I’m losing track of this year. Spring forward with daylight savings has me out of sync. I’ve got too much to do and not enough time to do it. I’m keeping busy, but things are falling through the cracks. We’ve all been there–this will pass.
Architecture
Henning Larsen uses natural materials for Danish school extension
Straw, eelgrass and wood feature in this bio-based extension that Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has added to Feldballe School in Denmark
The Panda Pavilions Zoo / EID Architecture
Chengdu National Giant Panda Research and Breeding Center, the world’s leading research institute on panda preservation
Work
Why we planned our design team offsite around doing nothing
The story behind the 2022 Faire Design Summit and how we built a stronger, more connected team
4 must-haves for creating high-performing teams
You don’t have to be perfect to be high performing. You just need to try these strategies
Photography
Vibrant portraits of cosplayers in everyday places
Heroes for a day
Here Are The Winners Of The 12th Annual Mobile Photography Awards
From portraits to macro shots, the 21st Mobile Photography Awards celebrated the best frames that were captured using a phone
Tools
Bento
Your personal page to show everything you are, create and sell
Web Design/UX/UI
A Pragmatist’s Guide To Lean User Research
Even a small amount of user research can save so much time
The Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites
Visually pleasing designs use consistent type styles and spacing, create a visual hierarchy, and utilize an underlying grid structure
16 little UI design rules that make a big impact
A UI design case study to redesign an example user interface using logical rules or guidelines
Why are women encouraged to go into UX?
Men dominate the tech sector–so why is it that UX has an abundance of women?
Random
Okay, this is the silliest Nintendo Switch game I’ve ever seen
It’s a simple platform puzzle with a delightfully bizarre mission: to deliver a toilet roll to a desperate lavatory user