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Weekly Design Links – 10/20/20

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein

I’m still trying, to be more honest, struggling to find a routine to make these posts easier. The content collection isn’t the hard part. It’s the curation, the story and the words to bring it all together–that’s the part that’s hard for me. You’d think that after a weekly design links post every week for almost 4 years that I would have it down pat. Well, I do not. Maybe 2021 will be easier?

Architecture

HOOD CENTURY: Jerald Cooper Is Disrupting the Architectural Preservation Game • https://design-milk.com/hood-century-jerald-cooper-is-disrupting-the-architectural-preservation-game

Well of Light House / Phidias Indonesia • https://www.archdaily.com/949631/well-of-light-house-phidias-indonesia

Nike Japan to Open Multi-Colored Playground in Tokyo • https://hypebeast-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/hypebeast.com/2020/9/nike-tokyo-playground-sports-art-opening-info

Graphic Design/Branding

KakaoM ‘1theK’ Brand Identity • https://www.behance.net/gallery/89254603/KakaoM-1theK-Brand-Identity

The wild history of ballot designs—and what they say about our democracy • https://www.fastcompany.com/90562650/the-wild-history-of-ballot-designs-and-what-they-say-about-our-democracy

A more expressive Medium — starting with Medium • https://blog.medium.com/a-more-expressive-medium-starting-with-medium-63b562206d8f

Illustration

A Curious Whale Explores Dry Land in Quirky, Melancholic Illustrations by Xuan Loc Xuan • https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/10/xuan-loc-xuan-whale

Web Design/UX/UI

Absolutely FAB: How the Floating Action Button became a Material Design icon • https://design.google/library/floating-action-button

First look: PlayStation 5’s next-generation user experience • https://blog-playstation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/blog.playstation.com/2020/10/15/first-look-playstation-5s-next-generation-user-experience/amp/

Industrial Design

100% Recycled Plastic Open Source Skateboard Decks • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonk-mandin/100-recycled-plastic-open-source-skateboard-decks

Lego Tsugi • https://www.pinterest.dk/LEGO/rebuild-the-world/lego-tsugi/

Karst: Woodless Artist Pencils • https://www.karststonepaper.com/products/artist-coloured-pencils

Typography

Why the Wingdings font exists • https://www.vox.com/2015/8/25/9200801/wingdings-font-history

Takenobu Igarashi Pushed the Parameters of Typography with His Hand-drawn 3D Letterforms • https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/in-the-1970s-takenobu-igarashi-pushed-the-parameters-of-typography-with-his-hand-drawn-3d-letterforms/

Orna • https://www.emilyjschan.com/orna

Photography

Outer Space: Michael Najjar • https://www.hasselblad.com/stories/outer-space-michael-najjar-hasselblad

Work/Tools

Virtual First Toolkit • https://blog.dropbox.com/collections/virtual-first-toolkit

Readymag explored the lives and work habits of five designers from different backgrounds to find out what helps them stay productive and creative • https://readymag.com/readymag/dailyroutines

What does your manager do all day? • https://medium.com/swlh/what-does-your-manager-do-all-day-7fb5397d8faa

2020 isn’t over yet–there’s still work to do