Weekly Design Links – 02/23/21

Originally February never existed

The months zip by and time continues to be skewed through our pandemic vantage points. The calendar we see today evolved. Originally the Roman calendar was 10 months. It was re-designed to align with the lunar calendar and to complicate the story more–even numbers were unlucky, so 365 became the day count. February was chosen as the unlucky month to have an even number of days. February is almost over–enjoy the links.

Data Visualization

500,000 dots is too many

Web Design/UX/UI

One Figma component — 3,360 Variants: One component to rule them all

The world is running on bad UI

Architecture/Interior Design

A Street Artist’s Bristol Home Features an Incredible Exterior Mural and Illustrations on the Kitchen Cabinets

Whimsical New Museum Will Bring Hans Christian Andersen’s Imagination to Life

Industrial Design

An Industrial Designer’s 3D-Printed Shop Drawer Organization System

Nike Debuts ‘Cosmic Unity,’ First Sustainable Basketball Shoe

A few brilliant design tweaks made this common household object way more accessible

FUZL Is Redefining How Furniture Is Made + Shipped

Unboxing the Intelligent Geometry of the New Xbox Series X + Xbox Series S

Yeti is bringing its indestructible product savvy to luggage—and the results are beautiful

Random

Jalan-jalan di Asia: Walking Dictionary: a virtual space for exploring the arts and culture of Japan and Southeast Asia through various classic writings and keywords

My Principles for the New Year: I know it’s already February, don’t remind me

A Radical Examination of Homoeroticism in Communist Propaganda Posters

Art

Russian artist Timur Zagirov uses coloured wooden blocks to create ‘pixelated’ reproductions of famous art pieces

Work

A 30–60–90 day plan for product designers

Please give junior UX designers a chance