{"id":8524,"date":"2026-06-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=8524"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:53:49","slug":"weekly-design-links-06-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-06-02-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 06\/02\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Still no new workflow. Still getting the links posted. It’s June. I need to have this workflow thing sorted by the end of the month. The only way to get there is by creating a deadline. Hold me accountable, gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The old typography is new again<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born of analog typesetting constraints, optical sizing is once again relevant in digital design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Menu Extra Crafts a Dinner Party Around Brutalist Architecture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Montreal, Efflorescence takes central stage in a Franciscan Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toyo Ito’s “Hole in the Sky” Building Illusion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visual trick works no matter what color the sky is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Matthieu Lorrain’s Rothko location intrepeter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A site that picks the closest Rothko for how the weather feels outside your window<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Muralist Turning Walls Into Impossible Three-Dimensional Illusions Across Europe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peeta\u2019s signature is a bold use of 3D geometry, curved forms, and environmental blending, making murals feel as if they rise out of or dissolve into the architecture around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

notes art<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

explorations in iphone notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Collaborative Steering<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, AI tools are mostly solo sports. Developers write more code. Designers create more images. PMs crank out more docs. That’s cool\u2026 but it’s more cool to work together. So how does that work with AI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone’s a thought leader. Almost no one is thinking.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One core problem is that folks on LinkedIn want to be seen as thought leaders. If you aren\u2019t trying to be a thought leader, are you even trying at life? The cost of attempting to become a thought leader has never been cheaper. Copy a hacker news post and go ask a nearby slop machine to regurgitate it into some new form – but hold the em-dashes and the \u201cnot this, but that\u201d pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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blokdots<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hardware prototyping tool for designers. Build interactive prototypes with physical components \u2014 no code, no setup required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This hand-drawn video game looks like an eerie animation masterpiece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Magician’s Hand is clever, creepy and reminds people of Glover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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