The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2017/04/19

fontsinuse.com

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. album cover review

The cover of Kendrick Lamar's new album, DAMN., is very basic: A four-letter word and a period set on top of a photo of Lamar with the requisite parental advisory labeling. Many people have criticized the stark simplicity of the composition, but one of the designers involved, Vla...

blog.invisionapp.com

Are personas ruining your product?

Personas are a fundamental part of a UX designer's toolkit-and they help design teams make decisions knowing that they're solving the right problems for the right person. But are they as useful as we think? Do personas create a false sense of security?

aneventapart.com

An Event Apart: The conference for web & interaction professionals.Sponsored

Over its 20 years of life, CSS has always had a layout-shaped hole in its center, one that's about to be filled. In order to fill that smartly, design systems become more critical than ever. See two outstanding talks addressing these topics.

google.com

The New Google Earth

Explore the far reaches of the world, right in your browser.

deardesignstudent.com

Lessons we accidentally learned while running a design shop

A long long time ago, a potential client knocked on the door. That's how long ago it was; people still came by and knocked. When I opened the door he said, "I need to hire a designer. I'm a friend of...