The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2017/01/10

m.alphasights.com

CSS Evolution: From CSS, SASS, BEM, CSS Modules to Styled Components

Since the beginnings of the Internet we've always had the need to style our websites, CSS has been around forever and has evolved at its own pace over the years, this article will take you through it.

movement.uber.com

Uber Movement: Let's find smarter ways forward

Making our cities move more efficiently matters to us all. That's why we're providing access to anonymized data from over 2 billion trips to help improve urban planning around the world.

engineering.instagram.com

Bringing Wide Color to Instagram

Last September, Apple announced the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which include cameras that capture a greater range of colors than previous models, and screens that can display that wider color range.

medium.com

Design thinking, where it came from and the types of people who made it all happen

Recently design thinking has gained momentum in the business world through mentions in the Harvard Business Review and publications. As a thing, design thinking has been described as anything from "a unified framework for innovation" to the "essential tool for simplifying and humanizing." Being in the news though, doesn't make design thinking anything new.

medium.com

Brutalism: The 'ugly' web design trend taking over the internet

A trend is taking over web design and it isn't creating clean, tidy websites which are easy to use; in fact, it's quite the opposite. The UX isn't even second priority in these bold, in-your-face collages of text and images, where the layout is analogous to chaotic, paint-splattered artwork.