The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2026/11/12

mattstromawn.com

Design is a search problem

Most of what we call ‘design’ is groping around a dark room looking for a black cat.

logohistories.com

Airline Logos

From Lufthansa’s crane to United’s tulip, the stories behind twelve airline logos designed for the jet age.

youtube.com

I made a film in Excel

A testament to the inescapable pull of making something out of nothing.

survey.devographics.com

State of JavaScript 2026

Take the State of JavaScript survey: a programming language that grew up much, much bigger than anybody ever anticipated.

haydenbleasel.com

By taking away

Software used to be made like a painting, one layer at a time. With agents, it’s closer to sculpture, and the hard part is seeing what to keep.