The five best design links, every weekday

Monday11/17

1

ivyforms.com

Fine-tune your forms & capture more info than ever beforeSponsored

Build free WordPress forms that are easy to complete – and even easier to track.

2

tonsky.me

Needy programs

We used to use software; now software started to use us.

3

youtube.com

Why movies just don't feel "real" anymore

A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.

4

chrisloy.dev

The AI coding trap

Software development is fundamentally a practice of problem-solving, and so, most of the work is done in your head.

5

typefully.com

Why do we need dithering?

Before we all mute the word ‘dithering’, here's why we needed to dither digital images in the first place.

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Friday11/14

1

doc.cc

To grow, we must forget… but now AI remembers everything

AI’s infinite memory could endanger how we think, grow, and imagine. And we can do something about it.

2

nomadstudio.com

A typographic time-splice of Holborn

A font that's a celebration of one of London’s oldest commercial districts.

3

auldenglish.com

Auld English fonts

Fonts that simulate the experience of reading in olden days, by diverse means.

4

boagworld.com

Marketing UX within your organization

Guerrilla marketing tactics to raise UX awareness and shift your organization’s culture without a big budget.

5

smashingmagazine.com

Six key components of UX Strategy

The building blocks of UX strategy and how it helps create user value while achieving company goals.

Thursday11/13

1

uxdesign.cc

Bridging product design and AI thinking

The shift in product design with the advent of AI and a potential generative experiential future.

2

claude.com

Claude use cases

Practical examples across research, writing, coding, analysis, and everyday tasks on how to collaborate with Claude AI.

3

perspective-dev.github.io

Perspective dataviz

An interactive analytics and data visualization component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.

4

tympanus.net

Building a real game as a designer using AI

A look behind a design-first diabetes education game, built by hand-crafted pixel art and powered by an AI that mostly knew what it was doing.

5

lukew.com

How design teams are reacting to 10x dev productivity from AI

When software development teams experience huge productivity booms, how do design teams respond?

Wednesday11/12

1

longform.asmartbear.com

Mission, vision, poTAYto, poTAHto

Mission, vision, purpose, BHAG. Are they useful north stars, or academic nonsense?

2

authoritarian-stack.info

The authoritarian stack

How tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America — and why Europe is next.

3

animateicons.vercel.app

AnimateIcons

Seamless, animated icons for React—make your interface stand out with beautifully smooth motion and easy customization.

4

adobe.design

Animation that fails safely

A practical framework for designing and engineering safe, resilient, and inclusive motion.

5

stratechery.com

The benefits of bubbles

We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?

Tuesday11/11

1

alfy.blog

Your URL is your state

A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance.

2

how-did-i-get-here.net

How did I get here?

A dynamic traceroute + an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.

3

den.dev

You need to become a full stack person

AI tools are commoditizing single-skill roles. The future belongs to people who can think, build, and ship across the entire stack.

4

byte.tsundoku.io

Byte Magazine: a visual archive

A zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE: a monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe.

5

mckinsey.com

The state of AI in 2025

Report by McKinsey on agents, innovation, and transformation—and how companies are in the early stages of capturing value with AI.

Monday11/10

1

bit.ly

Make Maps a real UI component in WordPressSponsored

SVG-first, CSS-styleable maps you can ship fast – locators, floorplans, and data-visualization without heavy iframes.

2

medium.com

The shortest path from thought to action

Reassessing Fitts’ Law in the age of multimodal interfaces.

3

vimeo.com

Apple TV mnemonic behind-the-scenes

How the new Apple TV logo and opening sequence was created.

4

raphkoster.com

Game design is simple, actually

A twelve-step program for understanding game design.

5

slack.engineering

Build better software to build software better

Combining modern, high-performance build tooling with classic software engineering principles.

Friday11/07

1

johannesippen.com

How design helped Zohran win

A campaign design analysis of "Zohran for NYC"—and what you can take away from it.

2

design.dev

Metallic text effect generator

Create metallic text effects with CSS gradients. Choose from gold, silver, chrome, and more with real-time preview.

3

piccalil.li

View transitions: practical examples to elevate your UI

A powerful way to create animated transitions between two states.

4

inclusivecolors.com

Accessible color palette creator

A tool for making custom branded color palettes built to meet accessible contrast requirements for WCAG, ADA and Section 508.

5

nngroup.com

AI prototyping in real design contexts

Good from afar, but far from good.

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