Best album covers of all time
Album art communicate visually the mood of the music. Here are the best album covers of all time, each one a piece of art in its own right.
Tuesday12/03
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15 lessons from 15 years of indie app development
I was fascinated with the idea that you can build something that other people will find useful and enjoy using...
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Advent of code 2024
An advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like.
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The European Accessibility Act – get ready!
What the EAA covers, whether you need to comply, EAA timelines, EAA enforcement, & EAA exceptions.
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The digital soul of tomorrow’s cars
Cars are evolving into smart ecosystems, driven by UX innovation, with much to learn from the success stories of leading Chinese brands.
Monday12/02
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Strategy is not war; it’s gardening
When most people think of strategy, they think of war.
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Dotted maps generator
Create vector dotted maps with custom options and download them as SVG or PNG files.
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Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact)
If users don’t use a future that requires a lot of energy and water, that’s wasteful. Making such features opt-in is the right thing to do.
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Friday11/29
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Old alt text advice
I originally wrote this advice between 2010-2014. I still refer to it and decided it needed an update and a new home.
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Inside Design at Carl Friedrik
Carl Friedrik was founded in London by Swedish brothers Niklas and Mattis Oppermann with an aim to make high-quality leather and travel goods.
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Brand makes you buyable
77% of VCs believe branding significantly impacts their perception of a start-up’s potential and is a key factor in funding decisions.
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Frosted glass from games to the web
Crafting beautiful HTML glass UI inspired by AAA game development.
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Future Relics exhibition
Six designers reimagine Renaissance artefacts for Future Relics exhibition.
Thursday11/28
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Announcing Pace Layers
The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century.
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Information patterns and narrative structures in content
10 patterns to structure your content for understanding, engagement, and effectiveness - and a matrix to help you choose the right one.
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Apple reveals finalists for the 2024 App Store Awards
Today, Apple revealed 45 app and game finalists for the 2024 App Store Awards.
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Firefox’s future-proof branding identity by Ramotion
Discover how Ramotion redefined Firefox’s branding and visual identity, creating a scalable and cohesive design system with the familiar look.
Wednesday11/27
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Shipping is capturing value
A project is shipped when the important people at your company believe it is shipped.
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How to survive a client meeting when they say ‘Make It Pop’
You’ve probably heard the three little words that can strike terror into the hearts of even the most seasoned creatives: “Make it pop.”
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Design System: from scratch or from the shelf?
How do you decide what to use for your design system?
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On not using copilot
A lot of accomplished, productive engineers use them. Adaptability is important for software engineers. Why not dive in?
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A framework for evaluating browser support
Lots of exciting new features have been landing in CSS recently, and it can be tough trying to figure out if they’re safe to use or not.
Tuesday11/26
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Why don’t you move abroad?
An Indian’s answer from the Heart instead of the Mind.
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The making of the Figma pattern library
UI3 prompted us to rebuild our own design system from the ground up.
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Rive app animation
Multiple state machine layers that wait on the 'page loaded' signal from Webflow and then have build in animations followed by looping states.
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You are all wrong about the Jaguar rebrand
Jaguar’s recent rebrand has ignited a fiery debate online, with critics calling it the death knell of a legacy automaker.
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Society drives how we build products, create brands, and design experiences
If a brand is more important than the product, then is the experience more important than the brand?
Monday11/25
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A lesson from the US: identity is complex
Amid the cavalcade of commentators, we’ve heard enough from the experts, the pollsters, the politicians. It’s time a design journalist weighed in.
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The beauty of building
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
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Pixelart icons
486 open-source line pixel-art style icons, in one color and made with a 24x24px grid by Gerrit Halfmann.
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