The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/10/05

kickstarter.com

Subform: A modern tool for digital product designers

General Reactives is raising funds for Subform: A modern tool for digital product designers on Kickstarter! Subform is CAD-inspired design tool for Mac and Windows, focused on the unique constraints of user interface design.

medium.com

A Technical Follow-Up: How We Built the World's Prettiest Auto-Generated Transit Maps

The idea itself is hardly new: Google launched their transit maps almost six years ago. But it turns out it's quite the problem to solve, and Google (even after all these years) still can't generate very pretty, or even very useful transit maps. So how did we manage it?

blog.pixate.com

Saying farewell to Pixate (and looking to the future)

thedesignteam.io

Halloween Costumes for Designers

Puns, slang, and other dorky ideas to get you ready for trick-or-treating.

writingcooperative.com

How to Write like a Graphic Designer

Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I've spent the last four years sitting next to graphic designers, watching them work, collaborating on projects, marveling at the beauty of what they make. I am jealous of their talents. Writing is not a visual medium.