The five best design links, every weekday

Tuesday02/25

1

aresluna.org

The hardest working font in Manhattan

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

2

vietgd.com

Vietnamese graphic design

A casual index, archive, and celebration of Vietnamese graphic design.

3

patrickbrosset.com

Navigating the web platform cheatsheet

Keep track of what you can use, what's new in web browsers, and ways you can influence the development of the platform.

4

signs-ai.com

Signs AI: learn and contribute to American Sign Language

Learn ASL through interactive AI or contribute with videos.

5

oddbird.net

Reimagining fluid typography

For many years, it has been ‘best practice’ to use relative units (especially em and rem) for sizing text. But are we responding to the right inputs?

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Monday02/24

1

doc.cc

It’s time for design to think less and feel more

By embracing sensitivity over logic, designers can learn from old masters and create new solutions that reconnect to us being humans.

2

nathanbeck.eu

Arresting reality

An article about seeking the sublime in the everyday.

3

figma.com

Figma plugin: pixelated censor

Create a pixelated censor effect on any layer in Figma.

4

karuna.dev

Colormaxxing

A short post that compares the classic sRGB colors with a ‘stronger’ version of them in the P3 color space.

5

reactiive.io

Checkbox interactions: the beauty of layout animations

A practical example of how layout transitions can create complex animations with minimal code.

Friday02/21

1

frontendmasters.com

Optimizing images for web performance

Serving images in the right format, from a CDN, with the right HTML can be a big performance win.

2

maggieappleton.com

Humanity’s last exam

There’s a clear need for harder benchmarks to measure model performance against.

3

liquid.paper.design

Turn your logo into liquid metal

A simple tool where you can play with dispersion, liquify, and other effects.

4

kanenarraway.com

AI killed the tech interview. Now what?

How we can do better interviews in the age of AI.

5

illo.tv

Case study: Samsung illustration system

Vibrant colors, gradients and dynamic layouts — as well as quirky tiny reactions motivating wellness audiences around the world.

Thursday02/20

1

uxdesign.cc

The design game has changed and I don’t know where I fit anymore

After two decades in the industry, this designer is now questioning their place.

2

desktopofsamuel.com

OKLCH, explained for designers

OKLCH is a new color space that improves design and development with a wider color gamut.

3

jon.bo

Thoughts on daylight computer

A piece of hardware that makes you want to go outside instead of keeping you trapped inside.

4

qntm.org

Developer philosophy

Avoid, at all costs, arriving at a scenario where the ground-up rewrite starts to look attractive.

5

youtube.com

Doesn't it feel like the end?

Music video by director Jon Rafman for James Blake nails the feeling of not knowing what's real anymore.

Wednesday02/19

1

emojis.com

AI emoji generator

Turn ideas into emojis, and generate your favorite Slack or Discord emojis with just one click.

2

weeks.ginatrapani.org

My life in weeks

An interactive visualization of Gina Trapani's life; each week alive is a little box.

3

leszinc.fr

Rebranding the Eiffel Tower

New visual identity explores its historical significance, evolution, and strategies for maintaining its iconic status in the modern era.

4

postspark.app

PostSpark: beautify your screenshots

Quickly create nice-looking screenshots for social media with customizable backgrounds, browser frames, aspect ratios, borders, and more.

5

smashingmagazine.com

Time to first byte: beyond server response time

Time to First Byte (TTFB) is crucial, but improving it requires more than tweaking server response time.

Tuesday02/18

1

spyglass.org

The great AI UI unification

Imagine this: an input box with no options. You simply type something and ChatGPT figures out your intent. Shocking huh.

2

mistic100.github.io

Tinygradient

A simple gradient generator. Just that.

3

tetralogical.com

XR accessibility: for people with moving disabilities

How Extended Reality (XR) experiences can consider alternative input methods for people who can’t move.

4

desperate-ux-portfolio.framer.website

A desperate UX portfolio

A creative UX portfolio blending heartbreak, hustle, and humor to guilt-trip recruiters into making a hire.

5

smashingmagazine.com

How to test and measure content in UX

A few simple techniques to assess how users understand and perceive content.

Monday02/17

1

bit.ly

Senior level CSS developers are so much more than syntax expertsSponsored

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2

design.google

YouTube’s new red

How Google modernized YouTube’s iconic red hue with accessibility and motion design in mind.

3

creativeapplications.net

Time, weather, and the many worlds

By means of image and word—‘Tempo e Tempo’ investigates the juxtaposition of time and weather to search for a world where many worlds are possible.

4

patternclub.io

Pattern club

A collection of patterns, textures & visuals from designers & illustrators.

5

draganbabic.com

How do we sell product design when no one is buying?

The obvious answer to this question is that you don’t. But for the sake of argument, let’s try to think through a few options.

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