
Featured image of the wearable [Pixel Mirror](https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/07/04/this-crystal-fragment-turns-everything-you-see-into-8-bit-pixel-art-and-its-fascinating/), a crystal that reduces the resolution of what’s behind it – regardless of distance and movement – leaving you with a pixel art of what you are looking at.

## Links of the week ending 12 July 2024

[Accessible form validation from scratch: preparing for validation - tutorial](https://uxdesign.cc/accessible-form-validation-from-scratch-preparing-for-validation-6fc9e5b98d68)

[4 Major Patterns for Accessible Drag and Drop](https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/4-major-patterns-for-accessible-drag-and-drop-1d43f64ebf09)

[6-month free trial of Affinity… even if you’ve tried it before!](https://affinity.serif.com/en-g)

[How to create great UI animations - Emil Kowalski](https://emilkowal.ski/ui/great-animations)

✨ and,

[Pixel Mirror - Turns everything you see into 8-bit pixel art](https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/07/04/this-crystal-fragment-turns-everything-you-see-into-8-bit-pixel-art-and-its-fascinating/)


Links of The Week

426 - 12 July 2024 (accessibility, kanban and pixel mirror)


Featured image of Evan Roth's [All HTML website](https://all-html.net/ "Link to All HTML") screenshot (hint: view it's source)

## Links of the week ending 29 March 2024

[xz/liblzma vulnerability article - A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects](https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/)

[Are You Affected by the Backdoor in XZ Utils?](https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/are-you-affected-by-the-backdoor-in-xz-utils)

[UX meets Cynefin: Making a sense-making device more sensible](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-meets-cynefin-making-a-sense-making-device-more-sensible-c5d5a714b145)

[Cynefin Framework (pronounced kuh-nev-in) Making Sense of Complexity](https://thecynefin.co/)

[12 Figma tips to work more efficiently](https://uxdesign.cc/12-figma-tips-to-work-more-efficiently-2d9b60e2ab2d)

[Canva's Affinity acquisition means serious competition for Adobe](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/canva-acquires-affinity)

[Affinity users won’t be forced into paying subscriptions following Canva acquisition](https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24113423/affinity-canva-acquisition-pledge-license-price-subscription)

[Creative CAPTCHA puzzles can help promote web accessibility—and security](https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/03/26/arkose-labs-creative-captcha-accessibility)

[THE HTML REVIEW is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web](https://thehtml.review/03/)

[How To Adapt SEO Strategies To Better Appear In Google SGE](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-adapt-seo-strategies-to-better-appear-in-google-sge/508665/)

[What's New in Next.js 14?](https://devm.io/javascript/new-in-next-js)

✨ and,

[All Html By Evan Roth, 2011](https://all-html.net/)


411 - 29 March 2024 (cynefin, affinity and all html)


Screenshot of Affinity 2.1 software update

## Links of the week ending 367 - 26 May 2023

[BIG launch today for Prototyping in Figma - State management!](https://twitter.com/nikolasklein/status/1661498043999596544)

[Affinity 2.1 introduces some highly requested new features, plus hundreds of usability improvements to Affinity’s most-loved tools. 5 things you need to know about Affinity 2.1](https://affinityspotlight.com/article/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-affinity-21/)

[Study finds two-thirds of UK GP surgery websites have accessibility errors](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/05/study-finds-two-thirds-of-uk-gp-surgery-websites-have-accessibility-errors/)

[User-Centered Design in Software Development: Best Practices](https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/23/user-centered-design-in-software-development-best-practices/)

[How to Design Fonts: Has Blaze Type created the most accessible typography guide?](https://www.creativeboom.com/features/how-to-design-fonts/)

✨ and,

[Typing “rash’ in Safari on MacOS Ventura 13.4 causes crash](https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/13ptmq5/typing_rash_in_safari_on_macos_ventura_134_causes/)

367 - 26 May 2023 (Affinity 2.1, figma state management and rash)


Featured image: storybookjs article

## Links of the week ending 3 June 2022

[Why most design systems implode](https://storybook.js.org/blog/why-most-design-systems-implode/)

[Mockitt - An online design, prototyping, and collaboration platform to empower your UI/UX design journey](https://mockitt.wondershare.com/home.html)

[Illustrator Nicolai Hansen - I create illustrations and live in Aarhus, Denmark](https://www.instagram.com/koggist/)

[Paper Bag Archive - The worlds largest paper bag archive](https://www.instagram.com/paper_bag_archive/?hl=en)

[Guadalajaran Affinity Designer Illustrator Sergio Saucedo](https://www.behance.net/sergiosaucedo)

✨ and,

[Remove Background From Images For Free](https://www.erase.bg/)


316 - 3 June 2022 (design systems, collaboration and design)


Featured image: Taj Mahal by Mohamed Aljaadaby (Typographic City Logos)

## Links of the week ending 20 May 2022

[Graphic Designer Creates Typographic City Logos Based On Their Famous Landmarks - Mohamed Aljaadaby’s Instagram](https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/city-landmark-logos/)

[Martin Lewis: ‘UO is just as important as UX: A tip for anyone developing their website or app’](https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2022/05/martin-lewis---uo-is-just-as-important-as-ux--a-tip-for-anyone-d/)

[Bringing page transitions to the web (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCJUPJ_zDQ4)

[Motion DevTools - Create web animations faster than ever with the Chrome extension for CSS and Motion One](https://motion.dev/tools)

[UI Interactions of the week #311](https://medium.com/muzli-design-inspiration/ui-interactions-of-the-week-311-9c60837fd13a)

✨ and,

[50% off! Affinity is next-generation photo editing, graphic design and layout software for creative professionals on Mac, Windows & iOS. Free trials.](https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/)

314 - 20 May 2022 (ux, uo and ucd)


Featured illustration by Lionel Darian produced in Affinity software

## Links of the week ending 3 December 2021

[Lionel Darian - Affinity lllustrator](https://affinityspotlight.com/article/lionel-darian-each-illustration-elicits-a-different-emotion-in-me)

[How to create large component sets in Figma](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-complex-components-in-figma-69ff2021aaaa)

[What UX designers can learn from the fashion industry](https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2021/11/30/what-ux-designers-can-learn-the-fashion-industry)

[Part of Fortnite’s big Chapter 2 finale has leaked](https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-02-part-of-fortnites-big-chapter-2-finale-has-leaked)

[Animockup → Create product teasers with animated mockups](https://animockup.com/)

✨ and,

[A 3D modeling experiment analyzing different types of fries and why people love them.](https://www.chris-williams.me/fry-universe)

affinity

426 - 12 July 2024 (accessibility, kanban and pixel mirror)

411 - 29 March 2024 (cynefin, affinity and all html)

367 - 26 May 2023 (Affinity 2.1, figma state management and rash)

316 - 3 June 2022 (design systems, collaboration and design)

314 - 20 May 2022 (ux, uo and ucd)

290 - 3 December 2021 (ux, fashion, fortnite and fries)