The five best design links, every weekday

Wednesday10/22

1

anildash.com

The majority AI view

We're in an unusual situation where the most common opinion about AI within the tech industry is barely ever mentioned.

2

durves.com

Durves: a design pattern tool

Create and export dot patterns. For graphic designers, UI/UX, and other visual professionals.

3

herbertlui.net

Don’t let a misunderstanding distract you from your goals

You can decide what certain moments mean to you.

4

cartography-of-generative-ai.net

Cartography of generative AI

What set of extractions, agencies and resources allow us to converse online with a text-generating tool or to obtain images in a matter of seconds?

5

brodzinski.com

We will not trust autonomous AI agents anytime soon

Considering autonomous AI agents from an organizational culture vantage point suggests that we won’t trust them in predictable future.

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Tuesday10/21

1

jamesshore.com

The accountability problem

How do we define software department accountability so our business partners don’t do it for us?

2

youtube.com

How did the world get so ugly?

Look at the objects around you: furniture, cars, doors, bins, staircases, railings, doorbells, doorhandles. Do you like how they look, or not?

3

navbar.gallery

Navbar gallery

A collection of the best website navbar inspiration designs on the web.

4

baldurbjarnason.com

The inevitability of anger

Maturity means emotional regulation – not absence or denial of emotion, but regulation.

5

nathanbeck.eu

Alienation by design

When design to reduce friction risks eroding human connection.

Monday10/20

1

boydkane.com

Why your boss isn’t worried about AI

When it comes to understanding the dangers of AI systems, the general public has the worst kind of knowledge.

2

uxdesign.cc

How to approach privacy in the age of smart glasses

Smart glasses present new opportunities for scammers, perverts, and cheaters.

3

jaredcunha.com

Writing alt text with AI

LLMs can lower the burden of writing useful alt text for images, with the right prompting.

4

austinhenley.com

The design space of AI coding tools

10 design dimensions based on 90 AI coding tools.

5

itsnicethat.com

If print is not dead, who’s keeping it alive?

Some of the people crafting our tangible visual worlds about what the next generation of printmaking might look like… and if there is one.

Friday10/17

1

uxdesign.cc

Management values I didn’t expect to learn

Why design management is harder (and better) than we think.

2

design.dev

Neumorphism generator

Generate box-shadow, border-radius, and background code for neumorphic designs.

3

yusufaytas.com

Most of what we call progress

Reflections on why good judgment outlasts tools, and simplicity always wins.

4

studio-kiln.com

Case study: Fellowkids

Defining a brand that doesn’t just speak to fans but behaves like one: emotional, expressive and ever-evolving.

5

calv.info

You still need to think

With AI, someone still has to direct the work—set goals, choose constraints, and judge outputs.

Thursday10/16

1

stavros.io

Why is everything so scalable?

We’ve been in “FAANG architecture by default” hell for a while now.

2

sizematters.netlify.app

Fluid type scale generator

Generate responsive type scales with CSS clamp() values—fluid typography that scales beautifully across all devices.

3

rosswintle.uk

Software can be finished

You probably don’t want to build “finished software”. But what can we learn by thinking about it as a concept?

4

accent-explorer.boldvoice.com

How AI hears accents

How models cluster accents, dialects, native languages, and language families—all in a 3D latent visualization.

5

spotifyapi.report

State of Spotify web API report 2025

Understanding Spotify’s new API restrictions and finding practical alternatives.

Wednesday10/15

1

uxdesign.cc

The “£532,000” dot job

Why did a tiny logo change cost GOV.UK so much?

2

inclusivedesignprinciples.info

Inclusive design principles

Designing for the needs of people with permanent, temporary, situational, or changing disabilities — all of us really.

3

phirephoenix.com

Choosing friction

Convenience is all destination and no journey.

4

matthiasott.com

Compressed fluid typography

Giving up control over how large your typography is on a particular screen.

5

sebastiano.tronto.net

When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”

Maybe Microsoft and Google got this wrong. But that seems unlikely.

Tuesday10/14

1

uxdesign.cc

AI interfaces and the role of good writing

Why clear, strategic writing is more critical than ever.

2

pentagram.com

A data love letter to the Subway

A data-driven animation for Fulton Center commissioned by MTA Arts & Design for its 40th anniversary.

3

interconnected.org

Cyborgs vs rooms: two visions for the future of computing

Loosely there are two visions for the future of how we interact with computers.

4

a11y-collective.com

When to use Modal vs Dialog components

Implementation patterns, accessibility guidelines, and best practices for creating user-friendly interfaces.

5

renderghost.leaflet.pub

The worst designer I’ve ever worked with was also the most productive

When companies mistake volume for value, and incentivize outputs over outcomes.

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