
Featured image of [2BitToy](https://2bittoy.carrd.co/) a Gameboy Camera custom shell designed for the retro Nintendo fan who wants to dabble a little more with their Gameboy photography

## Links of the week ending 3 May 2024

[2BitToy photography](https://2bittoy.carrd.co/)

[Fockups is back: funny mockup templates that offer a more realistic view of your designs](https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/fockups-round-two/)

[JSON Canvas - An open file format for infinite canvas data](https://jsoncanvas.org/)

[The Man Who Killed Google Search](https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/)

[Skittles gets nonsensical in Gen Z flavoured brand refresh](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/skittles-brand-refresh)

[7 graphic design trends: Which one will boost your communication in 2024?](https://www.thedrum.com/open-mic/7-graphic-design-trends-which-one-will-boost-your-communication-in-2024)

[Fortnite update 29.40 release date: Star Wars comes to Battle Royale this week](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/fortnite-update-29-40-release-date-star-wars-battle-royale-b1154473.html)

✨ and,

[The Fediverse of Things](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/04/the-fediverse-of-things/)

Links of The Week

416 - 3 May 2024 (gameboy photography and the fediverse)


Featured image of Snoo, Reddit's friendly alien character with an antenna poking out of its head.

## Links of the week ending 1 December 2023

[Reddit’s mascot gets a 3D glow up in identity refresh](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/reddit-redesign-identity/)

[What we can learn from Plato about inclusive UX design. Form follows function, user experience, and usability from 2400 years ago.](https://uxdesign.cc/what-we-can-learn-from-plato-about-inclusive-ux-design-aa13eed22b94)

[A Complete Guide To Using Cookies in Next.js](https://www.propelauth.com/post/cookies-in-next-js)

[Corita Kent: teachings to free the creative spirit](https://uxdesign.cc/corita-kent-learning-by-heart-teachings-to-free-the-creative-spirit-bf6dd5bd9d73)

[This Minecraft house is built with React.js (YouTube)](https://youtu.be/YaX5ZAEqXD8)

[Time’s best inventions of 2023 →](https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023)

✨ and,

[The Lost Art of the Miniature Golf Course](https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/07/07/the-lost-art-of-the-miniature-golf-course/)

394 - 1 December 2023 (creativity, plato and golf)


Image of the Paragraphica process flow, a context-to-image camera that uses location data and artificial intelligence to visualize a “photo” of a specific place and moment

## Links of the week ending 9 June 2023

[Paragraphica is a context-to-image camera that uses location data and artificial intelligence to visualize a “photo” of a specific place and moment.](https://bjoernkarmann.dk/project/paragraphica/)

[Best Design Systems, Wireframe and UI Kits for Figma in 2023](https://pixsellz.medium.com/best-design-systems-wireframe-and-ui-kits-for-figma-in-2023-4cc1b0387717)

[AI vs. Metaverse: Which Is the 5th Generation UI?](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-vs-metaverse-which-5th-generation-ui-jakob-nielsen)

[A bunch of demos and tools to show off Scroll-driven Animations](https://scroll-driven-animations.style/)

[Designing a developer-centric color system](https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/designing-a-developer-centric-color-system-79385c96d8b9)

[Mining the Milton Glaser Archives](https://www.curbed.com/2023/05/milton-glaser-archive-sva-graphic-design.html)

✨ and,

[GIFs Of The 80s](https://gifsofthe80s.tumblr.com/)


369 - 9 June 2023 (paragraphica, ai vs. metaverse and 80s gifs)


Featured image of Googles Logos as seen by Behave\_or\_else on Reddit

## Links of the week ending 19 November 2021

[Be usable, not consistent, not uniform](https://uxdesign.cc/be-usable-not-consistent-not-uniform-9ac72374cf93)

[10 Image File Formats That Didn’t Make It](https://tedium.co/2021/11/10/10-forgotten-image-formats/)

[DAILY FIELDWORKING on Instagram “noticing what we pay attention to, so we can pay attention to what other’s notice.”](https://www.instagram.com/dailyfieldwork/)

[Can Include - Understand which HTML tags you can include in another](https://www.instagram.com/dailyfieldwork/)

[A guide introduces web animation techniques with examples and tips on how to use them](https://tilda.education/en/web-animation-course)

✨ and,

[Meet the Duke Nukem Fan Re-Creating Britain in All Its Glory](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/duke-smoochem-brexit-britain)

Links of the week ending 19 November 2021

288 - 19 November 2021 (usability, photography and duke nukem)


Featured image of Vox on YouTube - The mystery of the “same sky” postcards

## Links of the week ending 22 October 2021

[YouTube - The mystery of the “same sky” postcards. An obsessive collector noticed something strange in his 11,000 postcards.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpQXz34bqs)

[The biggest trends in graphic design for 2022](https://www.creativeboom.com/features/biggest-trends-in-graphic-design-for-2022/)

✨ and,

[Trainspotting: behind the scenes by Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Irvine Welsh and more](https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2021/oct/25/trainspotting-behind-the-scenes-danny-boyle-ewan-mcgregor-irvine-welsh-harvey-weinstein)

285 - 29 October 2021 (same skys, trends and trainspotting)


Featured image of Apple packaging like you’ve never seen it before

## Links of the week ending 7 May 2021

[Apple packaging like you’ve never seen it before](https://www.wallpaper.com/art/apple-packaging-photography-johann-clausen)

[Testing fonts for accessibility](https://uxdesign.cc/testing-fonts-for-accessibility-817f47011078)

[UI & UX micro-tips: Volume four](https://www.fontpair.co/blog)

[Low-hanging design fruit: why you should use Google Font Superfamilies](https://www.fontpair.co/blog)

✨ and,

[A beautifully illustrated glossary of typographic terms you should know](https://www.canva.com/learn/typography-terms/)


261 - 7 May 2021 (photography, UX UI tips and typograph)


Image of a VHS tape cover

## Links of the week ending 26 February 2021

[VHS tapes are back in vogue as everything old is new again](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/vhs-tapes-are-back-vogue-everything-old-new-again-n1151611)

[Instagram can’t touch the visual glory of blank VHS tapes](https://uxdesign.cc/instagram-cant-touch-the-visual-glory-of-blank-vhs-tapes-8c165b683a1e)

[ilovetypography’s favourite fonts of 2020](https://ilovetypography.com/2021/01/12/my-favorite-fonts-of-2020/)

[Twitter’s got a new look. Get a peek behind the design.](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/imperfect-by-design.html)

✨ and,

[John Malkovich as eerie identical twins: Sandro Miller’s best photograph](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/17/john-malkovich-as-identical-twins-diane-arbus-homage-sandro-miller-best-photograph)

Links of the week ending 26 February 2021

251 - 26 February 2021 (vhs, typography and john malkovich)


Image of 5 main anti-trends in design

## Links of the week ending 24 Sept 2020

[The 5 main anti-trends in design](https://uxdesign.cc/the-5-main-anti-trends-in-design-e5629c1b217d)

[7 Graphic Design Trends That Will Dominate 2021 \[Infographic\]](https://venngage.com/blog/graphic-design-trends/)

[An attempt at understanding how the Gen-X uses WhatsApp — A UX Research Case Study](https://uxplanet.org/an-attempt-at-understanding-how-the-gen-x-uses-whatsapp-a-ux-research-case-study-f13e3961ba3b)

[Figma Low Code — a new way to tackle design hand-offs](https://uxdesign.cc/figma-low-code-a-new-way-to-tackle-design-hand-offs-a72cb109a455)

✨ and,

[Man Tracks Down People He Photographed in the Street 40 Years Ago to Recreate Their Pictures](https://mymodernmet.com/chris-porsz-reunion/) 📷

230 - 2 October 2020 (anti-design, graphic design, photography and icon sets)


Featured image of Neumorphism in user interfaces

## Links of the week ending 27 December 2020

[The halfway hack: Neumorphism in user interfaces](https://uxdesign.cc/neumorphism-in-user-interfaces-b47cef3bf3a6)

[NY Times’ best photographs of the year.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-pictures.html)

[The 78 Best Book Covers of 2019 as chosen by the experts and the designers themselves](https://lithub.com/the-78-best-book-covers-of-2019/)

[Algorithms Are a Designer’s New BFF—Here’s Proof](https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/algorithms-are-a-designers-new-bff-heres-proof)

[The 10 most-loved Inside Design posts in 2019](https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/the-10-most-loved-insidedesign-posts-in-2019)

✨ and,

[The 8 most important UI animations of all time](https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/the-8-most-important-ui-animations-of-all-time/)

Links of the week ending 27 December 2019

190 - 27 December 2019 (neumorphism and the best of 2019)


Featured image of Abstract Painting

## Links of the week ending 3 August 2018

[Amazing Winners of ‘Drone Awards 2018’ Reveal the Best Aerial Photos of the Year](https://mymodernmet.com/drone-awards-2018/)

[WWPº153 “GRIIID” Generator (A Pen By Antoinette Janus)](https://codepen.io/internette/full/yqpQpE/)

[Louisa Glenn Abstract Painting](http://www.louisaglenn.com/work/)

[The new Material Design refresh in Chrome for iOS looks interesting (twitter post)](https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1022248886398865408)

✨ and,

[How to enable Chrome’s new Material Design refresh on desktop and iOS](https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17616112/how-to-chrome-material-design-refresh)


116 - 03 August 2018 (drone awards, codepen and material design)


Featured image of black and white tree photography

## Links of the week ending 4 May 2018

[Aubrey Bodine - Baltimore Pictoralist](https://aaubreybodine.com/)

[CSS Duotone Generator](https://duotones.co/)

[Here’s How Designers Would Fix Amazon](https://www.fastcodesign.com/90169636/we-asked-designers-to-fix-amazon-this-is-their-vision)

✨ and,

[These 10 Examples Show What Top Sites Are Doing with eCommerce Cart and Checkout Design](https://www.goinflow.com/ecommerce-cart-checkout-design/)

103 - 4 May 2018 (pictoralist, css duotone, ecommerce and design)


Image of the Owl Café

## Links of the week ending 6 October 2017

[Typography that Sacred Cow](https://medium.muz.li/typography-that-sacred-cow-ea7a5909ca70)

[Street View Of 1980s New York](http://80s.nyc/)

[Writing microcopy doesn’t (necessarily) mean being cool](https://blog.prototypr.io/writing-microcopy-doesnt-necessarily-mean-being-cool-49109d636f7c)

[Phil Donohue Photography](https://phdonohue.tumblr.com/)

[Evolving the Dropbox Brand](https://dropbox.design/)

[Your landing page needs these 3 ingredients to succeed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMpTWmhD6k)

[Apple’s Bet On AR & The Future of UI Design](https://medium.com/iotforall/apples-bet-on-ar-the-future-of-ui-design-f2f119033fea)

✨ and,

[Stranger Things: The Game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OthEKbkPftk)

73 - 6 October 2017 (typography, photography and stranger things)


Featured image of iPhone X UI

## Links of the week ending 15 September 2017

[Abandoned States (Photography)](http://dcist.com/2017/08/abandoned_postcards_poconos_catskills_animations.php)

[What the ‘Aikido’ philosophy teaches us about creativity and courage](https://medium.com/personal-growth/how-to-build-your-courage-and-creativity-with-the-aikido-philosophy-d41b451b0e43)

[A Unified Theory for Designing Just About Anything](https://medium.com/@cwodtke/a-unified-theory-for-designing-just-about-anything-b87f1e4f050b)

[Polybius - The Game That Doesn’t Exist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7X6Yeydgyg)

[Designing for iPhone X](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/fall2017/801/)

✨ and,

[Hackernoon - A quick introduction to functional JavaScript](https://hackernoon.com/a-quick-introduction-to-functional-javascript-7e6fe520e7fa)

Links of the week ending 15 September 2017

70 - 15 September 2017 (abandoned states, photography, polibius and j)


Featured image of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers

## Links of the week ending 19 May 2017

[Camera ready? Face Tracker For Html5](https://visagetechnologies-com.loopiasecure.com/HTML5/latest/Samples/ShowcaseDemo/ShowcaseDemo.html) (Desktop only)

[Methodology; The Path to Design System Maturity](https://medium.com/ux-power-tools/the-path-to-design-system-maturity-d403daba692a)

[YouTube’s new typeface & brand work](http://www.saffron-consultants.com/projects/youtube/)

[Wardrobe Snacks - Photography & Art Direction - So good.](http://kelseymcclellan.com/wardrobe-snacks)

[10 Unforgettable Chris Cornell Moments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2dNOK__oE). R.I.P Chris 1964 - 2017 the iconic Soundgarden / Audioslave / Temple of the Dog frontman

✨ and,

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ [John Frusciante](https://youtu.be/6a4fUsQbQUI) and [Flea Only](https://youtu.be/6a4fUsQbQUI) ([Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Full Album](https://youtu.be/6a4fUsQbQUI)) and not forgetting [that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i46vNV9RraE) Flea problem.

53 - 19 May 2017 (HTML5 fact tracker, photography and art direction)


Featured image composition of Toma Vagner’s illustrations

## Links of the week ending 30 March 2017

[Toma Vagner; a Russian born illustrator currently producing work from NYC](https://tomavagner.com/)

[Podcasting: Where content marketing meets the earbuds](https://blog.intercom.com/podcasting-where-content-marketing-meets-the-earbuds/)

[How to Set Up Your YouTube Channel to Win](https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/set-up-your-youtube-channel)

[The photography work of Jake Michaels](http://jakemichaels.com/jokemichaels-2016)

✨ and,

[19 Designers Reimagine ‘Bob’s Burgers’](http://blog.invisionapp.com/bobs-burgers-design)


46 - 31 March 2017 (illustration, photography and podcasts)


Featured image Illustration - Mathematical Solutions for a Global Crisis

## Links of the week ending 9 March 2017

[Truthful and hilarious Twitter thread opposing whiteboard interviews](https://twitter.com/i/moments/835942450103451649)

[Trends in Modern Web Photography](https://uxplanet.org/trends-in-modern-web-photography-e9b3bce9afcb)

[CSS - Creating Non-Rectangular Headers](https://css-tricks.com/creating-non-rectangular-headers)

[Retention Hero - Habit forming with conversation design: How we got from 0.5% to 60% retention](https://medium.com/behavior-design/retention-hero-bb236f055462)

✨ and,

[Illustration - Mathematical Solutions for a Global Crisis by Jesse Jacobs](http://www.spitandahalf.com/product/mini-kus-27-mathematical-solutions-for-a-global-crisis-by-jesse-jacobs/)

43 - 10 March 2017 (css, illustration and photography)


Featured image from Curse Of The Man Who Sees UFOs website

## Links of the week ending 25 February 2017

[Vaughan Oliver](http://www.hardformat.org/designers/vaughan-oliver-designer/) - one of the great (music) designers

[Design](https://latenightcoding.co/how-to-write-good-error-messages) with [errors in mind](https://latenightcoding.co/how-to-write-good-error-messages) - with some nice examples of creative error messages

[Curse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvIOEqEzh08) Of The [Man Who Sees UFOs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvIOEqEzh08) - YouTube

Cheat Sheet: All [Facebook chatbot](https://chatbotsmagazine.com/cheat-sheet-all-facebook-chatbot-interactions-4b14e4e00178) interactions

✨ and,

Trends in modern [web photography](https://uxplanet.org/trends-in-modern-web-photography-e9b3bce9afcb)


Links of the week ending 25 February 2017

42 - 25 February 2017 (error messages, vaughan oliver and photography)


Featured image of an illustration by Mister E

## Links of the week ending 19 January 2017

[The work of Miami artist, Mister E](http://www.insidehook.com/money-artist-mister-e)

[Best Practices for Flat Design](https://uxplanet.org/best-practices-for-flat-design-6e7a6997805)

[Designing for the Human Side of Banking](https://medium.com/capitalonedesign/designing-for-the-human-side-of-banking-28897220defbyew)

[Best Practices for Long Scrolling](https://uxplanet.org/best-practices-for-long-scrolling-256ffbd7aa12)

✨ and,

[Øystein Sture Aspelund’s Twighlight Photography](https://www.behance.net/gallery/36679591/TWILIGHT)


37 - 20 January 2017 (art, photography and ux)


Featured image: Icon scale

## Links of the week ending 10 June 2016

[Type Terms. The animated typographic cheat sheet](https://www.supremo.tv/typeterms/)

[CSS at BBC Sport](https://medium.com/@shaunbent/css-at-bbc-sport-part-1-bab546184e66)

[The New Simplicity in Graphic Design](http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/perfectly-pared-down-minimalist-work-in-min-the-new-simplicity-in-graphic-design)

✨ and,

[How to Adapt Your Design Process to Scale](https://medium.com/@FirstMark/how-to-adapt-your-design-process-to-scale-4f2d93170137#.tofmvpa64)