corpus.blog
41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b64712655", "title": "A Design System is not perfect (and it doesn't have to be)", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/design-system-not-perfect-and-it-doesnt-have-be/", "published_at": "2023-11-03T08:13:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b651463b5", "title": "A true designer creates interactive prototypes", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/true-designer-creates-interactive-prototypes/", "published_at": "2023-10-19T08:26:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b65fd0fc4", "title": "Microblog: The Nielsen Norman Group has conducted research on the utility of the popular 'Dark mode' and concludes that offering this mode is not necessary in most cases.", "url": "https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dark-mode-users-issues/", "published_at": "2023-09-26T07:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b66d2d7c9", "title": "Why and when to use SVG images", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/why-and-when-use-svg-images/", "published_at": "2023-09-24T06:40:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b67047043", "title": "Microblog: Nicolas Bouliane had to fill out a monstrosity of a PDF form to register his address in Berlin. So, he created a user-friendly online form tool.", "url": "https://allaboutberlin.com/docs/anmeldung", "published_at": "2023-09-21T15:01:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b671f64d2", "title": "Microblog: Bas Wallet argues that some countries are feminine (such as the Netherlands), while others are masculine (such as the United States), and that you can see this reflected in design expressions, such as the visual design of television programs.", "url": "https://uxdesign.cc/why-are-cnn-fox-and-us-websites-visually-so-aggressive-efe99270bc5b", "published_at": "2023-09-20T07:17:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b675db3a5", "title": "Microblog: Inspiration for beautifully designed presentations or decks.", "url": "https://deck.gallery/", "published_at": "2023-09-18T07:24:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b681b3ea5", "title": "Microblog: Andy Buddy outlines the history of the web/UI/UX/product designer.", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/historical-context-ux-ui-product-design-andy-budd/", "published_at": "2023-09-16T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b687924fb", "title": "Microblog: Ryan Holiday shares 38 rules about reading.", "url": "https://ryanholiday.net/these-38-reading-rules-changed-my-life/", "published_at": "2023-09-16T05:37:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b694f9b7c", "title": "Microblog: Discussion on Hackernews about Design Systems from different countries.", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37459341", "published_at": "2023-09-16T05:36:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6a4de239", "title": "Microblog: Free web-based AI tool that allows you to 'demix' songs.", "url": "https://freemusicdemixer.com/", "published_at": "2023-09-16T05:32:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6ac7c489", "title": "Microblog: On Hackernews, an interesting discussion is taking place about 'realistic' web design inspiration, where websites such as Pixelfika, Siteinspire, CSSline, Admire The Web, and Mobbin are being recommended.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/hackernews-interesting-discussion-taking-place-about-realistic-web-design-inspiration-where/", "published_at": "2023-08-28T08:58:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6bbbb33c", "title": "Microblog: Adam Silver provides good arguments why you shouldn't use tooltips and what possible alternatives are.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/adam-silver-provides-good-arguments-why-you-shouldnt-use-tooltips-and-what-possible-alternatives/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6c570739", "title": "Microblog: A beautiful collection of the logo trends in 2023.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/beautiful-collection-logo-trends-2023/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6cd8e4a6", "title": "Microblog: The rebranding of Team GB by thisaway is a beautiful example of maximalism. A welcome departure from the sleek, simplistic (but also boring?) minimalism.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/rebranding-team-gb-thisaway-beautiful-example-maximalism-welcome-departure-sleek-simplistic-also/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6d6bd187", "title": "Stop following the news", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/stop-following-news/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6dfe2382", "title": "Microblog: Flowbite icons offers a set of over 400 free SVG icons.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/flowbite-icons-offers-set-over-400-free-svg-icons/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6e2f6468", "title": "Microblog: svghub is a collection of SVG squiggles, scribbles and shapes you can use to enrich your designs.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/svghub-collection-svg-squiggles-scribbles-and-shapes-you-can-use-enrich-your-designs/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6e5ad9ab", "title": "Microblog: Archives.design is an archive with (mainly retro) graphic design-related books. Handy for finding inspiration.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/archivesdesign-archive-mainly-retro-graphic-design-related-books-handy-finding-inspiration/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6ea12776", "title": "Microblog: David Heinemeier Hanson, CTO at 37 Signals, argues in his blog that is Figma is a cool tool to do some sketching, but when you design for the web you ultimately do this with HTML, CSS and Javascript.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/david-heinemeier-hanson-cto-37-signals-argues-his-blog-figma-cool-tool-do-some-sketching-when-you/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6f8eda33", "title": "Microblog: Freefaces.gallery is a collection of free fonts. I really like Outward.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/freefacesgallery-collection-free-fonts-i-really-outward/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6fae6fa3", "title": "Microblog: Interesting approach by Chris How of Clearleft to start in a spreadsheet when doing a redesign. He shares a method to first index the current content (text and images) and base design choices for the new design on this index.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/interesting-approach-chris-how-clearleft-start-spreadsheet-when-doing-redesign-he-shares-method/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b6fe96fa6", "title": "Microblog: A collection of handy 'UX laws' which you should keep in mind while designing.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/collection-handy-ux-laws-which-you-should-keep-mind-while-designing/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7065c9fc", "title": "Microblog: Louise North gives a detailed explanation on Web Designer Depot about the new Bento UI trend. Components are neatly tucked in square compartments just like the Japanese meal boxes, where the name Bento originates from.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/louise-north-gives-detailed-explanation-web-designer-depot-about-new-bento-ui-trend-components-are/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b70e65e04", "title": "Create > Learn > Consume", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/create-learn-consume/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b718baf9e", "title": "Microblog: SVGmix is a collection of free SVG icons and illustrations.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/svgmix-collection-free-svg-icons-and-illustrations/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b71f57e2c", "title": "Microblog: Redmine is a free open source project management tool which can be used to replace similar tools like JIRA.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/redmine-free-open-source-project-management-tool-which-can-be-used-replace-similar-tools-jira/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b728b4f80", "title": "Microblog: The Martime Deftons Type Foundy is a reasonable priced (starting a 19 euros) alternative for Google Fonts if you're looking for some unique fonts for your next project.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/martime-deftons-type-foundy-reasonable-priced-starting-19-euros-alternative-google-fonts-if-youre/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b733e49cd", "title": "Microblog: Do you really need to show a progress indicator above your form? Maybe not as GOV.UK found out when omitting it didn't result in any chance concerning completion rate and time.", "url": "https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2014/07/07/do-less-problems-as-shared-spaces/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b73e21f8d", "title": "Microblog: The Future of (web) fonts? Google just released Roboto Flex, a customizable web font. There are 12 different ways to tweak it, like thickness, stroke width and case heights. Try it out.", "url": "https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Flex#standard-styles", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b73e5b896", "title": "Microblog: \"Quirky and minimalist interfaces don’t make users feel awesome — obvious, inclusive, and robust interfaces do.\" Adam Silver in Form Design Patterns", "url": "https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books/form-design-patterns/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7400356f", "title": "Microblog: Nathan Baschez makes an observation about how (web) design is evolving from using photo's to illustrations. High quality photo's are (now) cheap where creating costly custom illustrations/animations signals the organisation is wealthy and fit to survive.", "url": "https://every.to/divinations/dall-e-2-and-the-origin-of-vibe-shifts", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b742e772a", "title": "Microblog: Want to remember what you learned while reading? The moment you close a book most of the learned knowledge is gone. Not if you use Readwise. It will send you a daily digest with of all the highlights you've made.  Easily worth the $4.49 a month.", "url": "https://readwise.io", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b752450b6", "title": "Microblog: Figma is not your Design System, according to Robin Rendle. The front-end is your source of truth. And I have to  agree. Nothing works better than just building components in HTML/CSS giving the best insight in how components will eventually work in the w", "url": "https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/an-incoherent-rant-about-design-systems/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b760f093a", "title": "Microblog: What needs to be in your Design System? Brad Frost argues that a Design System is meant for User Interfaces. If we're talking about branding, tone of voice, content, performance, persona's etc. it only gets a place in a Design System as it pertains to Use", "url": "https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/design-systems-are-for-user-interfaces/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b77087aa2", "title": "Microblog: Is Google dying? According to dkb.io it is. Because of Ads (increasingly more) and SEO (quality of SERP deteriorates). People are adding reddit to their search to get more 'human' results. I caught myself doing this as well lately.", "url": "https://dkb.io/post/google-search-is-dying", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b77a0eadb", "title": "Microblog: SVG illustrations have the future. They are the lightweight (less KB) alternative to images and videos meaning they will load quicker and waste less bandwidth making them more sustainable. You can also do very cool things with them as portrayed by Smashin", "url": "https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/05/magical-svg-techniques/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7893d2b2", "title": "Microblog: An interessting technique which uses system fonts instead of external webfonts. The advantages: - Fonts are directly loaded so quicker and more sustainable - Uniform user experience as the font is similar to font used by the device - System fonts have a b", "url": "https://systemfontstack.com/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7919893c", "title": "Microblog: Very cool CSS-only technique using blend modes to creating a hologram effect on images.", "url": "https://robbowen.digital/wrote-about/css-blend-mode-shaders/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b79d25e99", "title": "5 tips to become a better reader", "url": "https://roo.se/en/blog/5-tips-become-better-reader/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7abcb6d3", "title": "Microblog: Interesting discussion happening in this Hacker News post about the scalability of Penpot, the open source Figma alternative. Even the CEO of Penpot chimes in with some reassuring comments.", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33000243", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7bb295b6", "title": "Microblog: Matthias Ott confirms in this blog post what I've been thinking about a lot lately: HTML/CSS prototypes are the best way to design. Figma, Penpot and Adobe XD are nice but nothing beats a 'shitty' prototype in HTML/CSS when it comes to interactivity and r", "url": "https://matthiasott.com/notes/shitty-code-prototypes", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7bccd0ac", "title": "Microblog: CSS Doodle is a JavaScript library which enables you to create patterns and illustrations based on CSS. A good alternative for (big) images and video's reducing the CO2 footprint of a website.", "url": "https://css-doodle.com/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7c4567f0", "title": "Microblog: Extensive guide by Andy Chan on all the skills you need in order to become a self-taught UI/UX designer.", "url": "https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/the-self-taught-ui-ux-designer-roadmap-in-2021-aa0f5b62cecb", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7c773269", "title": "Microblog: First batch of color fonts released on Google Fonts. Not widely supported yet, but a good first step in a more colorful web. See the fonts in action by going over to Google Fonts and ticking the 'Show only color fonts' box.", "url": "https://fonts.google.com/?coloronly=true", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7cdad920", "title": "Microblog: Scott VandeHey displays a collection of inspiring demo's to showcase the power of CSS blend modes. I'm especially intrigued by the halftone filter which can give images comic book feel.", "url": "https://cloudfour.com/thinks/the-power-of-css-blend-modes/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7d23ad4b", "title": "Microblog: When do you use a link and when do you create a button? Normally a link points you to a new place and a button submits a form. But it's not always that obvious as Killian Valkhof explains in this blog.", "url": "https://kilianvalkhof.com/2022/css-html/when-going-somewhere-does-a-thing-on-links-and-buttons/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7d2802fb", "title": "Microblog: Lucide: a clean looking set of open source line icons.", "url": "https://lucide.dev/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7db49d5f", "title": "Microblog: Chris Coyer celebrates the demise of proprietary syndication formats such as Google's AMP or Facebook's Instant articles forcing publishers to jump through hoops. What still remains? Plain old HTML. ", "url": "https://chriscoyier.net/2022/10/17/the-proprietary-syndication-formats/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7e5787ee", "title": "Microblog: Cool CSS experiments regarding layering, filtering and masking by Jeff Zych.", "url": "http://jlzych.com/2022/11/17/experimenting-with-layering-filtering-and-masking-in-css/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7e9d3b1d", "title": "Microblog: Tutorial on how to create a cool skewed highlight effect behind text. ", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/tutorial-how-create-cool-skewed-highlight-effect-behind-text/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7ea0f237", "title": "Microblog: A cautionary tale on how you should not rely on browsers to always provide usable native elements. In this example it's about the way Safari renders the Date element and how to fix it.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/cautionary-tale-how-you-should-not-rely-browsers-always-provide-usable-native-elements-example-its/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7ed245b6", "title": "Microblog: Goldmine of useful tips to create resilient and usable forms by Adam Silver.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/goldmine-useful-tips-create-resilient-and-usable-forms-adam-silver/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7f0a4c06", "title": "Microblog: This handy tool MuscleWiki let's you pick a muscle group you want to train and gives you fitting exercises.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/handy-tool-musclewiki-lets-you-pick-muscle-group-you-want-train-and-gives-you-fitting-exercises/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b7f5fff0d", "title": "Microblog: Article from the Washington Post about scientific research suggesting your biggest meal should be breakfast followed by a moderate lunch and a small dinner. ", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/article-washington-post-about-scientific-research-suggesting-your-biggest-meal-should-be-breakfast/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b801fc038", "title": "Microblog: Extensive collection of logo's which can be used for inspiration.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/extensive-collection-logos-which-can-be-used-inspiration/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b807f9d93", "title": "Microblog: Robin Rendle demonstrates how new CSS functions make typography hacks a thing of the past.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/robin-rendle-demonstrates-how-new-css-functions-make-typography-hacks-thing-past/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b81744e3c", "title": "Microblog: Archive with vintage illustrations (1940-1970)", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/archive-vintage-illustrations-1940-1970/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b81c60dc1", "title": "Microblog: Great set of easy to follow visual design rules by Anthony Hobday for designers and non designers to improve their designs. ", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/great-set-easy-follow-visual-design-rules-anthony-hobday-designers-and-non-designers-improve-their/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b81ed63cf", "title": "Microblog: An extensive list of SVG background pattern generators. ", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/extensive-list-svg-background-pattern-generators/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b82a616d4", "title": "Microblog: Loving these old school computer ads!", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/loving-these-old-school-computer-ads/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b8324dbf0", "title": "Microblog: Every designer should read 'Ruined by Design' by Mike Monteiro. It explains how we, designers, have to question everything we (are asked to) design.", "url": "https://www.ruinedby.design/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b836a4eca", "title": "Microblog: What is the best font for online reading? Unfortunately no definitive answer but still, some great new insights worth checking out.", "url": "https://roo.se/en/feed/what-best-font-online-reading-unfortunately-no-definitive-answer-still-some-great-new-insights/", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b83d69415", "title": "Microblog: The next big thing in web design will be sustainable websites. If you want to dive in right now read Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood.", "url": "https://abookapart.com/products/sustainable-web-design", "published_at": "2023-08-14T11:44:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-acce-72ba-beed-003b841a4f38", "title": "Microblog: Extensive pattern generator more.graphics (such as gradients and geometric shapes) which also generates SVG files", "url": "https://more.graphics/", "published_at": "2022-12-07T11:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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A Design System is not perfect (and it doesn't have to be)original ↗
3 Nov 2023
A true designer creates interactive prototypesoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2023
Microblog: The Nielsen Norman Group has conducted research on the utility of the popular 'Dark mode' and concludes that offering this mode is not necessary in most cases.original ↗
26 Sept 2023
Why and when to use SVG imagesoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
Microblog: Nicolas Bouliane had to fill out a monstrosity of a PDF form to register his address in Berlin. So, he created a user-friendly online form tool.original ↗
21 Sept 2023
Microblog: Bas Wallet argues that some countries are feminine (such as the Netherlands), while others are masculine (such as the United States), and that you can see this reflected in design expressions, such as the visual design of television programs.original ↗
20 Sept 2023
Microblog: Inspiration for beautifully designed presentations or decks.original ↗
18 Sept 2023
Microblog: Andy Buddy outlines the history of the web/UI/UX/product designer.original ↗
16 Sept 2023
Microblog: Ryan Holiday shares 38 rules about reading.original ↗
16 Sept 2023
Microblog: Discussion on Hackernews about Design Systems from different countries.original ↗
16 Sept 2023
Microblog: Free web-based AI tool that allows you to 'demix' songs.original ↗
16 Sept 2023
Microblog: On Hackernews, an interesting discussion is taking place about 'realistic' web design inspiration, where websites such as Pixelfika, Siteinspire, CSSline, Admire The Web, and Mobbin are being recommended.original ↗
28 Aug 2023
Microblog: Adam Silver provides good arguments why you shouldn't use tooltips and what possible alternatives are.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: A beautiful collection of the logo trends in 2023.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: The rebranding of Team GB by thisaway is a beautiful example of maximalism. A welcome departure from the sleek, simplistic (but also boring?) minimalism.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Stop following the newsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Flowbite icons offers a set of over 400 free SVG icons.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: svghub is a collection of SVG squiggles, scribbles and shapes you can use to enrich your designs.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Archives.design is an archive with (mainly retro) graphic design-related books. Handy for finding inspiration.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: David Heinemeier Hanson, CTO at 37 Signals, argues in his blog that is Figma is a cool tool to do some sketching, but when you design for the web you ultimately do this with HTML, CSS and Javascript.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Freefaces.gallery is a collection of free fonts. I really like Outward.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Interesting approach by Chris How of Clearleft to start in a spreadsheet when doing a redesign. He shares a method to first index the current content (text and images) and base design choices for the new design on this index.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: A collection of handy 'UX laws' which you should keep in mind while designing.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Louise North gives a detailed explanation on Web Designer Depot about the new Bento UI trend. Components are neatly tucked in square compartments just like the Japanese meal boxes, where the name Bento originates from.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Create > Learn > Consumeoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: SVGmix is a collection of free SVG icons and illustrations.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Redmine is a free open source project management tool which can be used to replace similar tools like JIRA.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: The Martime Deftons Type Foundy is a reasonable priced (starting a 19 euros) alternative for Google Fonts if you're looking for some unique fonts for your next project.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Do you really need to show a progress indicator above your form? Maybe not as GOV.UK found out when omitting it didn't result in any chance concerning completion rate and time.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: The Future of (web) fonts? Google just released Roboto Flex, a customizable web font. There are 12 different ways to tweak it, like thickness, stroke width and case heights. Try it out.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: "Quirky and minimalist interfaces don’t make users feel awesome — obvious, inclusive, and robust interfaces do." Adam Silver in Form Design Patternsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Nathan Baschez makes an observation about how (web) design is evolving from using photo's to illustrations. High quality photo's are (now) cheap where creating costly custom illustrations/animations signals the organisation is wealthy and fit to survive.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Want to remember what you learned while reading? The moment you close a book most of the learned knowledge is gone. Not if you use Readwise. It will send you a daily digest with of all the highlights you've made.  Easily worth the $4.49 a month.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Figma is not your Design System, according to Robin Rendle. The front-end is your source of truth. And I have to  agree. Nothing works better than just building components in HTML/CSS giving the best insight in how components will eventually work in the woriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: What needs to be in your Design System? Brad Frost argues that a Design System is meant for User Interfaces. If we're talking about branding, tone of voice, content, performance, persona's etc. it only gets a place in a Design System as it pertains to Useoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Is Google dying? According to dkb.io it is. Because of Ads (increasingly more) and SEO (quality of SERP deteriorates). People are adding reddit to their search to get more 'human' results. I caught myself doing this as well lately.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: SVG illustrations have the future. They are the lightweight (less KB) alternative to images and videos meaning they will load quicker and waste less bandwidth making them more sustainable. You can also do very cool things with them as portrayed by Smashinoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: An interessting technique which uses system fonts instead of external webfonts. The advantages: - Fonts are directly loaded so quicker and more sustainable - Uniform user experience as the font is similar to font used by the device - System fonts have a boriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Very cool CSS-only technique using blend modes to creating a hologram effect on images.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
5 tips to become a better readeroriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Interesting discussion happening in this Hacker News post about the scalability of Penpot, the open source Figma alternative. Even the CEO of Penpot chimes in with some reassuring comments.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Matthias Ott confirms in this blog post what I've been thinking about a lot lately: HTML/CSS prototypes are the best way to design. Figma, Penpot and Adobe XD are nice but nothing beats a 'shitty' prototype in HTML/CSS when it comes to interactivity and roriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: CSS Doodle is a JavaScript library which enables you to create patterns and illustrations based on CSS. A good alternative for (big) images and video's reducing the CO2 footprint of a website.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Extensive guide by Andy Chan on all the skills you need in order to become a self-taught UI/UX designer.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: First batch of color fonts released on Google Fonts. Not widely supported yet, but a good first step in a more colorful web. See the fonts in action by going over to Google Fonts and ticking the 'Show only color fonts' box.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Scott VandeHey displays a collection of inspiring demo's to showcase the power of CSS blend modes. I'm especially intrigued by the halftone filter which can give images comic book feel.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: When do you use a link and when do you create a button? Normally a link points you to a new place and a button submits a form. But it's not always that obvious as Killian Valkhof explains in this blog.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Lucide: a clean looking set of open source line icons.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Chris Coyer celebrates the demise of proprietary syndication formats such as Google's AMP or Facebook's Instant articles forcing publishers to jump through hoops. What still remains? Plain old HTML. original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Cool CSS experiments regarding layering, filtering and masking by Jeff Zych.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Tutorial on how to create a cool skewed highlight effect behind text. original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: A cautionary tale on how you should not rely on browsers to always provide usable native elements. In this example it's about the way Safari renders the Date element and how to fix it.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Goldmine of useful tips to create resilient and usable forms by Adam Silver.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: This handy tool MuscleWiki let's you pick a muscle group you want to train and gives you fitting exercises.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Article from the Washington Post about scientific research suggesting your biggest meal should be breakfast followed by a moderate lunch and a small dinner. original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Extensive collection of logo's which can be used for inspiration.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Robin Rendle demonstrates how new CSS functions make typography hacks a thing of the past.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Archive with vintage illustrations (1940-1970)original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Great set of easy to follow visual design rules by Anthony Hobday for designers and non designers to improve their designs. original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: An extensive list of SVG background pattern generators. original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Loving these old school computer ads!original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: Every designer should read 'Ruined by Design' by Mike Monteiro. It explains how we, designers, have to question everything we (are asked to) design.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: What is the best font for online reading? Unfortunately no definitive answer but still, some great new insights worth checking out.original ↗
14 Aug 2023
Microblog: The next big thing in web design will be sustainable websites. If you want to dive in right now read Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood.original ↗
14 Aug 2023

2022

Microblog: Extensive pattern generator more.graphics (such as gradients and geometric shapes) which also generates SVG filesoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2022
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