{"id":3690,"date":"2023-04-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2023-04-11T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:29:49","slug":"weekly-design-links-04-04-23-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-04-04-23-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 04\/11\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s too late to get deep into a bunch of words this week. I’ll leave you with this sad factoid. In 2000, Alabama became the last state in the USA to overturn its ban on interracial marriage. OK, with that as your baseline, let’s look at some smart ideas, pretty stuff, and more positive creative thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Customers are not there to drive decisions about your product, but to validate yours<\/a>
Wrong UX research leads to dilution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the WIP<\/a>
Every digital product is a work in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Catching up with Erik Spiekermann<\/a>
The type legend on his new book, a big birthday, and variable fonts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Transparent Keyboard with Mag-Lev Keys That Sits Over an HD Display<\/a>
The Flux Keyboard is a crowdfunding smash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambessa Play: A DIY Flashlight<\/a>
A wind-up flashlight kids can build<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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IWI Is an Adaptable Living Space That Extends or Compresses to Your Needs<\/a>
Two wooden modules that are connected with a folding structure resembling an accordion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Handmade Artist Books: 12 Stunning Examples<\/a>
A cross between art and everyday object<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Manifesto by Ai Weiwei<\/a>
The artist\u2019s 10 rules for life and creativity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1,000 things famous photographers never shoot<\/a>
From abandoned buildings to sunsets, pros from around the world share the things that they consider (subjectively) off-limits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random (but really, just Lego)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lego Sushi<\/a>
By hypnomotion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mighty Bowser\u2122<\/a>
Buildable model of the ultimate boss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s too late to get deep into a bunch of words this week. I’ll leave you with this sad factoid. In 2000, Alabama became the last state in the USA to overturn its ban on interracial marriage. OK, with that as your baseline, let’s look at some smart ideas, pretty stuff, and more positive creative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,9,11,13,14,58,10,74,18,21,20,19],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-architecture","tag-art","tag-branding","tag-graphic-design","tag-industrial-design","tag-lego","tag-photography","tag-random","tag-typography","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IWI-Expandable-Living-Space.jpeg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3690"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3716,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions\/3716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}