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Weekly Design Links – 01/10/23

Weekly Design Links – 01/10/23

A new year, new links and some minor adjustments to the format. I took last week off–it was needed. There’s a lot going on in my world, maybe I’ll share in the near future, but I was distracted. Plus, it was the holidays. We all need a break sometimes. I hope you all had some time off and got a chance to breathe for a second.

Work/Tools

Design Events Guide 2023
A comprehensive guide to design happenings all over the globe.

12 universal design principles
Every good manifesto has it’s core principles

Colorca
Design an accessible color palette for digital products in HSLuv color space

Web Design/UX/UI

Can I get an Encore? Spotify’s Design System, Three Years On
Once again proving that design systems have a life of their own

4 Common Ways Companies Alienate People with Disabilities
Set it and forget it is not a strategy for accessibility

What is a Design System?
6 different types of design systems

Typography

Typewolf
What’s Trending in Type

Mona & Hubot Sans
Two variable, open source fonts from Github

Architecture

A Japanese Manga Artist’s House / Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL
This looks very skate-able and the inside is very cool too

Industrial Design

Unveiled at 2023 tokyo auto salon, damd’s kit converts suzuki minivan into defender-style camper
Japan + Mini + Camper x Style

Sophie Moran
Is pottery industrial design or craft?

Random

Bringing Characters To Life: An Artist’s Humanistic Interpretation Of Popular Characters
I like the original Shaggy better