{"id":3508,"date":"2023-01-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2023-01-31T00:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T08:58:19","slug":"weekly-design-links-01-31-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-01-31-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 01\/31\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been mildly obsessed with Dune since I read the original trilogy back in 2017. I saw the Sting movie, yes. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t hit me like the books. I haven’t read the fourth, fifth and sixth books. At this point, I’m more worried the luster will fade. I should read them, OK, I will do that starting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no real ending. It\u2019s just the place where you stop the story.\u201d
\u2015 Frank Herbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Mystery of the Dune Font<\/a>
Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design\/Branding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ortto<\/a>
As the product and company have continued to grow, so has their need to unify and elevate their brand identity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t get enough of the National Portrait Gallery rebrand<\/a>
Britain’s National Portrait Gallery has been closed since March 2020, and ahead of its grand reopening in June 2023, it’s had a beautiful new rebrand, courtesy of Edit Brand Studio, with the brand strategy created in collaboration with Boardroom Consulting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Your stuff is actually worse now<\/a>
How the cult of consumerism ushered in an era of badly made products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How a Designer\u2019s Cough Helped Solve Cable Organization
<\/a>Designer Adam Miklosi, who observed how his phone charger cable had wound and wrapped around a blister pack of sore throat lozenges while in his backpack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Earth-Ship House \/ Luigi Rosselli Architects
<\/a>Visitors to Earth-Ship approach from above, negotiating a steep driveway to reach a level, landscaped courtyard…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Design Systems at Alibaba<\/a>
How we built an RTL-first design system and maintained it during a major redesign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work\/Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Product design is going down a weird path, but we can still save it<\/a>
A casual analysis of our current design industry compared to the old days and principles, and why it’s important to step back and re-think our path<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists Create Shape-Shifting Miniature Robot That Melts and Resolidifies on Command<\/a>
The phase-shifting robot was created by embedding microscopic chunks of magnetic neodymium, boron and iron into liquid gallium and allowing it to solidify. This gives the robot shape-shifting abilities similar to the T-1000 from the movie \u201cTerminator 2.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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UrbEx.nl
<\/a>Urban is short for urban exploration\u2013the exploration of forgotten and abandon places<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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