I finally got around to seeing Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. It’s visually stunning and without spoiling anything, it has a great creative message. In a period of my life where compromise is the norm, this hit home for me in a really nice way.
Work
When creatives quit
As creative managers, we take it personally when creatives quit. How should we cope?
The Rebalancing of Design Management
All the people-focused work we all care about doing isn’t going to matter because the product won’t exist for long
Technology
Releaf
Manufacturer of sustainably made packaging from fallen leaves
Industrial Design
The newest Lego set is designed to teach kids Braille
The bumps on each brick spell out the letters and numbers of the Braille alphabet
Glow-in-the-dark Analogue Pocket Game Boy Will Definitely Sell Out Fast
The best way to play Game Boy games is about to get even better
Web Design/UX/UI
The ideal viewport doesn’t exist
Consider the vast fragmentation of screen sizes
Creating coherence: How Spotify’s design system goes beyond platforms
Design Manager Juli Sombat sheds light on how a need for more cohesion led Spotify’s design systems team to take a cross-platform approach to components
Architecture
Valley House
By See Design Studio, Interstruct, Sean Gorman, Gradient Landscapes
Block Party
Six friends club together to side-step the excesses of the runaway housing market
Random
The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge
Why is this bridge here?
Design Jobs
UX Director, Design Operations, Target
Remote or Hybrid
Director, Product Design – Design Systems, CNN
New York City, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; or Culver City, California
Sr. Copywriter, Marketing, Vans
Costa Mesa, CA