{"id":4695,"date":"2023-12-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2023-12-25T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:56:35","slug":"weekly-design-links-12-26-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-12-26-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 12\/26\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a year. Maybe not as hectic as the last few, but it’s been trying for me. I have many talented friends who aren’t employed, there are still layoffs happening, and next year doesn’t look any calmer with ongoing wars and a US election coming. I’m thankful for the good people in my life. I’m hopeful that I can continue to come together with talented people and make good work. I love that I can share the cool stuff I find with all of you. See you all in 2024!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A\/B Testing Velocity: Conducting more tests isn\u2019t always the answer
<\/a>When programs move beyond 30 tests per developer per year, the expected impact drops by a whopping 87%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This piece of paper could revolutionize human waste
<\/a>the inventor of Cushion Lock, Tom Corrigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Between the Lines of RYTM, an Architecturally Inspired Turntable
<\/a>Unsurprisingly, Dieter Rams\u2019 iconic 1957 Braun SK4\/1 turntable is cited as an inspiratio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The art of the professional pivot
<\/a>Six creatives working in the product design world share their journey to making big leaps and side shuffles into their next career chapter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two great stories by Matej Latin that dig into design quitting and layoffs with data
Why designers quit (2023 report)<\/a>
Designer layoff stories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is responsible for the impact of innovative products?
<\/a>How can it be that a) all products are designed, b) designers want to create something good for the world and c) so many products are total garbage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design\/Branding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tony\u2019s Chocolonely
<\/a>Launched in the mid-2000s, Amsterdam-based Tony\u2019s Chocolonely is one of the few chocolate brands with the mission of being 100% slave free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print’s not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration
<\/a>Sit back, relax and reacquaint yourselves with the joys of devouring a beautifully designed print magazine. We present a selection of the best titles on sale today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Written in the wood
<\/a>Bigelow 224 seemed relatively healthy when Morino visited in late November. But they knew from experience that a tree\u2019s outward appearance doesn\u2019t always reflect the hardships it has endured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a year. Maybe not as hectic as the last few, but it’s been trying for me. I have many talented friends who aren’t employed, there are still layoffs happening, and next year doesn’t look any calmer with ongoing wars and a US election coming. I’m thankful for the good people in my life. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4712,"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":[11,13,14,74,21,20,19,30],"class_list":["post-4695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-branding","tag-graphic-design","tag-industrial-design","tag-random","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Written-in-the-wood.jpg?fit=1600%2C923&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695","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=4695"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4713,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions\/4713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}