{"id":7390,"date":"2025-09-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:33:42","slug":"weekly-design-links-9-30-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-9-30-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 9\/30\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robots, robots, and AI. It’s all the time, everywhere right now. Still no transformers as promised, but I’m sure they will be here soon enough. Check out the creepy head robot at the end. It won’t help you sleep, but it’s something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Super Powerboy Case Study By Jonny Severn
<\/a>Meet Super PowerBoy, defender of the planet, destroyer of aliens, and my premium platformer IP. I created the IP from scratch, designing the characters, building the world, and shaping the gameplay systems. This was a passion project where I invested heavily in both time and resources, overseeing the full creative direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Porsche Develops Wireless Charging for EVs
<\/a>Drive over a pad, the car lowers itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking Glass Factory\u2019s New Hololuminescent Display Means 3D Holograms Without the Headset
<\/a>By putting a holographic layer inside an LCD or OLED panel, the HLD creates a \u201cholographic volume\u201d where things pop out of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TimeBlocks Connected Calendar Stamp
<\/a>With just a click, you can create your own monthly calendar layout anywhere you like \u2014 journals, planners, notebooks, or even your wall of dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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BRUTALITA v0.7
<\/a>Brutalita is an experimental font and editor.
Create and download your font.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Minimalist Transformation of a Cartagena Neighborhood Home
<\/a>Named Casa Cruda, the project embraces both preservation and renewal, resulting in a home that reflects the layered history of its neighborhood while offering a fresh, open way of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow Peak MATRO Department Store, Suzhou
<\/a>By sculpting a man-made \u201chill\u201d in concrete, the design concept injects vitality and a sense of discovery into the showroom, inviting users to reconnect with the earth and rediscover the world beneath their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casa Passiva \/ Mareines Arquitetura
<\/a>Conceived amid the isolation of the pandemic, the Passive House is a direct response to the desire for a simpler, autonomous and connected life with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Portraits Compilation 2025 (in progress)
<\/a>By Tavo Monta\u00f1ez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.A.Times Illustrations
<\/a>By Amir Mrzae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Nvidia’s powerful AI facial animation tool is now available for all
<\/a>There are plugins for Maya and Unreal Engine 5 too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face Robot: AheadForm Origin M1 (Only Head)
<\/a>It integrates a full facial actuation system with up to 25 micro motors enabling lifelike expressions, blinking, and eye movements. Embedded RGB cameras inside the pupils provide visual perception, while built-in microphones and speakers support real-time audio interaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robots, robots, and AI. It’s all the time, everywhere right now. Still no transformers as promised, but I’m sure they will be here soon enough. Check out the creepy head robot at the end. It won’t help you sleep, but it’s something. Web Design\/UX\/UI Super Powerboy Case Study By Jonny SevernMeet Super PowerBoy, defender of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7408,"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":[16,15,14,17,18,21,20,19],"class_list":["post-7390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-architecture","tag-illustration","tag-industrial-design","tag-technology","tag-typography","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Face-Robot-AheadForm.jpg?fit=1017%2C569&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390","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=7390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7416,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions\/7416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}