{"id":7574,"date":"2025-11-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2025-11-18T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:00:21","slug":"weekly-design-links-11-18-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-11-18-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 11\/18\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week’s links are more work-related than pure eye candy. That’s where my head is at. I’ve always enjoyed process, the ugly, messy way that beautiful stuff gets made. I tend to work in fits and starts, but there’s a constant churn. Sometimes it’s all in my head, and other times it’s iterative in a design tool. I’ve learned to follow my instincts after making every possible mistake. There isn’t one way to get there. Get lost, find your way again, and enjoy the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design\/UX\/UI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Design principles for teams working in healthcare
<\/a>Right now, my current feeling is that our space is entirely too messy to not provide a clear distillation of our expectations and ideology. This is our current attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dithering, Part 1: Introduction
<\/a>I\u2019ve always been fascinated by the dithering effect. It has a unique charm that I find so appealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design systems as living systems: Rebuilding for what\u2019s next
<\/a>Emily Strobl, the Director of Product Design for AI and Design Systems at Rocket Mortgage dives into the history and future of the Rocket Design System<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Making of video shows the new Apple TV logo is a real glass act
<\/a>Big tech still sees value in craftmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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L\/O designs Osaka shop to “celebrate artistry and utility” of Japanese knives
<\/a>The minimalist gallery features wood-panelled walls that conceal LED lighting and a magnetic fixing system that holds the knives securely in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Modern Cabin Rises Above the Trees to Maximize the Views
<\/a>Designed as both a family retreat and a celebration of the surrounding mountain landscape, the home is compact in design and embraces the elevation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hermit Resort \/ Domain Architects
<\/a>The project site itself is also a relic\u2014a remnant of a village that has been relocated, leaving behind a patchwork of broken walls on a gentle slope beside a stream. Near the ancient ruins and atop contemporary remnants, we decided to create a new “relic.” Why must “new” architecture be sleek and precise? Why not evoke the raw, moving power of archaeological ruins?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Creativity is human
<\/a>Thoughts on the future of work in the age of AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fundamentals Problem
<\/a>Anyone can make something that looks designed, but that doesn\u2019t mean that design has happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random\/Books<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Game design is simple, actually
<\/a>So, let\u2019s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here\u2019s a twelve-step program for understanding game design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers
<\/a>Video game controllers are more than simple peripherals. They are our physical connection to digital worlds \u2013 a tool that empowers us to live out the fantasies that games provide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s links are more work-related than pure eye candy. That’s where my head is at. I’ve always enjoyed process, the ugly, messy way that beautiful stuff gets made. I tend to work in fits and starts, but there’s a constant churn. Sometimes it’s all in my head, and other times it’s iterative in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7594,"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":[16,78,74,21,20,29,19,30],"class_list":["post-7574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-architecture","tag-motion","tag-random","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-video-games","tag-web-design","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hero-katata-yoshihito-tojiro-knife-gallery.jpg?fit=1536%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574","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=7574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7599,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574\/revisions\/7599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}