The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/10/21

medium.com

Taking the Equality Conversation to Emoji

People often ask us how emoji are created and how they get into our phones. As a designer and a product manager working on Android, one of the things we strive for, is to give users the best text experiences, which of course includes emoji.

backchannel.com

How the Web Became Unreadable

I thought my eyesight was beginning to go. It turns out, I'm suffering from design. I t's been getting harder for me to read things on my phone and my laptop. I've caught myself squinting and holding the screen closer to my face. I've worried that my eyesight is starting to go.

behance.net

Uber Visual Identity Redesign

In February 2016, we launched a new dynamic visual identity to reflect the ongoing evolution of Uber.In 2010, Uber launched as a way for 100 friends in San Francisco to get luxury rides-everyone's private driver. Today, we're a transportation network sp...

gt-america.com

GT America Typeface

GT America builds a bridge between the American Gothic and European Grotesque typeface genres. It combines design features from both traditions and unites them in a contemporary family. The versatile system consists of eighty-four styles across six widths and seven weights. Exclusively available at Grilli Type.

medium.com

Is Figma For Us?

Figma, a collaborative interface design tool that's been public for two weeks now, has been gaining heaps of praise from the design community at large. Since its release, my Twitter feed has been littered with reviews, opinions, and proclamations that it's ready to unseat Sketch as the industry standard tool for designing interfaces.