January is half over and I still haven’t completed my annual book reading summary. I just looked at last year’s post–it didn’t go up until March. I’m way ahead of the game for now.
Illustration/3D
A 3D Series on the power of Good Habits
Carlos Antón Varó is a 3D artist based in Madrid, Spain
Web Design/UX/UI
The State of Mobile User Experience
Fifteen years from the original iPhone, the quality of mobile user experience has stabilized: mobile standards have emerged and the lines between the mobile web and native apps are becoming blurrier
User onboarding: best practices
Simple rules that will help you design a streamlined first-time users experience
Work
Inside 2023: The Future of Work
Three biggest trends that will shape the year ahead
Design management toolbox: Non-linear professional development
Approaches to coaching and career development that help build resilience in career paths
Three mindsets to level up your design portfolio game
When it comes to portfolios, don’t forget who the main character is
Architecture
the yellow house
Renovation of an apartment in the Puerta del Sol
Turenscape’s ‘floating forest’ reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape
Transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang
Polestar’s Arctic Circle Is Literally the Coolest Automotive Showroom on Earth
the Polestar Space stands as a 12-meter-high cube with 2-meter-thick walls of ice
Random
Open Circuits
The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components by Windell Oskay and Eric Schlaepfer
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it’s in here
Pixel Art Converter
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