The five best design links, every weekday

Friday06/27

1

genius.cat-v.org

What problems to solve

No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.

2

atlaspuplabs.com

Liquid Glass, but in CSS

"I wonder if CSS can do that". It turns out, yes, with great effort, it can.

3

curbed.com

Zohran Mamdani’s logo looked nothing like a logo

The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign for mayor of New York City.

4

arun.is

Aesthetics over upgrades

With devices lasting longer, I now have the unique opportunity to hold on to older designs I love the most.

5

productparty.us

Should we root for AI?

Why pressing the gas on AI adoption might be the most human thing we can do - or our biggest professional blind spot.

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Thursday06/26

1

uxdesign.cc

The broken rhetoric of AI

A detox guide for designers navigating today’s AI discourse.

2

gist.github.com

Falsehoods programmers believe about time, in a single list

If you think you understand everything about time, you're probably doing it wrong.

3

lesswrong.com

The stakes of AI moral status

Can AIs be moral patients? If so, what sorts of AIs?

4

theturnsignalblog.com

A UX review of Peugeot’s new interior

Does Peugeot’s software match the excellent hardware?

5

digitalseams.com

The AI lifestyle subsidy is going to end

Or, why your digital experiences are about to get worse.

Wednesday06/25

1

nightingaledvs.com

A garden of sleep

Tracking the emotional distance between two bedtimes—an experimental dataviz project.

2

formia.so

Formia

Convert a 2D shape into 3D in seconds.

3

ericwbailey.website

Quality is a trap

It is a proxy phrase, often born of an inability or unwillingness to articulate other concerns.

4

benholliday.com

Good design is imagination and inspiration

Why the world needs more imagination, inspiration and reinvention to make progress.

5

newsletter.weskao.com

Delete these words and improve your writing forever

Before you hit “send,” delete these words from your writing. Your message will be stronger for it.

Tuesday06/24

1

brooker.co.za

Career advice, or something like it

If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.

2

monotype.com

Human Types: AI & typography

Monotype's report: the interplay between humans and machines in typography and graphic design.

3

benanderson.work

Agentic search for dummies

A simple, effective baseline for building AI search agents.

4

collected.to

Collected: portfolio template

Clean, free and easy to use portfolio website helping visual creators showcase their work. Built with Next.js and Sanity.

5

coforma.io

Design for assistive tech

Workflows and best practices for creating scannable web content that works with assistive technology.

Monday06/23

1

bit.ly

Import your AI generated designs into FigmaSponsored

The html.to.design Chrome extension now detects designs from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and more — importing them into Figma in a single click.

2

youtube.com

Death of a fantastic machine

How economic forces have shaped what we see, from the earliest photography to the algorithms and AI of today.

3

hvpandya.com

AI and state of software dev

Thoughts on AI’s current penetration, deep value delivery and human partnership on the left and right side of code.

4

kurppahosk.com

Case study: Nike design system co-creation

The design system that would one day become the Nike Podium Design System.

5

lucumr.pocoo.org

We can just measure things

Using programming agents to measure measuring developer productivity.

Friday06/20

1

mynameisjehad.com

Approaching AI as a design leader

How AI can help remove the burden of administrative work and transform non-administrative work for customers.

2

nngroup.com

Designing for serial task switching

A natural user behavior that lowers productivity and increases stress and the chance of errors.

3

vystery.com

Vystery

Unveil the mystery image, one click at a time (game).

4

garden.bradwoods.io

Sphere & mesh

How to animate a mesh across the surface of a sphere using three.js and GSAP.

5

martinfowler.com

Expert generalists

Being an Expert Generalist should be treated as a first-class skill, one that can be assessed and taught.

Thursday06/19

1

ingrids.space

What Google Translate can tell us about vibecoding

Turns out the number of jobs for translators and interpreters has actually been increasing.

2

openaifiles.org

The OpenAI files

The most comprehensive collection to date of documented concerns with governance practices, leadership integrity, and organizational culture.

3

fastcompany.com

Where the design jobs are now

FastCompany's guide to who’s hiring right now, and what they’re looking for.

4

spectrum.ieee.org

Why JPEGs still rule the web

Thirty years ago, the JPEG became the dominant way we share digital photos on the Internet.

5

80000hours.org

How not to lose your job to AI

An essay on the skills AI will make more valuable, and the potential paths forward.

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