The five best design links, every weekday

Monday11/02

1

bit.ly

The AI Notepad for back-to-back meetingsSponsored

Notes, actions and memory. Without a meeting bot. Give it a try during your next meeting.

2

doc.cc

Who owns the doubt?

Nobody arrives at their first design job doubting their first idea; they defend it, usually too loudly.

3

alfy.blog

A select should tell you something

Customizable select isn’t just a prettier dropdown. Five before/after demos show how options can carry what people need to decide.

4

noemamag.com

Now entering: The era of bleh

Airbrain, AI and the homogenization of knowledge work.

5

benji.org

Stageshow

Create better faux UI with agents. Avoid results often look sloppy and heavy-handed.

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Friday10/30

1

ryo.lu

Struggle together

I learned programming and design by trying, failing, and trying again. When I hit a wall, I figured out how to climb it.

2

the-brandidentity.com

The New York Times turns 175

A custom 175 mark and identity system to use across editorial, opinion, advertising, events and marketing.

3

dri.es

Website migration costs are going to zero

What happens when AI makes website migrations almost free?

4

hairline.lucasmarkes.com

Hairline

Thirty-three isometric line figures that answer the pointer. SVG, no dependencies, for React and for everything else.

5

texttocad.dev

Text-to-cad

Design physical products with AI. Free, open-source CAD for AI agents like Codex and Claude Code.

Thursday10/29

1

atifaz.am

The software factory forgot about design

Code is cheap now. What's still expensive is deciding what to build and how it should feel. I think that's the part the factory is missing.

2

the-brandidentity.com

Microsoft’s identity for Copilot positions it as a tool for work

Redefining Copilot via dynamic motion geometry, translating software logic into enterprise productivity.

3

avivbenyosef.com

Shipping the roadmap is the minimum

People look at the roadmap and their commitments, and success is about how much of those they actually shipped.

4

theremin.bizibah.com

Air Theremin

Tilt your phone, or wave both hands at the camera: spread them for volume, raise them for pitch.

5

karlkoch.me

On giving people an undo button in AI products

Designing AI edits people can inspect, accept and recover from without losing the work they wanted to keep.

Wednesday10/28

1

uxdesign.cc

Nobody asked for the sparkle button

Products ship with the same AI panel; people hunt for the off switch, and spend has outrun returns. Build features with AI, not AI features.

2

niklasroy.com

Glashütte Trash Clock

A fully functioning clockwork made from trash and other stuff that I found in Glashütte, Saxony.

3

justinjay.wang

Design as a garden

A different way to think about creative work.

4

digital-collections.princeton.edu

Russian and East European posters

Poster art as used in advertising for performances and films in a variety of Party-sponsored campaigns and ephemera.

5

denodell.com

Design systems should be fast by default

If a design system’s components are slow to interact with, so are any apps built with it.

Tuesday10/27

1

algoroxyolo.github.io

Knowing how is not knowing what

What RL environments need to supply: organizational context, domain rules and connected information.

2

howsadisthischapter.com

How sad is this chapter?

Find out how emotionally devastating a chapter is before you read it.

3

mattstromawn.com

Code review was never about the code

Code review was always meant as a verification step: does the code produce the outcome we want?

4

creativeboom.com

André Britz’s landscapes, bound with a pink elastic band

Intuitive drawings of places made from memory alone, in a 64-page book designed to feel unfinished.

5

mixfont.com

Decoy Font: a TTF font that hides what you type

Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type.

Monday10/26

1

craftwork.design

Craftwork: UI made by real designersSponsored

Figma UI kits, Framer templates, fonts, React components, icons, 3D and mockups made by real designers. Use them in Figma or through your AI agent.

2

hrih.si

Who holds the off switch?

What the 2026 numbers say about privacy and control, and guesses for where the privacy business goes next.

3

archive.org

Vintage AI

A curated collection of early computer software claiming some aspect of artificial intelligence as a primary feature.

4

youtube.com

Design and engineering are the same thing

John Maeda on why makers need to understand people and communicate.

5

intentapp.dev

Intent Design System

Intent logos, colors, typography, iconography, foundations, and components.

Friday10/23

1

shannadige.com

Fast is a design decision

Building a site has never been cheaper, but making it fast still costs attention and your user’s resources.

2

visualrambling.space

Moving objects in 3D space

Have you ever wondered how to move objects along a spherical helix path?

3

antonsten.com

Where decisions live

Slack for discussion, meetings to resolve, notes for thinking, and a dated decisions log for where things landed.

4

creativeboom.com

Apple Music’s new logo was shaped by sound and mineral oil

Created with TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the new identity is full of ripples made by sound.

5

backgrounds.supply

Gradient background generator

A free gradient background generator with 20+ animated shader modes.

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