I’ve been mildly obsessed with Dune since I read the original trilogy back in 2017. I saw the Sting movie, yes. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t hit me like the books. I haven’t read the fourth, fifth and sixth books. At this point, I’m more worried the luster will fade. I should read them, OK, I will do that starting now.
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
― Frank Herbert
Typography
The Mystery of the Dune Font
Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert
Graphic Design/Branding
Ortto
As the product and company have continued to grow, so has their need to unify and elevate their brand identity
I can’t get enough of the National Portrait Gallery rebrand
Britain’s National Portrait Gallery has been closed since March 2020, and ahead of its grand reopening in June 2023, it’s had a beautiful new rebrand, courtesy of Edit Brand Studio, with the brand strategy created in collaboration with Boardroom Consulting.
Industrial Design
Your stuff is actually worse now
How the cult of consumerism ushered in an era of badly made products
How a Designer’s Cough Helped Solve Cable Organization
Designer Adam Miklosi, who observed how his phone charger cable had wound and wrapped around a blister pack of sore throat lozenges while in his backpack
Architecture
Earth-Ship House / Luigi Rosselli Architects
Visitors to Earth-Ship approach from above, negotiating a steep driveway to reach a level, landscaped courtyard…
Web Design/UX/UI
Design Systems at Alibaba
How we built an RTL-first design system and maintained it during a major redesign
Work/Technology
Product design is going down a weird path, but we can still save it
A casual analysis of our current design industry compared to the old days and principles, and why it’s important to step back and re-think our path
Scientists Create Shape-Shifting Miniature Robot That Melts and Resolidifies on Command
The phase-shifting robot was created by embedding microscopic chunks of magnetic neodymium, boron and iron into liquid gallium and allowing it to solidify. This gives the robot shape-shifting abilities similar to the T-1000 from the movie “Terminator 2.”
Photography
UrbEx.nl
Urban is short for urban exploration–the exploration of forgotten and abandon places