The five best design links, every weekday

Monday10/13

1

dvtl.link

Dovetail has redefined how product teams act on customer feedbackSponsored

Their new customer intelligence platform connects feedback, design, and development, so you can turn signals into shipped products.

2

suffsyed.com

Designers have to move from the surface to the substrate

Designers once controlled 85% of UX through UI and interactions. Now, with intelligence moving beneath the surface, that control has collapsed to 5%.

3

spaceexplorationlogoarchive.webflow.io

Space exploration logo archive

More than 80 years of works and includes the most iconic and noteworthy logos related to the world of Space Exploration.

4

nngroup.com

Stop misrecruits: Add foils to your screener

Foils are fake (but plausible) options in screeners that catch inattentive or dishonest participants, protecting data quality and saving time.

5

piccalil.li

A guide to creating accessible PDFs

Make PDFs accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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Friday10/10

1

doc.cc

The UX butterfly effect

Understanding unintended consequences in design and how to plan for them.

2

theoatmeal.com

A cartoonist’s review of AI art

This is a comic about AI art. A pretty honest one.

3

hojberg.xyz

The programmer identity crisis

On AI, creativity, and craft.

4

figma.com

6 winning Figma Makes and what you can learn from them

This year’s Make-a-thon winners offer insights on how to prototype smarter, structure products better, and push Figma Make further.

5

herbertlui.net

Craft, not fame, makes your story worth telling

The possibility is there, if you’re willing to put in the effort.

Thursday10/09

1

mechanicalsurvival.com

Team dynamics after AI

So much of the discourse around AI assumes an inevitability to adoption, seeing quality as the only barrier to that.

2

pauladamsmith.com

Classic 8×8-pixel Mac patterns

The original 8×8-pixel patterns that were in the original Control Panel for setting the desktop background and in MacPaint as fill patterns.

3

bharath.sh

Vercel vs Cloudflare: two philosophies of building for developers

Neutral observations on the Vercel vs Cloudflare race to win the edge and developer mindshare.

4

itsnicethat.com

It’s Nice That’s Ones to Watch 2025

A curated list of next generation creative talent from across the globe.

5

nav.al

Complex systems emerge from iterations on simple designs

Whenever you find a complex system working in nature, it’s usually the output of a very simple system or thing that was iterated over and over.

Wednesday10/08

1

wheresyoured.at

OpenAI is just another boring, desperate AI startup

Many of the ideas that OpenAI has leaked specifically so the media can continue to pump up its valuation and continue to raise the money it needs.

2

microsoft.design

Fluid forms, vibrant colors

How a subtle refresh of Microsoft 365's icons signals deeper change.

3

technologyreview.com

2025 climate tech companies to watch

MIT Technology Review’s annual list of companies that are taking meaningful steps to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

4

mrkaran.dev

AI and home-cooked software

AI is enabling a new category of personal software. Welcome to the era of home-cooked applications.

5

theatlantic.com

Move fast and break nothing

Why Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.

Tuesday10/07

1

emilkowal.ski

7 practical animation tips

Seven simple ideas you can use to improve your animations today.

2

blog.florianschulz.info

Tidy text: Sloppy notes that auto-correct

What if you could type sloppily and the text could correct itself line by line?

3

lukew.com

Wrapper vs. embedded AI apps

Most AI applications built to date have adopted a wrapper approach but increasingly, being embedded is becoming a viable option too.

4

youtube.com

Gboard Dial Version

A new proposal from Google's Gboard team, the Gboard Dial Version.

5

ikeamuseum.com

IKEA Museum

Browse IKEA catalogues through the ages, reflecting different eras and lifestyles—a goldmine for the nostalgic, design enthusiasts and history buffs.

Monday10/06

1

bit.ly

PUSH UX Conference 2025 (Oct 23-24 • Munich, Germany)Sponsored

Two conference days, 50+ world-class sessions, and Munich’s best cake. Join us in the heart of Europe for PUSH UX 2025!

2

thenextfouryears.ai

The next four years

A self-generating story based on several months of the US government upheaval. All written by AI.

3

terriblesoftware.org

Stop avoiding politics

Most engineers think workplace politics is dirty. They’re wrong. Refusing to play politics doesn’t make you noble; it makes you ineffective.

4

suffsyed.com

Designers should look to Demis Hassabis, not Jony Ive

The future of design will still be shaped—just not by designers like Jony Ive.

5

uxdesign.cc

Making useful filters

Filters can make or break your UX, and designing them is not as straightforward as you might think.

Friday10/03

1

matthewstrom.com

Decentralizing quality

Why moving judgment to the edges wins in the long run.

2

daverupert.com

Why I hate the MVP car

Despite taking the time to get the context and being a lover of iteration, I think I have built up petty grievances over the years with the MVP car.

3

itsnicethat.com

Light and shade: exploring creativity’s AI conundrum

A series interrogating the challenges and opportunities at the heart of the AI-creative conversation.

4

dennisdeacon.com

Baby steps accessibility

Low contrast text represents 79.1% of all errors. Find out how to make a dent on these issues.

5

ft.com

Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world

Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away.

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