
Featured image of playing card graphic design by [IGARASHI TAKENOBU ](https://takenobuigarashi.jp/)

## Links of the week ending 4 October 2024

[Museum of Modern Art Playing Cards, Takenobu Igarashi (1993) on Twitter](https://x.com/blankspac_e/status/1838415836215656670)

[IGARASHI TAKENOBU Archive](https://takenobuigarashi.jp/)

[Takenobu Igarashi Pushed the Parameters of Typography with His Hand-drawn 3D Letterforms](https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/in-the-1970s-takenobu-igarashi-pushed-the-parameters-of-typography-with-his-hand-drawn-3d-letterforms/)

[The innovative alphabets of Takenobu Igarashi](https://thamesandhudson.com/news/the-innovative-alphabets-of-takenobu-igarashi/)

[Takenobu Igarashi: A to Z](https://www.counter-print.co.uk/products/takenobu-igarashi-a-to-z)

[Story of a button](https://www.doc.cc/articles/button)

[What makes Stormkit a great Vercel alternative](https://www.stormkit.io/vs-vercel?q=1)

[The problem of the Em square and, should it be “font” or “typeface”?](https://uxdesign.cc/the-problem-of-the-em-square-04776e2126b2)

[Introduction to Flex and CSS Grid Layouts | Penpot Hands-On Demo (YouTube)](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=64O8qi51Jqc)

✨ and,

[Bop Spotter - Microphones are installed across cities in the United States by police to detect gunshots, purported to not be very accurate. This is that, but for music.](https://walzr.com/bop-spotter)


Links of The Week

438 - 4 October 2024 (graphic design, frontend and bop spotter)


Featured image of one of many sketches [for sale by Stephen J. Powers](https://firstandfifteenth.square.site/), an American contemporary artist and muralist. He is also known by the name ESPO

## Links of the week ending 27 September 2024

[Anthony Burrill uses typography to visualise the work of rock's greatest drummers](https://www.creativeboom.com/news/teen-charity-launches-artistic-collaboration-with-anthony-burrill-and-drumming-icons/)

[Unreadable typography is the latest trend in logo design](https://www.creativebloq.com/design/logos-icons/could-unreadable-typography-the-latest-trend-in-logo-design)

[How Hyundai Card Turned Typography Into a Corporate Asset](https://www.brandinginasia.com/how-hyundai-card-turned-typography-into-a-corporate-asset/)

[Edinburgh Degree Show project encourages rediscovery of city’s history](https://nen.press/2024/05/30/typography-trails-aims-to-show-edinburgh-through-a-new-lens/)

✨ and,

[The sketches of Stephen Powers](https://firstandfifteenth.square.site/)


Links of the week ending 27 September 2024

437 - 27 September 2024 (graphic design, typography and ESPO)


Featured image of [Occlupanids](https://www.horg.com/horg/). They are generally found as parasitoids on bagged pastries in supermarkets, hardware stores, and other large commercial establishments.

## Links of the week ending 20 September 2024

[The Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group : A Database of Synthetic Taxonomy](https://www.horg.com/horg/)

[A complete Spotify clone built with Typescript, React, React Redux, Spotify Web API, and Spotify Playback SDK](https://github.com/francoborrelli/spotify-react-web-client)

[Vitaly Friedman’s UX Guidelines For... Almost Everything! (Linkedin)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vitalyfriedman_ux-design-activity-7237357391791489024-y0sg)

[The \<template> HTML Tag](https://medium.com/@asierr/the-template-html-tag-72be6fb5eba9)

[Stacked List: The Best Way to Fit Tables on Mobile Screens](https://uxmovement.medium.com/stacked-list-the-best-way-to-fit-tables-on-mobile-screens-79f7789e079b)

[Heuristic Analysis Notion Template](https://quickstartux.gumroad.com/l/heuristic_analysis)

[Phantom Note - VS Code extension for code comments](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PhantomNote.phantom-note)

[Tailwind CSS trick: managing opacity with alpha values](https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/tailwind-css-trick-managing-opacity-with-alpha-values-ce73bf3b14f9)

✨ and,

[Neko Busou - "cat weapons" -- is a new plastic model series from Bandai that started as an April Fools joke, and became reality thanks to popular demand](https://www.gundammad.co.uk/product.php?productid=21030#:~\:text=Neko%20Busou%20%2D%2D%20%22cat%20weapons%22%20%2D%2D%20is%20a%20new%20plastic%20model%20series%20from%20Bandai%20that%20started%20as%20an%20April%20Fools%20joke%2C%20and%20became%20reality%20thanks%20to%20popular%20demand)


Links of the week ending 20 September 2024

436 - 20 September 2024 (bread clips, ucd and armoured cats)


Featured promotion image of the [Mike Kelley - Ghost and Spirit exhibition at the Tate Modern](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/mike-kelley-ghost-and-spirit) 3 October 2024 - 9 March 2025. Mike Kelley, Ahh...Youth! 1991. © Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. All Rights Reserved / VAGA at ARS, NY

## Links of the week ending 13 September 2024

[Mike Kelley - Ghost and Spirit exhibition at the Tate Modern 3 October 2024 - 9 March 2025](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/mike-kelley-ghost-and-spirit)

[90,000 encyclopaedic entries on type design and loads more](https://luc.devroye.org)

[Kanzen - Futuristic cyberpunk typeface found on gumroad](https://iliangorski.gumroad.com/l/kanzen?a=436890451)

[True Joy named Dulux Colour of the Year 2025](https://www.dezeen.com/2024/09/10/true-joy-yellow-dulux-colour-of-the-year-2025/)

[Essential Linux Command Line Cheatsheets for Beginners and Advanced Users](https://qirolab.com/posts/essential-linux-command-line-cheatsheets)

✨ and,

[Binsider lets you inspect strings, examine linked libraries, and perform hexdumps, all within a user-friendly TUI.](https://binsider.dev/)


Links of the week ending 13 September 2024

435 - 13 September 2024 (exhibition, sonic youth and linux)


Featured image of [Departure Mono](https://departuremono.com/), a pixel font with a lo-fi technical vibe.

## Links of the week ending 6 September 2024

[Dark Entries Records celebrates 15th anniversary with graphic design zine](https://djmag.com/news/dark-entries-records-celebrates-15th-anniversary-graphic-design-zine)

[Type of Feeling is a type foundry specializing in creating bespoke typefaces for brands inspired by a range of feelings](https://typeoffeeling.com/products/)

[Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234698/canva-price-increase-300-percent-ai-features)

[Transform your PDFs into audio with ease (under development release)](https://listen-to-pdf-papers.vercel.app/)

[ReadPDF.io reads PDFs for YOU](https://www.readpdf.io/) 🫵

[The Economist's new typography](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/defining-character-economists-new-typography-mark-mitchell-ffr1e)

[Loading Box - React component designed for Next.js to manage route change loading states.](https://github.com/woywro/next-loading-box)

✨ and,

[DEPARTURE MONO IS A MONOSPACED PIXEL FONT WITH A LO-FI TECHNICAL VIBE. IT'S GREAT FOR WORKING WITH TABULAR DATA](https://departuremono.com/)


Links of the week ending 6 September 2024

434 - 6 September 2024 (graphic design, fonts and pdf accessibility)


Featured image of 3 glyphs from the [Pouler typeface](https://alex-creq.com/typefaces/pouler) created by Alexandre Créquer free to try out.

## Links of the week ending 30 August 2024

[Derek\&Eric designs a delicious identity for confectionery brand Yamama](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/derekeric-designs-a-delicious-identity-for-confectionary-brand-yamama-/)

[DISTORT - Variable Typeface](https://terradesigns.gumroad.com/l/distort)

[Graphicsfix Hot Sauce Art](https://www.instagram.com/graphicsfix1/)

[Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey. A critique by artist Mark Vallen](https://art-for-a-change.com/Obey/)

[The cost structure of using Nextjs Image](https://indie-starter.dev/blog/the-cost-of-using-nextjs-image)

[Should Your Website Work Without JavaScript?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDK66t7SrSY) (discussed on YouTube)

[Fluid typography in design systems: from design to code](https://uxdesign.cc/fluid-typography-in-design-systems-from-design-to-code-2b5f46a729b4)

✨ and,

[Pouler, and many other Typefaces by Alexandre Créquer](\[https://alex-creq.com/typefaces/pouler]\(https://alex-creq.com/typefaces/pouler\))


all posts

438 - 4 October 2024 (graphic design, frontend and bop spotter)

437 - 27 September 2024 (graphic design, typography and ESPO)

436 - 20 September 2024 (bread clips, ucd and armoured cats)

435 - 13 September 2024 (exhibition, sonic youth and linux)

434 - 6 September 2024 (graphic design, fonts and pdf accessibility)

433 - 30 August 2024 (identity, typefaces and obey)