The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2017/01/31

djr.typenetwork.com

DJR designs the perfect Fit

Once in a great while, a typeface shows up that occupies a realm of its own. Fit, David Jonathan Ross' wildly imaginative all-caps constructivist juggernaut, operates in a fascinating twilight zone between type and image. With his new typeface Fit , David Jonathan Ross set himself a challenge: to make every letter occupy the maximum surface area possible within its boundaries.

subtraction.com

Designing Logos with Grids

When debuting new logos, designers often share a supporting illustration that superimposes a grid on top of the logo forms, as if to demonstrate how structurally sound the design is. I've always viewed these skeptically, as they seem more fanciful than evidentiary.

bonappetit.com

The Secret History of the LaCroix Label

If you live in America or have any exposure to social media, you've witnessed the juggernaut that is LaCroix sparkling water. You've heard its praises sung by paleo bloggers, #Whole30 devotees, fashion designers, and late-night TV hosts. Maybe you've even bought a LaCroix-themed needlepoint , designed your own LaCroix meme , or dressed up as a can of Pamplemousse for Halloween.

blog.prototypr.io

Three Level Design Approach

Building a flexible Sketch stack for diverse audience requirements Here's an approach for making a Sketch file that you can use to present work in a flexible manner to different people with different expectations. This has been useful for me and the way I work, so I thought I would share to see if it's helpful or if people could expand on it.

medium.com

Lossless Web Navigation with Trails

Since the early 2000's, the desktop metaphor of tabbed browsing has dominated the way we navigate the web. With Browser.html, a Mozilla Research project aimed at building a browser user interface built in HTML for nightly builds of Servo, we are experimenting with evolving the standard tabbed browser towards a model based on trails.