{"id":7289,"date":"2025-09-02T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7289"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:54:43","slug":"weekly-design-links-9-2-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-9-2-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 9\/2\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is a little late today because I spent most of last night deep in one of my side projects, Tails Of…<\/a>, designing a new t-shirt. I tinkered with the design for hours and hours. I don’t think it’s there yet; it needs more time. This is what we do. I will spend hundreds of hours on a design (or project) that no one in the world cares about, except me. In the past, I tried to make these projects economically viable. Now, I couldn’t care less. I still need to make a living. That hasn’t changed. I just don’t have the expectation anymore that the nerdy shit that I care about will resonate beyond my screen. This project started that way and continues to make zero dollars. Long live the fruitless side project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Handsome, Stackable Cork Storage Boxes by RelvaoKellerman
<\/a>Made from “natural toasted cork agglomerate,” which is created when cork granules are heated under high pressure. The heat activates the natural resin within cork, turning the resin into a binding agent; no chemicals or adhesives are needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Designing Terrible Solutions Makes You a Better Designer
<\/a>Applying the Anchoring Effect to Design Practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From idea to interface: A designer\u2019s guide to AI-powered prototyping
<\/a>Tips for using AI tools to explore design ideas in high fidelity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Basketball Cities: A Poster Series
<\/a>Over my last 12 years as an illustrator, I\u2019ve created numerous side projects, but the most popular has been my Basketball Cities series\u2013a collection of 30 posters celebrating every city that has an NBA team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Rosal\u00eda\u2019s bespoke Instagram font ushers in a new element of a globe-conquering identity
<\/a>Rosal\u00eda\u2019s Instagram font went briefly viral earlier in the summer. We talk to Monotype about handwritten fonts and personal brands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0\u00ba or 90\u00ba: A Technique to Improve Your Vectors
<\/a>If you find that you\u2019re unable to achieve the curve you\u2019re after without pulling at an angle other than 0\u00ba or 90\u00ba, chances are you\u2019ve plotted your anchors in the wrong place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cherokee, Osage, and the Indigenous North American Type Collection
<\/a>After five years of community-partnered research with First Nations and Inuit communities in Canada and the United States, Typotheque is proud to announce the release of new Cherokee and Osage script fonts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design\/Branding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Southern Trails \u2014 Where Nature Leads the Way
<\/a>Southern Trails isn\u2019t just about walking \u2014 it\u2019s about feeling part of the land, hearing the birds, seeing the trees, and finding moments of calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Pointron
<\/a>Your focus haven: Track time, achieve goals and focus like never before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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FlyBox<\/a>
We pick up, store, and return your stuff on-demand. No driving, no lifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mcbroken.com
<\/a>Is the McDonald\u2019s ice cream machine broken?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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