Weekly Design Links – 08/22/23
I was getting started on assembling this week’s post and I suddenly found myself deep down a web rabbit hole that I couldn’t escape. It started simply enough–I got an email from the fine people at?LEGO. They updated their loyalty program and wanted me to move over to this new thing. I complied. That reminded me of a recent thought, “I really like LEGO minifigs,” (the little LEGO people) and I’d love to have more but they are so expensive to buy with all of the sets.?YouTube had the answer. You can buy the parts to LEGO minifigs and assemble the characters at a fraction of the cost (over eBay or buying the sets). This took me to?Bricklink, a site that LEGO has authorized as a place to buy and sell LEGO parts. Deeper and deeper I sunk. Soon I was cross-matching parts, comparing the prices on eBay, digging and digging, and making all kinds of useless discoveries. For example, in 2013, as part of the LEGO minifig series 10 blind bag offering, there is a character called Mr. Gold and he sells for about $4000 in good condition. After exploring the many fine offerings on Bricklink, I had to stop myself, finish this post and get some sleep.
Work
Feedback limited to people with perceived “credentials” only goes so deep
Designers are actually equipped with a really beautiful ability to solve problems creatively, and that turns out to be like a generally useful skill
Web Design/UX/UI
A few of the nuggets of information that I have gleaned over my 10 years as a product design leader
Inside the collaborative approach a content designer used to get a UX organization of hundreds on the same page
Illustration
A collection that’s more than just illustrations—it’s a celebration of breaking free, transcending limitations and embracing a future filled with endless possibilities by Pablo Stanley
Industrial Design
Fukasawa has returned to lend his distinct perspective in the form of a pair of battery powered 2-wheeler
Non-functioning toys, but still
领英推荐
Made of porcelain, no less
Architecture
Serendix’s Barnacle House
Located in New Canaan, Connecticut, Tirranna sits on 14 acres and spans nearly 8,000 square feet
Books
by Elizabeth McGuane
by Kevin Jon Davies
Design Jobs
Remote
North Vancouver, BC
Los Angeles, California
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All this plus more pictures–on my blog