{"id":8615,"date":"2026-06-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=8615"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:18:17","slug":"weekly-design-links-06-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-06-30-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 06\/30\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three weeks into the new link automation machine, and I’m starting to get the hang of it. To be clear, I’m still curating every link myself \u2014 same taste, same style. What’s changed is the mechanics of getting them to you. The new system is more abstract. I can see the links in my Airtable spreadsheet, but it’s not the same as when the WordPress post was the foundation \u2014 that was so visual. It’s a real adjustment, but the speed of publishing makes it worth it. Enjoy the link show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why typography is the fashion industry’s secret weapon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monotype’s Charles Nix reveals the enduring role of type in fashion branding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Haven Spectre by Haven Tents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to make sleep the highlight of camping. Yep, even for backpackers. Spectre combines the support of a mattress with the experience of a hammock, minus the finicky acrobatics or folding you like a banana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work\/AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Architecture of Focus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most companies run on a schedule built for managers: back-to-back meetings, hour-long or half-hour increments. It works great for coordination and decision-making. It is actively hostile to the kind of work most organizations say they need most (sustained creative and technical output) because that work requires a completely different relationship to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figma’s 2026 AI report: Can AI help us collaborate better?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI used to be a solo act. According to our research, it\u2019s not anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UX\/UI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Haptics design and implementation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guidance for adding haptic feedback to improve clarity, support inclusion, and create more intuitive experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lev Roosileht Builds Calm, Dreamy Images From Drawing, Scanning, And 3D Assembly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What gives the work its character is the way it sits between illustration and object-making. You can feel the drawing hand in it, but the final piece still has a sculptural, constructed quality. That mix makes the images feel both precise and playful, like they were built carefully but still allowed to keep a sense of softness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diana Beltr\u00e1n Herrera\u2019s Embroidered Paper Sculptures Mimic Plants and Wildlife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few years, Herrera\u2019s work has grown in both scale and subject matter as she incorporates new materials such as paperboard, thread, and cardboard, which have allowed her work to evolve beyond previous forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still City by Takaaki Yagi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imaginary architecture from old copy paper noise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Design\/Branding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Torso Electronics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their original mark evolved into a modular system \u2013 dividing and connecting \u2013 shaping layouts, motion, and rhythm through repetition and contrast. Reflecting the instrument itself, we embraced generative tools to visualize the ongoing dialogue between human and machine \u2013 not as opposites, but as systems that evolve together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Storied Colors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One color a day, told as it ought to be told: with its provenance, its chemistry, and the people who paid for it in poison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virtual OS Museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just about every well-known OS and platform (and also a lot of obscure ones) is included in some form, spanning the entire history of stored-program computing from the Manchester Baby of 1948 (the first stored-program computer) to the present day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three weeks into the new link automation machine, and I’m starting to get the hang of it. To be clear, I’m still curating every link myself \u2014 same taste, same style. What’s changed is the mechanics of getting them to you. The new system is more abstract. I can see the links in my Airtable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8623,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,11,160,13,159,14,74,69,17,18,21,20,19,30],"class_list":["post-8615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-links","tag-art","tag-branding","tag-color","tag-graphic-design","tag-haptics","tag-industrial-design","tag-random","tag-sculpture","tag-technology","tag-typography","tag-ui","tag-ux","tag-web-design","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Storied_Colors.webp?fit=1600%2C641&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8615","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=8615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8628,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8615\/revisions\/8628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}