{"id":7716,"date":"2025-12-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7716"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:54:35","slug":"weekly-design-links-12-23-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-12-23-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 12\/23\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t know if I’ll publish next week. I’m leaning towards, yes. We’ll see how I feel next week. No promises. I’m not a huge fan of looking back. I do know that we should take stock on occasion, and I’m feeling good about the year ahead. There’s a lot of work to do. That’s actually a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing
<\/a>I spent nine years at Spotify leading design systems and accessibility. During that time, I learned as much from what failed as from what succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public design systems are worth it
<\/a>Every system that raises bar puts healthy pressure on others to meet or exceed it. This shared ecosystem may be the most important facet of the design systems practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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ZAO\/standardarchitecture snakes concrete art gallery around courtyard in China
<\/a>Xiao Feng Art Museum loops around this central courtyard, forming a continuous space that narrows and widens and rises and falls, creating what the studio described as a “multifaceted spatial experience”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

365-Metre Elevated Walkway Bridges Industrial Landscape at French Sports Park by Olgga Architectes
<\/a>Located south of the Rouen metropolitan area, the project was designed to heal a territory historically fragmented by the Sud III expressway and a series of railway lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zenga Bros blend skate ramps and cabins for “rampitecture” in Waco
<\/a>For a skating event held in Waco, Texas, USA, creative studio Zenga Bros has combined half pipes with elements of local architecture, such as wood shake, to create cabin-like gathering spaces for spectators within the ramps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design\/Branding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Data can be artful” behind the scenes on JKR’s award-winning Centersquare identity
<\/a>Following the merger of Evoque and Cyxtera, Centersquare rebranded to redefine what a data brand could be. Moving away from cold, corporate visuals, the new identity centres on ‘Infinite Flexibility. Absolute Certainty’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Route de No\u00ebl
<\/a>Route de No\u00ebl unifies three distinct Christmas markets in Lanaudi\u00e8re under one enchanted experience. The visual identity celebrates the collective magic while respecting the uniqueness of L’Assomption, Joliette, and Terrebonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art\/Animation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Artist Paints Dreamy Guardians, Monkeys And Plant\u2011Spirits In Soft Acrylics, Turning Canvases Into Little Safe Zones For Anxious Hearts
<\/a>Her work often shows peaceful \u201cguardians,\u201d floating figures and dreamlike interiors filled with sprouts, blossoms and cosmic skies, using gentle colour, rounded shapes and cute details to talk about mental health, protection, vivid dreams and quiet self\u2011reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Conti
<\/a>As a director, Pedro loves creating stories that feel honest and heartfelt, exploring themes that resonate with people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Penguin x MOEBE Book Stand Helps You Keep Your Place
<\/a>An unassuming plane of powder-coated steel creates a bit of negative space while leveraging a few simple but dramatic bends to help you put your story on pause. It\u2019s the perfect place to rest your book, spine intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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stickertop.art
<\/a>Discover a unique collection of laptops adorned with creative stickers from around the world. This project celebrates the art and culture of laptop personalization each laptop tells a story through its stickers and gives us a glimpse of the personality of the owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if I’ll publish next week. I’m leaning towards, yes. We’ll see how I feel next week. No promises. I’m not a huge fan of looking back. I do know that we should take stock on occasion, and I’m feeling good about the year ahead. There’s a lot of work to do. That’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7749,"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":[28,34,16,9,11,88,13,15,14,74,21,20,19],"class_list":["post-7716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-3d","tag-animation","tag-architecture","tag-art","tag-branding","tag-design-systems","tag-graphic-design","tag-illustration","tag-industrial-design","tag-random","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Zenga-Bros-rampitecture.webp?fit=846%2C474&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7716","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=7716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7751,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7716\/revisions\/7751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}