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Last updated 7 days ago

The history of album art

8 days ago

Album art didn’t always exist In the early 1900s, recorded music was...

UI Density

12 months ago

Interfaces are becoming less dense I’m usually one to be skeptical of...

The polish paradox

about 1 year ago

Polish is a word that gets thrown out in conversations about craft...

How to generate color palettes for design systems

about 1 year ago

It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years...

Creating a positive workplace community

about 2 years ago

Your workplace community — the way you interact with your coworkers every...

Design-by-wire

about 2 years ago

There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better...

What it means to design a platform

over 2 years ago

Editor’s note: This essay was adapted from a post I wrote on...

The micromanager's dilemma

over 2 years ago

Here’s a riddle: Nobody I’ve ever worked with likes micromanagement. Yet, on...

Ballet dancers and shot putters

over 2 years ago

Starting a career in design is like crash-landing on Mars. You may...

Generative art Open Graph preview images

over 2 years ago

I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the...

Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design

over 2 years ago

Has design become boring A twitter thread by Sheehan Quirke (aka the...

How to pick the least wrong colors

almost 3 years ago

I’m a self-taught designer.1 This has its upsides: I learn at my...