The five best design links, every weekday

Monday02/23

1

bit.ly

The State of AI Design 2026Sponsored

How are brands using AI? Obello discussed with 100+ design teams and found 3 major trends shaping AI design’s future. Download the report.

2

elliotbonneville.com

The only moat left is money

The value of human thinking is going down. The value of human attention is going up. Those two facts are pointing in very different directions.

3

nottoday.diy

Technofascism Network Map

Mapping the alliance of billionaires, politicians, and tech giants driving global techno-fascism.

4

design.google

How to design for transparent screens

Google's behind-the-scenes of designing the next generation of interfaces for AI glasses with displays.

5

sidu.in

There is no product

If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter in the last few weeks, you’ve heard it: SaaS is dead. Everyone has an explanation. Sigh.

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Friday02/20

1

cannoneyed.com

The software industrial revolution

Just like the first Industrial Revolution, this will change the world in profound and unexpected ways.

2

remixicon.com

Remix Icon

A set of open source neutral style system symbols elaborately crafted for designers and developers.

3

keyviz.org

Keyviz

A free and open-source tool to visualize your keystrokes and mouse actions.

4

order.design

Case study: Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy

An identity that captures the legacy of Wright’s designs, the community built through the organization, and the immediate necessity of their work.

5

blog.fallible.net

Why we hate AI

Intellectual property theft on an obscene scale; but law is something that is carved and grown as needed by forces of power.

Thursday02/19

1

pjonori.blog

Design systems are today’s cure and tomorrow’s cause of shitty software

Design systems have been propping up quality from collapsing. And in doing so, risk making the collapse even more spectacular.

2

gradient.horse

gradient.horse

Draw a horse, watch it run.

3

leadership.garden

The work moved: what the AI coding debate actually agrees on

AI agents generate 98% more PRs but reviews take 91% longer. The work didn’t disappear — it moved.

4

figma.com

Figma plugin: CMYK Halftone

Simulate traditional CMYK halftone printing by generating and overlaying separate cyan, magenta, yellow, and black halftone dot screens.

5

ratfactor.com

A programmer’s loss of identity

That lost identity was "computer programmer" and it was arguably one of the biggest.

Wednesday02/18

1

uxdesign.cc

AI’s text-trap

AI assistants don’t have to communicate in paragraphs. They can communicate through interfaces.

2

oooooooooooo.xyz

Internet time capsule

An internet time capsule that will arrive once wifi reaches the moon.

3

peoplevsbig.tech

People vs. Big Tech

A growing, global movement fighting for a better digital future.

4

natemeyvis.com

On cognitive debt

AI-generated codebases are at risk of falling into a state where nobody knows how they work.

5

anildash.com

Launch it 3 times

Why your first launch might not be enough.

Tuesday02/17

1

henry.codes

A website to end all websites

How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

2

wtfhappened2012.com

WTF happened in 2012?

A collection of long-term charts showing societal, economic, and behavioral trends aligned around 2011–2014.

3

rehumanize.io

AI Humanizer

The irony of this: Make content natural to bypass AI detection and feel truly human.

4

jonnyburch.com

Life after Figma is coming (and it will be glorious)

As code becomes source of truth, design tools become interfaces on code, not the other way round.

5

anthony.noided.media

I guess I kinda get why people hate AI

Will I be able to acquire a job after this one, or if AI is going to completely take over my profession and ruin my career?

Monday02/16

1

ilyabirman.net

Design is dead, it’s all evolution now

There’s no design in digital products anymore. It’s been replaced by evolution.

2

findfont.co

Find Font

Preview and compare fonts side by side. Download free fonts and test local uploads.

3

creativeboom.com

Li Wang captures life, love and longing in color

From sunlit beaches to intimate interiors, the Beijing-born artist explores masculinity, queer diasporic experience and personal memory.

4

addyosmani.com

Agentic Engineering

Agentic Engineering is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted software development that emphasizes human oversight and engineering rigor.

5

unsung.aresluna.org

How to make sure a designer never files a bug again

The best places I’ve worked were filled with shared trust and treated bugs as a joined responsibility of everyone.

Friday02/13

1

nngroup.com

Your design system needs an enforcer

Although design systems promise consistency, most still fail without someone actively enforcing the rules and making teams follow them.

2

woven-sound.surge.sh

Woven Sound

An experimental interface to create serendipitous sounds and music.

3

sports.withgoogle.com

Google Cloud x Team USA

An AI tool that transforms standard video into actionable data, helping athletes find their competitive edge for the Olympic Winter Games.

4

searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com

Searching for Birds

An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations.

5

unsung.aresluna.org

Molly guard in reverse

The story of the little plastic safety cover you have to move out of the way before you press some button of significance.

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