Since my last post, so much has happened. I gave my first design talk, ‘How Not to Apply for a Design Job’ (view the recording, thanks to SDXD), and then I gave it again the following day at UCSD’s design career event. There was a bunch of work stuff, and then I flew to where I grew up for a quick visit. Going back to where you came up is always a trip. It’s familiar but alien. Then, you return home and get back to it. Here we are, enjoy the links.
Graphic Design/Branding
DrySnow Visual Identity & Packaging Design by Resauce Studio
DrySnow is a skiing brand for young people who pursue freedom, love skiing, and aspire to the mountains.
New book celebrates UK’s influential modernist graphic designers
The book highlights the work and enduring legacy of an overlooked cohort of designers.
Architecture
Camposanto Mapfre Chiclayo, Monsefú / TERRITORIAL
From the outset, the project posed a challenge, as the design of the sacramental spaces had to represent an event in which architecture subtly accompanies the user’s experience, turning the space into a memorable place.
MASS Design Group uses earthen walls for Rwandan university campus
A figure-eight-shaped accommodation block is among the buildings made from rammed earth and compressed earth blocks at the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture
Typography
New type for Rolling Stone
Richard Turley of Food and Mark Leeds of c-ll-ct-v-ly, working with an internal team at Rolling Stone led by Creative Director Joe Hutchinson and CEO Gus Wenner, revisited every aspect of the design, pace, and structure of the publication, down to the trim size and paper stock.
Web Design/UX/UI
Design Systems for the AI Era
How we’re building the tools to build the future
Work
Hybrid Workers Were Put to the Test Against Fully In-Office Employees — Here’s Who Came Out On Top
Productivity barely changed whether employees were in the office or not. However, hybrid workers reported better job satisfaction than in-office workers.
Head of Design is Dead, Long Live the Head of Design!
As the design landscape changes, the traditional Head of Design role is evolving to meet new challenges.
How NOT to Apply to a Design Job
Yep, I included my own talk in the links.
Tools
Toaster
Analytics for Figma prototypes
Granola
The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings
Penpot
A web-based open-source design tool that bridges
the gap between designers and developers.
Photography
Naturalia by Jonk
Chronicle of Contemporary Ruins asks a fundamental question: that of the place of Man on Earth and his relationship with Nature.
Testing the First LEGO film camera
By Mathieu Stern