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MALLOW yogurt by Kate Minchenok MALLOW (in Russian МЭЛЛОУ) yogurt is a cultured dairy product that invites you to share delightful...
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MALLOW (in Russian МЭЛЛОУ) yogurt is a cultured dairy product that invites you to share delightful moments and discover new...
Christopher Butler
Single-function Devices in the World of the Everything Machine What we lost when everything became a phone, and when the phone became everything. In 2001, I took...
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What we lost when everything became a phone, and when the phone became everything. In 2001, I took a train from Providence to Detroit. What should have been a 12-hour journey stretched into 34 when we got caught in a Buffalo blizzard. As the train sat buried in rapidly...
Retail Design Blog
Roots by F/Agency Roots — a retailer offering healthy, farm-fresh, and natural products. The project involves adapting...
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Roots — a retailer offering healthy, farm-fresh, and natural products. The project involves adapting one of Russia’s largest grocery chains...
Christopher Butler
The Best Interfaces We Never Built Five fictional interface concepts that could reshape how humans and machines interact. Every piece...
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Five fictional interface concepts that could reshape how humans and machines interact. Every piece of technology is an interface. Though the word has come to be a shorthand for what we see and use on a screen, an interface is anything that connects two or more things together....
Retail Design Blog
Lights&Shadows by Modern World Studio We developed the complete design for the Lights & Shadows project—a selection of 12 organic...
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We developed the complete design for the Lights & Shadows project—a selection of 12 organic teas—from naming and original illustrations...
Christopher Butler
The Designer's Hierarchy of Career Needs Why compensation, edification, and recognition aren’t equally important—and getting the order wrong...
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Why compensation, edification, and recognition aren’t equally important—and getting the order wrong can derail your career. Success is subjective. It means many things to many different people. But I think there is a general model that anyone can use to build a design...
Retail Design Blog
Nuqa by Laia Fusté Studio Nuqa, bridging timeless heritage and a boldly redesigned identity In the heart of the Middle East...
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Nuqa, bridging timeless heritage and a boldly redesigned identity In the heart of the Middle East and North Africa, where...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2025 June 7 A new book. First pages are always hit or miss. I cannot unsee the face in the building to...
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A new book. First pages are always hit or miss. I cannot unsee the face in the building to the left. Peeking face is not me, but Nostradamus. The doom signals of 2025 are many and unrelenting. They can’t all be true, so it’s clear someone wants a frightened...
Retail Design Blog
Tequila SeisCuatro by Francisco Cázares Zermeño Tequila SeisCuatro “Where Greatness Resurfaces” In the sacred heart of Jalisco’s highlands, where...
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Tequila SeisCuatro “Where Greatness Resurfaces” In the sacred heart of Jalisco’s highlands, where ancient legends whisper through emerald agave fields,...
Christopher Butler
Why Embodied AI is the Red Line We Cannot Cross We must not give AI bodies. If the researchers who created AI are right, our future existence...
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We must not give AI bodies. If the researchers who created AI are right, our future existence depends upon it. If you have been keeping up with the progress of AI, you may have come across the AI 2027 report produced by the AI Futures Project, a forecast group composed of...
Retail Design Blog
Mioro by Dozen Agency BUONGIORNO, SIGNORI AND MIORO! We were inspired by the inviting aroma of coffee as we accepted...
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BUONGIORNO, SIGNORI AND MIORO! We were inspired by the inviting aroma of coffee as we accepted Silpo’s assignment to develop...
Christopher Butler
The Art Secret Behind All Great Design Composition Speaks Before Content When I was a young child, I would often pull books off of my...
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Composition Speaks Before Content When I was a young child, I would often pull books off of my father’s shelf and stare at their pages. In a clip from a 1987 home video that has established itself in our family canon — my father opens our apartment door, welcoming my newborn...
Retail Design Blog
C’ME power bank by ONEBOOK DESIGN “Instant power, C’ME is awesome” C’me is to keep you visible and online at any time! Whether it is...
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“Instant power, C’ME is awesome” C’me is to keep you visible and online at any time! Whether it is an...
The Turn Signal RSS...
A UX Review of Peugeot’s New Interior: When Design Ambition Meets Software Reality The Panorama i-Cockpit is the latest iteration of the i-Cockpit that debuted in the 2012 Peugeot...
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Christopher Butler
PAC – Personal Ambient Computing The next evolution of personal computing won’t replace your phone — it will free computing from any...
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The next evolution of personal computing won’t replace your phone — it will free computing from any single device. Like most technologists of a certain age, many of my expectations for the future of computing were set by Star Trek production designers. It’s quite easy to...
Retail Design Blog
Junshanye × Googol by 古戈品牌 Unlocking the Code of Eastern Beauty in National Tea Where Mountains and Waters Sing in Harmony...
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Unlocking the Code of Eastern Beauty in National Tea Where Mountains and Waters Sing in Harmony Nature holds the secrets...
Christopher Butler
Why AI Makes Craft More Valuable, Not Less For the past twenty to thirty years, the creative services industry has pursued a strategy of...
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For the past twenty to thirty years, the creative services industry has pursued a strategy of elevating the perceived value of knowledge work over production work. Strategic thinking became the premium offering, while actual making was reframed as “tactical” and “commoditized.”...
Retail Design Blog
Noise Beer by Kate Minchenok Noise Beer is a collection of craft and dark beers whose visual identity is inspired by the noise...
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Noise Beer is a collection of craft and dark beers whose visual identity is inspired by the noise music genre...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2025 May 25 Many Grids I’ve been making very small collages, trying to challenge myself to create new...
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Many Grids I’ve been making very small collages, trying to challenge myself to create new patterns and new ways of connecting form and creating space. Well, are we? The last page in a book I started last year.
Retail Design Blog
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...
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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.
4 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...