The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/10/13

medium.com

Can technology help us navigate a complicated political system?

When's the last time you took action on an issue you cared about? For me, it's almost never. While I am constantly oversaturated with articles and opinions on social media, I rarely see a way to take action on the issues that matter most.

medium.com

Logo Design: Creative Stages

Logos are perhaps as vital and crucial for marketing success of a brand or company as appearance is important for the first meeting with a client or employer. It's much easier to get a job you want, make friends or partnerships if you are a person of substance and have something memorable in your identity.

nytimes.com

Brutalism Is Back

Architectural fashions go in and out of style with disorienting alacrity. What is one era's style is the next era's eyesore, and in the midst of a demolition binge, a new generation learns to appreciate, often too late, what is disappearing. In that sense, the Brutalist revival is welcome.

lukew.com

Video: Obvious Always Wins

LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.

npr.org

What's With All Of The 'Hairy Arms' In Graphic Design?

The term "hairy arms" is used in the world of graphic design and illustration. But what does that mean? Melissa Block talks to graphic designer Jessica Frease about the industry lingo. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: When Jessica Frease was in art school, she kept hearing a strange phrase - hairy arms. It's one that's followed her throughout her career in graphic design.