{"id":7243,"date":"2025-08-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7243"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:01:31","slug":"weekly-design-links-8-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-8-19-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 8\/19\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Too much to even get into right now… Enjoy the links!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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How I approach motion in product design
<\/a>Motion is critical for how a product feels. It guides attention, reinforces brand personality, and can make an interface feel more responsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Fragility, Beauty, and Urgency Characterize Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
<\/a>Photos are organized into seven categories with an emphasis on ocean conservation and the outsize influence humans have on marine life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work\/Thinking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Creative Platform Suicide Pact: Why Adobe, Canva and Figma Are Racing to Eliminate Their Own Customers
<\/a>Everyone’s holding a knife to someone else’s throat while bleeding out themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The creator and the machine
<\/a>…in a world where machines can create, what is creativity, really? How does generative creation influence our creative processes? And perhaps more interestingly: who is the author of an artifact produced through generative techniques?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Muskoka Lakeside Cottage Blends Architecture With the Canadian Shield
<\/a>In the heart of Ontario\u2019s Muskoka region, a new family cottage by Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect (BVT A) redefines what it means to live closely with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The Staff Designer
<\/a>Grow, Influence, and Lead as an Individual Contributor By Catt Small<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools\/AI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Super Color Palette
<\/a>Generate super awesome color palettes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers, Reinvented
<\/a>A vital shift is underway in software development, one that redefines how we build, but also who we are as developers. In recent interviews we spoke with 22 developers that already use AI tools heavily in their workflow, and learned how they got there, how their craft has changed, and where they see things going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How AI Is Changing Search Behaviors
<\/a>Our study shows that generative AI is reshaping search, but long-standing habits persist. Many users still default to Google, giving Gemini a fighting chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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We Are Still the Web
<\/a>Twenty years ago, Kevin Kelly wrote an absolutely seminal piece for Wired. This week is a great opportunity to look back at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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