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logodesignlove.com

Zelman Meats logo by Red Dot Studio

The Zelman Meats logo, designed by Sam Lachlan of Red Dot Studio, identifies Misha Zelman’s steakhouse in Knightsbridge, London.

kottke.org

AI Image Feedback Loop

Data artist Robert Hodgin recently created a feedback loop between Midjourney and ChatGPT-4.

medium.com

Typography Variables in Figma Are Here

And everything else that’s new from Figma’s Framework event.

developer.chrome.com

An alternative proposal for CSS masonry

A proposal to define masonry and grid in different specifications.

fy.blackhats.net.au

Passkeys: A Shattered Dream

I think it's time to pour one out for Passkeys.

kizu.dev

Self-Modifying Variables: the inherit() Workaround

Style queries will unlock many doors.

matthewstrom.com

The Polish Paradox

The more you polish, the less you see.

nngroup.com

The Picture-Superiority Effect: Harness the Power of Visuals

People often remember visuals better than words.

cruncher.ch

Printing music with CSS grid

Music notation should be as accessible and as fluid as text is on the web. CSS Grid helps us get there.

snappautomotive.io

How We Created A Multi-Brand Design System In Figma

Building design systems is difficult, especially when having to support multiple brands.

uxdesign.cc

Mitigating hate speech online using AI

Employing AI to reduce the emotional toll of combating online hate speech.

adobe.design

What does a head of typography do?

Tim Brown discusses the craft and practice of typography and driving type toward a future vision.

tonsky.me

Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things

Somehow we forgot how to center rectangles and must find our way back

vercel.com

Building an interactive 3D event badge with React Three Fiber

See a full working demo of how we built the interactive Vercel Ship ’24 badge using React Three Fiber and react-three-rapier.

kizu.dev

Alternating Style Queries

With container style queries on the horizon, it is a good time to do more experiments with them.

ryanmulligan.dev

Detect JavaScript Support in CSS

I had been aware of the scripting CSS media feature but I was still under the impression that cross-browser support was lacking.

medium.com

The double-edged sword: Ethical implications of AI in UI/UX design

UI/UX design is no stranger to the effects of AI.

stuffandnonsense.co.uk

Design Deja Vu

While designing, I had an overwhelming feeling of deja vu and that I’d made a layout exactly like this before.

natureofcode.com

Nature of Code

A new edition of Daniel's Shiffman's book about simulating natural systems with JavaScript, available for free online.

uxdesign.cc

The Airchat hype: but wait, what happened to Clubhouse?

A brief read on the rise, fall, and attempted comeback of the once viral voice-only social media app — Clubhouse.