The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2023/01/30

matthewstrom.com

What it means to design a platform

How interfaces, incentives, emergence, and second-order thinking make platforms a unique design opportunity

blog.maximeheckel.com

Refraction, dispersion, and other shader light effects

A guide on how to reproduce a chromatic dispersion effect for your React Three Fiber and shader projects.

geoffreylitt.com

For your next side project, make a browser extension

Reflections on the benefits of tweaking an existing app, instead of starting from scratch.

fontsinuse.com

The Mystery of the Dune Font

Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert

maxbittker.github.io

Broider

This a tool for making "9-patch" borders. Draw on the grid above to design your pattern.