The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/11/11

logodesignlove.com

The symbolism of Japan's prefectural flags

The bureaucratic administration of Japan is divided into three basic levels; national, prefectural and municipal. Below the national level are 47 parts, or prefectures, and the minimalist symbolism in the prefectural flags is appealing, with most designs incorporating highly stylised letters from the Japanese writing system. Flag of Fukuoka.

hackingui.com

Election 2016 - As seen on Dribbble

This definitely has been the weirdest, dirtiest and most fascinating presidential race in recent memory, if not in the entire history of the United States. We collected a few of the gems that designers shared on Dribbble throughout this crazy ride. Excited Trump! Excited Hillary!

zurb.com

You're Thinking Too Big: Create Impact with Microinteractions

Two products hit the market. Feature wise, they're nearly identical and they are competing pretty closely on price as well. The difference, though, is that people love using one of them and want to pull their hair out every time they use the other.

vanschneider.com

Trading Design for Something else than Money?

They called it For Design, and Semplice proudly sponsored their trip to make sure they have the tools they need. Now they're back, so we reached out to see how things went and see what's up next for this ambitious design duo. The idea was simple.

chatbotsmagazine.com

Designing a chatbot’s personality

This past weekend, my friends and I released Emoji Salad as part of the first annual Emojicon. Emoji Salad is an SMS-based chatbot game, which allows you and your friends to play a Pictionary-style game using emoji. If you haven't checked it out, please check it out here .

medium.com

A Study on Usability: Coffee Meets Bagel, a Dating App for Young Professionals

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Coffee Meets Bagel. I'm a product designer who aims to improve the matchmaking process on Coffee Meets Bagel. Enter dating in 2016: a series of swipes and digital nods to one another.

medium.com

Designing Harmonious Typography and Grids

What size should your fonts be? Do you need to use a grid? And what about vertical rhythm? I'm going to outline a process for answering all of those questions, speeding up the time it takes to arrive at consistent typography that matches your grid system, and minimizes thrashing.