{"id":7999,"date":"2026-02-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:26:25","slug":"weekly-design-links-02-17-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-02-17-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 02\/17\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t plan to take a week off. It usually happens when I see the deadline approaching and realize there’s just no way. Work has been busy, life has been busy, and it was time. I don’t see either of these calming down in the near future, but I’ll work through it. This week’s links are my usual diverse fare. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Product Explorations 2026 by Peter Tarka<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A selection of personal works I did to train Product Design and Product Renders. All work done in Cinema 4D and renderd in Octane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ferrari Luce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A first look at the interior and interface of the Ferrari Luce. Every element meticulously designed and engineered to be functional, intuitive, and thrilling to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Vizualization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Searching for Birds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you scroll through the following interactive graphics, you\u2019ll get a glimpse at roughly 700 North American and Hawaiian species and learn about why some of them make us fall in love. Let\u2019s see what search trends tell us about our relationship with our feathered friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This Artist Perfectly Reimagines City Logos In Retro 80s Style<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Czech designer Kostya Petrenko has taken his love for retro visuals a step further with a new project that imagines what famous city logos might look like if they\u2019d been designed in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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State of the Designer 2026: Designers are leaning into the messy middle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our State of the Designer report explores how designers around the world are upleveling their skills, keeping craft high, and turning new pressures into creative momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the vibe engineering workflow tells us about the future of UX roles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI coding agents can only go as fast as humans can give them direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustration\/Concept Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From Doctor Who to Star Wars, how artist Matthew Savage has shaped striking on-screen worlds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film, TV and video game concept artist discusses his career path and creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eagle Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Russ Gray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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YOD Group crowns glass-sided huts with 10-metre-tall thatched roofs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“During the day, the fully glazed facades visually dissolve, creating the impression that the massive thatched roof is floating above the landscape,” said YOD Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hill House. A timeless refuge in front of the landscape<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in Vilamoura, Algarve, the land benefits from geographical advantages: total sun exposure, proximity to the sea and views over a picturesque golf course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advertising<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ikea hiring Tiny Chef is a recipe for pure animated joy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the perfect twist in a roller-coaster career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random\/AI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Isometric NYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is far from perfect, but without generative models, it couldn\u2019t exist. There\u2019s simply no way to do this much work on your own, and hiring a team of artists large enough to hand-draw pixel art for every building in New York City would be impossible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t plan to take a week off. It usually happens when I see the deadline approaching and realize there’s just no way. Work has been busy, life has been busy, and it was time. I don’t see either of these calming down in the near future, but I’ll work through it. This week’s links […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8013,"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":[55,132,34,16,156,41,13,15,14,74,157,20,19,30],"class_list":["post-7999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-advertising","tag-ai","tag-animation","tag-architecture","tag-concept-art","tag-data-visualization","tag-graphic-design","tag-illustration","tag-industrial-design","tag-random","tag-stop-motion","tag-ux","tag-web-design","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Casa-Colinas.webp?fit=793%2C515&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999","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=7999"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8073,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999\/revisions\/8073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}