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Ryan Mulligan
Creating Time For my birthday, my partner put together the sweetest, most thoughtful surprise I could ever...
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For my birthday, my partner put together the sweetest, most thoughtful surprise I could ever imagine. She recognized that I had been in a complete creative rut the previous year. I'd complain that I work too much, play too little. I'm too tired. Way too busy. This, that, and the...
The DESK Magazine
Breaking the algorithm The world wants to tell you what to think about, what to be interested in, what to learn, what to...
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over a year ago
The world wants to tell you what to think about, what to be interested in, what to learn, what to pursue, what to worry about. And it's easier to let it.
Scott Jenson
Design can be free As consumer devices get ‘smart’, they tend to sprout a large number push buttons. It’s almost cliche...
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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...
Oykun
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon You don't need the perfectly systemized...
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My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon You don't need the perfectly systemized plan to have a successfull business. Focus on giving the best service possible to the small number of people and improve/invent as you get feedback. Don't fear to be
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Smooth Shadow "Make a smooth css shadow "
over a year ago
The personal website...
What it means to design a platform After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of...
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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...
The DESK Magazine
The best designers are artists As a young designer, I would have done everything to convince you that designers are not artists.
over a year ago
Oykun
3 skills that will get you ahead ~90% of Designers in 2023 Technical skills will get you so far in Design. You need to focus on soft skills such as...
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Technical skills will get you so far in Design. You need to focus on soft skills such as Communication, Time Management if you want to grow and stand out.
The DESK Magazine
Tutorial: How to make an illustration & animation portfolio with Carbonmade Some portfolios look so good, you can't imagine how they did it. They must have hired a developer...
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Some portfolios look so good, you can't imagine how they did it. They must have hired a developer and worked for hours on the design.
Oykun
"Thank You" letter to Designers for 2022 Dear Designer, You have done an amazing job this year! Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you...
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Dear Designer, You have done an amazing job this year! Maybe you didn’t achieve everything you wanted. Go easy on yourself. Design is hard! You are expected to touch everything from stating business problems to communicating your solutions to developers, stakeholders. You work...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Quest for the best black paint: Gouache, acrylic, india ink, pastel & more compared I love adding black backgrounds, borders, or other large areas of black to my artwork! In the past I...
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I love adding black backgrounds, borders, or other large areas of black to my artwork! In the past I mostly used India ink because it’s affordable, easy to use, and easy to find in stores. But now I'm curious if I can find something better. I tested and compared 14 different...
Identity Designed
The Other House Designed by DesignStudio, London.
over a year ago
Fonts In Use – Blog...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer movie titles Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: annyas.com License: All Rights Reserved....
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Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: annyas.com License: All Rights Reserved. “Rankin/Bass present” is lettering based on Weiß-Initialen Serie II, or Weiss Initials Series II, with the alternate forms for A and E, rendered bolder, with rough contours and a bouncing...
Identity Designed
Ryuko Designed by Blok Design, Toronto.
over a year ago
The personal website...
The micromanager's dilemma Here’s a riddle: Nobody I’ve ever worked with likes micromanagement. Yet, on every team I’ve been...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here’s a riddle: Nobody I’ve ever worked with likes micromanagement. Yet, on every team I’ve been on, there is at least one micromanager. How is this possible? Harvard Business Review says, “Micromanage at Your Peril.” Forbes says “Micromanaging is one of the most damaging habits...
The Turn Signal RSS...
How Apple and Google Are Taking Over the In-Car User Experience Ever since the introduction of the iPhone and Apple App Store in 2007 and 2008, our digital lives...
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over a year ago
Ever since the introduction of the iPhone and Apple App Store in 2007 and 2008, our digital lives center around apps. These are available…
The DESK Magazine
What makes me a designer? This question crossed my mind enough times recently that I went into the DESK archives to find my...
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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.
Nela Dunato Art &...
Messy recycled mixed media sketchbook tour video I recently completed my recycled sketchbook that I've been using for messy mixed media experiments....
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I recently completed my recycled sketchbook that I've been using for messy mixed media experiments. I originally used this notebook as my intention journal, and then painted or collaged over the text and turned it into an anti-perfectionist mixed media “junk journal”. It's a...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Why is open source software so badly designed? “It could have been so great, but why is it so ugly and difficult to use?” people trying open...
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Why is open source software so badly designed? “It could have been so great, but why is it so ugly and difficult to use?” people trying open...
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
The future of blogging I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post...
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I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
The future of blogging I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post...
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I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
The personal website...
Ballet dancers and shot putters Starting a career in design is like crash-landing on Mars. You may have studied it through a...
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over a year ago
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...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
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...
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
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...
over a year ago
The personal website...
Generative art Open Graph preview images I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when...
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over a year ago
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....
Koos Looijesteijn -...
How to pick the least wrong colors I do have a formal design education, but I can very much relate with Matthew’s feeling incompetent...
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I do have a formal design education, but I can very much relate with Matthew’s feeling incompetent and love how he managed to turn a ton of research into an algorithm.
Fonts In Use – Blog...
The Exorcist movie titles Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. License: All Rights Reserved....
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Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. License: All Rights Reserved. License: All Rights Reserved. The Exorcist is a 1973 horror film directed by William Friedkin based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name. The story focuses...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
LOADMORE "loadmo.re is a mobile-websites showcase initiated by DVTK. The curation was initially based on our...
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"loadmo.re is a mobile-websites showcase initiated by DVTK. The curation was initially based on our own selection and is now meant to grow through submissions from our online community. From its earliest days, digital design practice has been focused on creating interfaces for...
Ryan Mulligan
Layout Breakouts with CSS Grid A post about the layout you're looking at right now The previous structure of this page layout was...
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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...
Fonts In Use – Blog...
Reclaiming the City, Reclaiming Words: Póli Gynaikón – City of Women Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou Photo: Maria Paganopoulou. Delfys Feminist Archive,...
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Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou Photo: Maria Paganopoulou. Delfys Feminist Archive, Athens. License: All Rights Reserved. Covers of the magazine Póli Ginaikón Marsha Rowe, editor of the groundbreaking feminist magazine Spare Rib, famously recalled: “Suddenly, words...
The DESK Magazine
Make it invisible Our approach to building products may seem counterintuitive. Our goal is to make a product so good,...
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Our approach to building products may seem counterintuitive. Our goal is to make a product so good, you don't think about the product at all.
Identity Designed
Atypical Designed by Behalf, Saigon.
over a year ago
The personal website...
Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design Has design become boring? A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the Cultural Tutor) has been...
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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...
The DESK Magazine
The anesthetization of beauty They were all over the internet: Images of deep space, revealing thousands of distant galaxies,...
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They were all over the internet: Images of deep space, revealing thousands of distant galaxies, twinkling in vivid detail. They were beautiful. Full-spectrum color. Never seen before – except they were.
The Turn Signal RSS...
Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction...
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I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction on driver distraction, into concrete…
Oykun
Design Process is Messy! as it should be. Meticulously structured design courses are valuable. Study them, learn them, but if you ever get...
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Meticulously structured design courses are valuable. Study them, learn them, but if you ever get overwhelmed (and you will), bear in mind that the real work environments are not that strict, you will have room to break the rules you learned, explore and make your own rules.
The DESK Magazine
The last house standing "Only crazy people attempt to start their own company."
over a year ago
Oykun
Stop charging hourly! Start charging for the Value! Money has always been an uncomfortable topic to talk about, especially for us creatives. We value...
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Money has always been an uncomfortable topic to talk about, especially for us creatives. We value our creation, get satisfaction from the process and the result so much that we often do not really give the importance it deserves to this money topic. I have been designing for many...
Ryan Mulligan
The Infinite Marquee The deprecated tag The HTML <marquee> element had blessed (cursed?) the early days of the internet...
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The deprecated tag The HTML <marquee> element had blessed (cursed?) the early days of the internet with the ability to insert scrolling text onto a webpage. It even included options to control text behavior once it reached the end of its container with a handful of attributes....
Identity Designed
CleanO2 Designed by Ordinary Things, San Francisco.
over a year ago
The DESK Magazine
Our favorite portfolios launched with Semplice in July 2022 Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are...
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Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are the best of the best, chosen by yours truly from hundreds of beautiful submissions
The Turn Signal RSS...
Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction? In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That...
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In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That is very different from a new car today…
The DESK Magazine
"You've been banned." The internet was the single most important part of my early teenage years. I know, it sounds a bit...
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The internet was the single most important part of my early teenage years. I know, it sounds a bit dramatic, but I'm serious when I say this.
Koos Looijesteijn -...
CSS background patterns I love how much we can do with CSS today, without loading a single picture.
over a year ago
The DESK Magazine
Dos and don'ts for creating a motion design portfolio For an animator or motion designer, a portfolio is a must.
over a year ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
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...
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"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...
The DESK Magazine
Why we built an anti-social tool This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to...
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This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to me, I found it fitting to share here with you.