first (and only) book was published, a friend reacted by exclaiming, “You wrote a book?!?” and then added, “oh yeah…you don’t have kids.” I was put off by that statement. I played it cool, but my unspoken reaction was, “Since when is having kids or not the...
Retail Design Blog
Prologis Silicon Valley Offices by RMW The Silicon Valley office design integrates the landscape, culture, and user group’s needs, blending...
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The Silicon Valley office design integrates the landscape, culture, and user group’s needs, blending colors and architectural elements to mimic...
UX Collective
Office politics: the skill they never taught us Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Christopher Butler
From Pascal's Empty Room to Our Full Screens On the Ambient Entertainment Industrial Complex “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s...
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On the Ambient Entertainment Industrial Complex “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Pascal’s observation from the 17th century feels less like historical philosophy and more like a diagnosis of our current condition. The...
Retail Design Blog
CMC Korea by Instory Creative CMC is one of the largest technology corporations in Vietnam. In the process of going global, CMC...
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CMC is one of the largest technology corporations in Vietnam. In the process of going global, CMC opened a branch...
UX Collective
UX, how can I trust you? Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
Avizva Solutions Offices by Designforth Interiors Designforth Interiors created a functional and flexible office space in Indore for Avizva, focusing...
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Designforth Interiors created a functional and flexible office space in Indore for Avizva, focusing on spatial optimization, collaboration, and cultural...
Melissa Penfold
HAVE YOU PREORDERED YOUR COPY OF MELISSA’S NEW BOOK YET? In her best-selling book, Living Well By Design, Melissa Penfold addressed the basics of interior...
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In her best-selling book, Living Well By Design, Melissa Penfold addressed the basics of interior decorating.  Now she turns her attention to demonstrating what a powerful force design can be in boosting our physical and emotional well-being in her newest book, ‘Natural Living By...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
AX, DX, UX Matt Biilman, CEO of Netlify, published an interesting piece called “Introducing AX: Why Agent...
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Matt Biilman, CEO of Netlify, published an interesting piece called “Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience Matters” where he argues the coming importance of a new “X” (experience) in software: the agent experience, meaning the experience your users’ AI agents will have as...
Christopher Butler
What We Owe to Artificial Minds Rethinking AI through mind-body dualism, parenthood, and unanswerable existential questions. I...
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Rethinking AI through mind-body dualism, parenthood, and unanswerable existential questions. I remember hearing my daughter’s heartbeat for the first time during a prenatal sonogram. Until that moment, I had intellectually understood that we were creating a new life, but...
Product Identity
A home for niche design Now accepting pre-orders from a brand new website
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Retail Design Blog
Blind Preacher by Watermark Design Watermark’s latest whiskey packaging project is deeply rooted in the history and beauty of the...
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Watermark’s latest whiskey packaging project is deeply rooted in the history and beauty of the Virginia Foothills. This design is...
Christopher Butler
Simplification Takes Courage How to Achieve UX Clarity By Making Tough Decisions No interface operates in...
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How to Achieve UX Clarity By Making Tough Decisions No interface operates in isolation. Everything we make, however contained we may think it is, actually has porous, paper-thin walls between it and the vast digital ecosystem around it. Those walls may be enough to keep...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Limitations vs. Capabilities Andy Jiang over on the Deno blog writes “If you're not using npm specifiers, you're doing it...
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Andy Jiang over on the Deno blog writes “If you're not using npm specifiers, you're doing it wrong”: During the early days of Deno, we recommended importing npm packages via HTTP with transpile services such as esm.sh and unpkg.com. However, there are limitations to importing npm...
Retail Design Blog
PLEKA Professional Cosmetics Showroom The multi-brand professional cosmetics showroom is located in the basement of an early 20th-century...
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The multi-brand professional cosmetics showroom is located in the basement of an early 20th-century building in the Kyiv historical center....
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Sanding UI, pt. II Let’s say you make a UI to gather some user feedback. Nothing complicated. Just a thumbs up/down...
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Let’s say you make a UI to gather some user feedback. Nothing complicated. Just a thumbs up/down widget. It starts out neutral, but when the user clicks up or down, you highlight what they clicked an de-emphasize/disable the other (so it requires an explicit toggle to change your...
Fatih Arslan
Plotter Notebook System Taking notes, in my opinion, is the best thing one can do for themselves. Writing is a form of...
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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
UX Collective
It’s time for design to think less and feel more Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
2 months ago
Christopher Butler
In Defense of Text Labels Why Icons Alone Aren’t Enough I’m a firm believer in text labels. Interfaces are over-stuffed...
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Why Icons Alone Aren’t Enough I’m a firm believer in text labels. Interfaces are over-stuffed with icons. The more icons we have to scan over, the more brain power we put toward making sense of them rather than using the tools they represent. This slows us down, not just...
Retail Design Blog
KaDeWe: Private Label by Studio Chapeaux Challenge: Create a private label for the legendary sixth-floor Food Hall at KaDeWe — also known as...
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Challenge: Create a private label for the legendary sixth-floor Food Hall at KaDeWe — also known as the culinary heaven...
Melissa Penfold
20 Interior Design Trends That Will Define 2025 Among the predictions in the annual decor trend report: Sprawling sectional sofas will yield to...
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Among the predictions in the annual decor trend report: Sprawling sectional sofas will yield to tidier seating, pastel hues to rich earthy shades. Oh, and…make way for murals. There will be a greater sense of playfulness and a push towards individualism. Limited budgets and a...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
CSS Space Toggles I’ve been working on a transition to using light-dark() function in CSS. What this boils down to is,...
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I’ve been working on a transition to using light-dark() function in CSS. What this boils down to is, rather than CSS that looks like this: :root { color-scheme: light; --text: #000; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { color-scheme: dark; --text: #fff; ...
Retail Design Blog
Doğuş Çay Packaging Redesign by katkagraphics Last semester at university we were given a really cool task. We had to choose an existing company...
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Last semester at university we were given a really cool task. We had to choose an existing company that distributes...
Christopher Butler
A New Kind of Wholeness Check out the light in my office right now 🤩 . AI effectively, but to understand how it fits into...
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Check out the light in my office right now 🤩 . AI effectively, but to understand how it fits into the larger patterns of human creativity and purpose. That’s a good thing — designers are good observers. No matter what the tech, we notice patterns we notice the lack of...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Aspect Ratio Changes With CSS View Transitions So here I am playing with CSS view transitions (again). I’ve got Dave Rupert’s post open in one tab,...
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So here I am playing with CSS view transitions (again). I’ve got Dave Rupert’s post open in one tab, which serves as my recurring reference for the question, “How do you get these things to work again?” I’ve followed Dave’s instructions for transitioning the page generally and am...
Retail Design Blog
Bloom Bright by Xue Yee Bloom Bright is a packaging design for Tualang Honey, celebrating its unique medicinal and beauty...
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Bloom Bright is a packaging design for Tualang Honey, celebrating its unique medicinal and beauty benefits. The name “Bloom Bright”...
UX Collective
Why AI (desperately) needs designers Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
Knoll flagship showroom American design brand Knoll has opened a new flagship showroom on New York’s Park Avenue, where...
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American design brand Knoll has opened a new flagship showroom on New York’s Park Avenue, where metal mesh curtains serve...
Christopher Butler
The AI Debate We're Not Having We will never agree about AI until we agree about what it means to live a good life. Current...
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We will never agree about AI until we agree about what it means to live a good life. Current debates* about artificial intelligence circle endlessly around questions of capability, economic impact, and resource allocation – not to mention language. Is AI truly useful? What...
Retail Design Blog
International pharmaceutical company offices by Stoked Associates Stoked Associates redefines workplace design with a human-centric approach, blending local graphics,...
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Stoked Associates redefines workplace design with a human-centric approach, blending local graphics, biophilic elements, and smart solutions to create a...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Search Results Without JavaScript I’m currently looking to add a search feature to my blog. It’s a client-side approach, which means I...
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I’m currently looking to add a search feature to my blog. It’s a client-side approach, which means I was planning on using my favorite progressive-enhancement technique for client-side only search: you point a search form at Google, scope the results to your site, then use...
Retail Design Blog
Vita-Care vitamin tablets by Mpack Studio The packaging design for Vita-Care vitamin tablets was developed with the aim of attracting more...
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The packaging design for Vita-Care vitamin tablets was developed with the aim of attracting more attention from the target audience....
Product Identity
Inside the dark forests of the internet This is the second part of a series on the identity of social networks:
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Christopher Butler
The Productive Void What enabled us to create AI is the very thing it has the power to erase. I still have dozens...
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What enabled us to create AI is the very thing it has the power to erase. I still have dozens of sketchbooks, many filled with ideas for logos, layouts, and other designs. These pages don’t just capture fully realized images, albeit sketches. They capture an entire process...
Scott Jenson
Reactive Haptics When people think of haptics, they usually think of typing on mobile keyboards or tapping on...
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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...
Retail Design Blog
EMKA store EMKA Store in Salaris is a unique project by Sinitsa Bureau, spanning 250 m². The concept emerged...
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EMKA Store in Salaris is a unique project by Sinitsa Bureau, spanning 250 m². The concept emerged from a deep...
Christopher Butler
Shut up, Siri There will be no monoculture of human-computer interaction. Every day I see a new thinkpiece on...
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There will be no monoculture of human-computer interaction. Every day I see a new thinkpiece on “the post-screen future” or “UI-less design” or “the end of the click.” I even used to write things like that. But that’s because I had less experience with human-computer...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Art of Making Websites Hidde de Vries gave a great talked titled “Creativity cannot be computed” (you can checkout the...
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Hidde de Vries gave a great talked titled “Creativity cannot be computed” (you can checkout the slides or watch the video). In his slides he has lots of bullet points that attempt to define what art is, and then in the talk he spends time covering each one. Here’s a sampling of...
Retail Design Blog
The Better Chip by Studio Zak The Better Chip packaging design pays homage to the ancient tale of the Rabbit on the Moon,...
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The Better Chip packaging design pays homage to the ancient tale of the Rabbit on the Moon, reimagining the round...
UX Collective
A UX perspective on the geopolitical AI race Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
3 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Lubna restaurant by Q-BIC When Fondazione Prada was inaugurated almost a decade ago, it was evident that its glorious presence...
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When Fondazione Prada was inaugurated almost a decade ago, it was evident that its glorious presence – indeed, we’re referencing...
Christopher Butler
Dedigitization When quantum computing breaks everything. You probably know someone who still keeps essential...
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When quantum computing breaks everything. You probably know someone who still keeps essential passwords scrawled on a post-it note stuck someplace. And you’ve probably urged them to set up a password manager and shred the note for God’s sake! But what if they’re on to...
The DESK Magazine
Style is the answer to everything — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №258 Welcome back and if you're new here, welcome to DESK! In case you missed my last essay "Objects of...
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Welcome back and if you're new here, welcome to DESK! In case you missed my last essay "Objects of Affection", you can now read it here as online version. Please share it with friends or colleagues if it resonated with you. For this week, I got
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Software Pliability Quoting myself from former days on Twitter: Businesses have a mental model of what they...
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Quoting myself from former days on Twitter: Businesses have a mental model of what they do. Businesses build software to help them do it—a concrete manifestation of their mental model. A gap always exists between these two. What makes a great software business is their ability to...
Retail Design Blog
Mother’s Magic by Mihir Sheth Mother’s Magic is a premium spice brand offering a range of carefully crafted spice blends. Each...
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Mother’s Magic is a premium spice brand offering a range of carefully crafted spice blends. Each blend is made from...
Christopher Butler
The Internet Can't Discover: A Case for New Technologies The internet reflects us. But new technologies must explore the world beyond. We’ve spent more...
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The internet reflects us. But new technologies must explore the world beyond. We’ve spent more than two generations and trillions of dollars building the internet. It is, arguably, humanity’s most ambitious technological project. And yet, for all its power to process and...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Blown Away By the Unexpected A friend gave me a copy of the book “Perfect Wave” by Dave Hickey. I’ve been slowly reading through...
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A friend gave me a copy of the book “Perfect Wave” by Dave Hickey. I’ve been slowly reading through each essay and highlighting parts with my red pencil. When I got to the chapter “Cool on Cool”, this passage stood out. I want to write it down and share it: there was this...
Retail Design Blog
A Workplace in Perpetual Beta: A Design that Adapts, Inspires, and Evolves In the heart of Bengaluru, a global asset management leader envisioned more than just a workspace—it...
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Christopher Butler
AI is here. I'm doing Office Hours. Here’s why: I think we need a safe, private place to talk about what AI means for design, and...
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Here’s why: I think we need a safe, private place to talk about what AI means for design, and more broadly, the future of work. AI looms as a double-layered threat. We are right to wonder, will AI take my job? But also, we worry that talking openly about our concerns and...
Retail Design Blog
Prime Foods by W Design Bureau Prime Foods is a premium brand of high-quality marbled beef, utilizing a unique approach to...
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Prime Foods is a premium brand of high-quality marbled beef, utilizing a unique approach to fattening and raising animals in...
UX Collective
A transparency framework for AI Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Fyrtornet High-Rise Building by Wingårdhs Fyrtornet is Malmö’s new timber high-rise – a striking addition to the skyline and the final piece...
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Fyrtornet is Malmö’s new timber high-rise – a striking addition to the skyline and the final piece completing Hyllie Square....
Christopher Butler
The Interface Is Always There There’s no such thing as UI-less anything. If it’s not one of your five senses, it’s an...
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There’s no such thing as UI-less anything. If it’s not one of your five senses, it’s an interface. This might seem like a bold claim in an era obsessed with “invisible” and “UI-less” design, but consider what an interface actually is: any mediating layer between you and...
The DESK Magazine
Objects of Affection — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №257 As always, if you missed last weeks email, its now on my blog. Last week I shared my big bucket list...
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As always, if you missed last weeks email, its now on my blog. Last week I shared my big bucket list "Designs of my Dreams" with you. Feel free to forward this article to friends or colleagues if you like, its now open to everyone to read. Designs
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
UI Pace Layers Jeremy Keith, Chris Coyier, and others (see Jeremy’s post) have written about the idea of “pace...
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Jeremy Keith, Chris Coyier, and others (see Jeremy’s post) have written about the idea of “pace layers” and now I’m going to take a stab at applying it to user interface primitives. First, let’s start with a line of reasoning: Common user interface controls — such as checkboxes...
Christopher Butler
Ten Books About AI Written Before the Year 2000 This by no means a definitive list, so don’t @ me! AI is an inescapable subject. There’s obviously...
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This by no means a definitive list, so don’t @ me! AI is an inescapable subject. There’s obviously an incredible headwind behind the computing progress of the last handful of years — not to mention the usual avarice — but there has also been nearly a century of thought put...
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The Subtle Art of Designing Physical Controls for Cars Two years ago, I explored how to rethink climate controls in cars. I was frustrated by carmakers...
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Two years ago, I explored how to rethink climate controls in cars. I was frustrated by carmakers relying too heavily on touch screens and…
Christopher Butler
From Pages to Scenes The Evolution of Digital Space The metaphors we use to describe digital spaces shape how we...
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The Evolution of Digital Space The metaphors we use to describe digital spaces shape how we design them. When we moved from “pages” to “screens,” we were acknowledging a shift from static information to dynamic display. But even “screen” feels increasingly inadequate for...
Fatih Arslan
The Zettelkasten note taking methodology. My thoughts about the Zettelkasten (Slip box) note taking methodology invented by the German...
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My thoughts about the Zettelkasten (Slip box) note taking methodology invented by the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann.
Retail Design Blog
DJI flagship store by Various Associates Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store...
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Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for drone brand DJI in Shenzhen, China. Located...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Notes on Google Search Now Requiring JavaScript John Gruber has a post about how Google’s search results now require JavaScript[1]. Why? Here’s...
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John Gruber has a post about how Google’s search results now require JavaScript[1]. Why? Here’s Google: the change is intended to “better protect” Google Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam Lol, the irony. Let’s turn to JavaScript for protection, as if the...
Retail Design Blog
Kedrovka cedar milk by Maria Korneva Kedrovka is a brand of plant-based milk crafted for those who care about their health, value natural...
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Kedrovka is a brand of plant-based milk crafted for those who care about their health, value natural ingredients, and seek...
Christopher Butler
The Empty Hours AI promises to automate both work and leisure. What will we do then? In 2005, I lived high up...
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AI promises to automate both work and leisure. What will we do then? In 2005, I lived high up on a hill in Penang, from where I could literally watch the tech industry reshape the island and the nearby mainland. The common wisdom then was that automation would soon empty the...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Missed Connections Let me tell you about one of the best feelings. You have a problem. You bang your head on it for a...
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Let me tell you about one of the best feelings. You have a problem. You bang your head on it for a while. Through the banging, you formulate a string of keywords describing the problem. You put those words into a search engine. You land on a forum or a blog post and read someone...
UX Collective
Beautiful, boring, and without soul Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
AMOUAGE opens a new flagship in the historic heart of the Zhang Yuan landmark in Shanghai, China Amouage, the Omani House of High Perfumery, expands its global presence with its first Asian...
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Christopher Butler
The Testing Trap Meaningful design decisions flow from clear intent, not from data. “We don’t know what people...
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Meaningful design decisions flow from clear intent, not from data. “We don’t know what people want. We don’t even know what they do.” This confession — which so many clients never truly say but should — drives an almost compulsive need for testing and validation. Heat...
The DESK Magazine
Designs of my dreams — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №256 Many new subscribers joined over the last week, welcome everyone to DESK (: In case you missed it:...
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Many new subscribers joined over the last week, welcome everyone to DESK (: In case you missed it: In my last essay I wrote about why we are taking steps backward in a world that keeps moving forward. From vintage Instagram filters to the resurgence of vinyl records, there's
Christopher Butler
Digital Reality Digital Shock Growing Up at the Dawn of Cyberspace For those of us born around 1980, William Gibson’s...
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Growing Up at the Dawn of Cyberspace For those of us born around 1980, William Gibson’s Neuromancer might be the most prophetic novel we never read as teenagers. Published in 1984, it predicted the digital world we would inherit: a reality where human consciousness extends...
Fatih Arslan
My first lighting design: Block Lamp After designing a few gadget-related projects, I decided to take on a new challenge: designing a...
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After designing a few gadget-related projects, I decided to take on a new challenge: designing a lightning from scratch. Lightning is an area of fascination for me. I have an ongoing draft post about the various designer lamps in my home that I plan to publish soon. In the...
Retail Design Blog
Nanobébé Offices by Switchup Switchup designed Nanobébé’s office with a focus on simplicity, natural light, and glass dividers,...
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Switchup designed Nanobébé’s office with a focus on simplicity, natural light, and glass dividers, creating a modern, collaborative space that...