Weekly Design Links – 04/11/23
It’s too late to get deep into a bunch of words this week. I’ll leave you with this sad factoid. In 2000, Alabama became the last state in the USA to overturn its ban on interracial marriage. OK, with that as your baseline, let’s look at some smart ideas, pretty stuff, and more positive creative thinking.
Web Design/UX/UI
Customers are not there to drive decisions about your product, but to validate yours
Wrong UX research leads to dilution
Every digital product is a work in progress
Typography
Catching up with Erik Spiekermann
The type legend on his new book, a big birthday, and variable fonts
Industrial Design
A Transparent Keyboard with Mag-Lev Keys That Sits Over an HD Display
The Flux Keyboard is a crowdfunding smash
Ambessa Play: A DIY Flashlight
A wind-up flashlight kids can build
Architecture
IWI Is an Adaptable Living Space That Extends or Compresses to Your Needs
Two wooden modules that are connected with a folding structure resembling an accordion
Art
Handmade Artist Books: 12 Stunning Examples
A cross between art and everyday object
The artist’s 10 rules for life and creativity
The 1,000 things famous photographers never shoot
From abandoned buildings to sunsets, pros from around the world share the things that they consider (subjectively) off-limits
Random (but really, just Lego)
By hypnomotion
Buildable model of the ultimate boss
If pictures are your bag and words just get in the way, check out this post on my blog instead (way more pictures, same words).