{"id":7102,"date":"2025-07-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2025-07-08T01:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:56:09","slug":"weekly-design-links-7-8-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-7-8-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 7\/8\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do you explain the world when it fails to make sense daily? This year has been a wild ride and shows no signs of stopping. I’m doing the things I can do, but it’s hard. At least there’s cool stuff to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Graintouch<\/a>
A drawing app with the soul of print. Inspired by Risograph\u2122 aesthetics, it lets you layer, blend, and create with the warmth of real ink\u2014right on your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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14 logic-driven UI design tips to improve any interface
<\/a>UI design tips to improve your interface designs using logic rather than gut feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s more than picking a pretty font
<\/a>A guide to accessible typography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bang & Olufsen\u2019s Beosystem 3000c Brings Back a Vinyl Icon
<\/a>This limited-edition release brings the beloved Beogram 3000 turntable from 1985 into the present day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Why typography is key to good branding, straight from a pro
<\/a>Brand Impact Awards judge reveals the 4 typographic dials you need to get it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What Problems to Solve – By Richard Feynman
<\/a>No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rules to Live By: a zine of 18 creative manifestos
<\/a>Handwritten wisdom on creative practice + behind the scenes making a risograph zine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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How we shaped the visual identity for Config 2025
<\/a>From giant inflatable glyphs to welcoming soundscapes, Figma\u2019s Brand Studio designed an immersive conference that celebrated the spirit of makership at every turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The BBC’s magical Wimbledon animation used a delightfully old-school technique
<\/a>This is a stop-motion smash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Heartwarming Fuji X-Pro3 Easter Egg Shows Video Game-Like Credits Roll After 100,000 Photos
<\/a>\u201cSo, I took a few photos and turned the camera off to save battery life as I always do. I glanced at that back screen, and instead of the usual camera settings, it said, \u2018Thanks for 100,000 Shots.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do you explain the world when it fails to make sense daily? This year has been a wild ride and shows no signs of stopping. I’m doing the things I can do, but it’s hard. At least there’s cool stuff to look at. Tools GraintouchA drawing app with the soul of print. Inspired by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7116,"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":[34,11,13,14,74,49,18,21,20,19,30],"class_list":["post-7102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-animation","tag-branding","tag-graphic-design","tag-industrial-design","tag-random","tag-tools","tag-typography","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/figma-config-design.jpg?fit=1632%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102","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=7102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7123,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102\/revisions\/7123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}