{"id":7900,"date":"2026-01-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:47:58","slug":"weekly-design-links-01-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-01-20-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 01\/20\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s happening in the world is really hard to watch. I just got lost doomscrolling, and the crap I saw is awful. I try not to get caught up in it. The distractions are endless, and the facts are few and far between the noise, chaos, and hate. We’ve been here before, which is sad in itself. There are good people fighting the good fight. Posting links to pretty things isn’t going to change the world, but at least I’m not hurting people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Herbst Produkt and Slice Celebrate 15 Years of Cutting-Edge Design<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbst is now celebrating its 15th anniversary with Slice, the experts in ceramic safety knives. With the creation of more than 40 products over the span of their creative collaboration, the two brands introduce the 15 Collection, featuring a pair of new, innovative cutting tools: Spry and Snapr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Outstanding Winners Of The 2025 Refocus International Photographer Of The Year Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 Refocus International Photographer of the Year Awards reaffirmed the platform\u2019s status as a leading showcase for contemporary photography, highlighting work that transcends borders and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spectacular Black & White Nature Photos From The 2025 One Exposure Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, the One Exposure Awards shifted to pure black\u2011and\u2011white, creating a nature photography showcase that feels strikingly different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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3XN-designed Sydney Fish Market opens to the public<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sydney Fish Market forms part of the urban renewal of Blackwattle Bay and the redevelopment of Sydney’s harbour foreshore, connecting a series of the city’s iconic harbour sites, including Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ltt Recoleta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secret of the success of Recoleta is the abundance of sensations it conveys. We could create an extensive list of adjectives seeking to capture its manifold essence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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UX And Product Designer\u2019s Career Paths In 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative Wisdom From Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the awards and cultural impact is a deeply practical philosophy about making things. It\u2019s grounded not in mystique, but in repetition, rigor, and the courage to follow your own strangeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State of UX 2026: Design Deeper to Differentiate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UX faced instability from layoffs, hiring freezes, and AI hype; now, the field is stabilizing, but differentiation and business impact are vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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MIO: Memories In Orbit review: a painterly Metroidvania that rewards patience and curiosity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns comic-book art into a playable world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collection Agency: Crunching the Numbers with a Calculator Collector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rahul Saggar, a self-described \u201ccalcuphile,\u201d is obsessed with old-school computational devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job Title Maxxing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn perfectly normal jobs into fully maxxed-out LinkedIn headlines. Recruiter-ready. Meaning, optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s happening in the world is really hard to watch. I just got lost doomscrolling, and the crap I saw is awful. I try not to get caught up in it. The distractions are endless, and the facts are few and far between the noise, chaos, and hate. We’ve been here before, which is sad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7928,"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":[16,14,10,74,18,21,20,29,19,30],"class_list":["post-7900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-architecture","tag-industrial-design","tag-photography","tag-random","tag-typography","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\/2026\/01\/refocus-photography-awards-world-photo-annual-2025.jpg?fit=990%2C742&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900","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=7900"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7930,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions\/7930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}