There are a few new things coming from yours truly. That is a strange phase–but we’ll get into that another time. Starting this week (still not sure when) I’ll be posting the first issue of ‘Phase’. It’s a monthly thing, more personal than this, and an attempt to get back to a more zine-like publishing style (looser, less-inhibited, fun). Before the end of the month, in conjunction with my magazine, Tails Of…, I’m starting a newsletter called ‘Skate Book Club’. If you are as smart as I think you all are, I think you will understand what that is. If not, it’s a newsletter (email) that will showcase the best and brightest in skateboard publishing (books). If this is your thing, get over to TailsOf.org and sign up for the updates. Anyway, let’s get on to the matter at hand, links…
Web Design/UX/UI
A/B Testing 101
A/B tests incrementally improve the user experience of a product while effectively reaching business goals
What Happened To Text Inputs?
Why do we keep screwing up the simplest parts of web interfaces? Are we bored or psychotic?
The Fallacy of Federated Design Systems
Avoid the damage and distress of glorifying the wrong model
Architecture
CLB Architects takes “residential” approach for Jackson Hole Airport
Fireplaces, warm lighting and large windows offering views of the Teton Range are among the features at the renovated and expanded Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming
Graphic Design/Branding
7Analytics identity by Studio Oker
7Analytics is a technology and climate-focused company utilizing hydrology, geology, and data science to create the world’s most detailed and dynamic flood data
Typography/Icons
Just our type: The story of creating Figma San
As Figma expands to include tools for all product builders, our community has evolved—and so has our brand. We’ve overhauled our entire visual identity from color palette to illustration style, and even commissioned a new typeface
Behind the design: crafting over 800+ icons for Webflow’s rebrand
A deep dive into the creative process, challenges, and design principles behind Webflow’s new iconography
Photography
An unnerving portrait of the USA’s fractured society
A new photobook explores America’s increasing inequality, division and toxic culture wars in a historic election year
Work
The 80/20 rule in design job interviews
Why you rarely make it past the case study presentation and how to fix it
Tools
Compress Image
Compress any image on your Mac in two clicks, right from Finder