
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 [montage of a sticker set](https://www.flickr.com/photos/danhon/albums/72177720314761105/with/53527674675) to manage replies by [Dan Hon on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/danhon/albums/72177720314761105/with/53527674675)

## Links of the week ending 16 February 2024

[Accessible One Button Controlled Games](https://www.onebuttoncontrolledgames.com/)

[UI - A Practical Guide To Designing For Children](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/02/practical-guide-design-children/)

[Design systems 101: What is a design system?](https://www.figma.com/blog/design-systems-101-what-is-a-design-system/)

[Blog post by Vantage - Why we are migrating from Bootstrap to Tailwind](https://www.vantage.sh/blog/why-we-are-migrating-from-bootstrap-to-tailwind)

[NextJS - We made create-t3-app to do one thing: Streamline the setup of typesafe Next.js apps WITHOUT compromising modularity](https://create.t3.gg/)

[Redefining Architecture: The Rise of Anthropological Design](https://bnnbreaking.com/arts/artists/redefining-architecture-the-rise-of-anthropological-design)

[Embark on a journey to animate enchanting unicorns using Figma, After Effects, or Lottie’s new Creator tool.](https://uxdesign.cc/3-paths-with-lottiefiles-to-master-motion-design-05a485a3c7e1)

[How ecomm subscription services are breaking all the UX rules](https://uxdesign.cc/how-ecomm-subscription-services-are-breaking-all-the-ux-rules-4c5f27d1a0bb)

✨ and,

Much social software doesn't let you manage replies, whether coarsely or in a fine-grained manner. Sometimes you just want to spout off! Sometimes you don't actually want people to reply. [Stickers to Manage Replies By](https://www.flickr.com/photos/danhon/albums/72177720314761105/)


Links of the week ending 16 February 2024

405 - 16 February 2024 (one button games, ucd and stickers)


Image of a 3D low-poly retro pixel render of a toaster produced in picoCAD.

## Links of the week ending 5 August 2022

[picoCAD! A tiny modeller for tiny models](https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad)

[Brainly SVG Animate for Figma - Tutorial here](https://github.com/brainly/svg-animate)

[Storytelling, User Experience and Design Are the Key Drivers, Says AIRBAG](https://www.lbbonline.com/news/storytelling-user-experience-and-design-are-the-key-drivers-says-airbag)

[How To Use Chrome UX Report To Improve Your Site Performance](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chrome-ux-report-tips/457497/)

[How typography can make or break a user experience](https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/4-10-july-2022/how-typography-can-make-or-break-a-user-experience/)

✨ and,

[Footer Sorrow on Codepen](https://codepen.io/ste-vg/full/PoQgvBK)


325 - 5 August 2022 (animation, chrome ux and footer sorrow)


Animation of a letter A using the GT Planar Typeface detailing Retalic to Upright to Italic as a single, continuous design space.

## Links of the week ending 17 June 2022

[GT Planar Typeface 👾](https://gt-planar.com/)

[Turn your computer into a retro Mac with this pixel perfect icon and dynamic wallpaper set](https://www.benvessey.com/mac-old-school)

[Graphic design trends 2022: Kinetic typography, anti-design and risograph-like backgrounds](https://www.thedrum.com/profile/depositphotos/news/graphic-design-trends-2022-kinetic-typography-anti-design-and-risograph-inspired-backgrounds)

[French-Canadian artist Myriam Dion on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/_myriamdion_/)

[NN/g Checklist for Moderating a Usability Test - May 29, 2022](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-checklist/)

[Can I Devtools? is like caniuse.com but for the browser devtools](https://caniuse.com/)

✨ and,

[Article - Installing a payphone in my house](https://bert.org/2022/06/02/payphone/)


318 - 17 June 2022 (typography, usability and a payphone)


Featured image of the Rise of Long Form Generative Art via tylerxhobbs.com

## Links of the week ending 27 August 2021

[The Rise of Long Form Generative Art](https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2021/the-rise-of-long-form-generative-art)

[7 overused logo letterforms to let go of](https://dribbble.com/stories/2021/08/18/overused-logos)

[A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators](https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/focus-indicators/)

[Adding 100 underline overlay animations - The impressive CSS collection](https://dev.to/afif/adding-100-underline-overlay-animations-the-impressive-css-collection-1a93)

[The man preserving endangered colours](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210823-the-man-preserving-endangered-colours)

[Mazda trademarks a new logo (and fans spot an intriguing hidden message)](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/mazda-wankel-logo)

[Twitter users aren’t handling the changes particularly well](https://uxdesign.cc/why-do-people-hate-redesigns-64c2b009cc32)

✨ and,

[Netflix but for fake movies and tv shows that appear inside real movies and tv shows - Nestflix](https://nestflix.fun/)

277 - 27 August 2021 (generative art, focus indicators and animation)


Image of a Dictionary of Typography and its Accessory Arts

## Links of the week ending 19 February 2021

[A Dictionary of Typography and its Accessory Arts](https://www.c82.net/typography/)

[Chris Smyth of Skep unveils new typographic prints that play on our love of ‘limited edition’](https://www.creativeboom.com/features/chris-smyth-of-skep-unveils-new-typographic-prints-that-play-on-our-love-of-limited-edition/)

[Studio Aardman creates mental health campaign targeting young people](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/studio-aardman-creates-mental-health-campaign-targeting-young-people/)

[Uniwidth typefaces for interface design](https://uxdesign.cc/uniwidth-typefaces-for-interface-design-b6e8078dc0f7)

[7 graphic design trends to cheer you up in 2021](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/2021-graphic-design-trends-depositphoto)

[Last call to enter the world’s largest design competition](https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/last-call-to-enter-the-worlds-largest-design-competition/)

✨ and,

[Artist Michael Murphy’s 3D hanging sculpture made of old tech reveals hidden meaning](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/bt-connected-experiences/)

Links of the week ending 19 February 2021

250 - 19 February 2021 (typography, animation and art)


Image of Typography: The Importance of Play

## Links of the week ending 12 February 2021

[Typography: The Importance of Play](https://www.typotheque.com/articles/the_importance_of_play)

[A man of letters: where typography meets sculpture](https://www.ft.com/content/c37d10bb-3db1-4dec-97f7-dfadbc257d96)

[Applying white space in UI design: 8 practical tips, with examples.](https://uxdesign.cc/whitespace-in-ui-design-44e332c8e4a)

[21 Bad frontend Habits to Drop in 2021](https://dev.to/sachagreif/21-bad-frontend-habits-to-drop-in-2021-1698)

[Apple’s pear logo dispute reaches a baffling conclusion](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/apple-prepear-logo-resolution)

[AnimXYZ: The first composable CSS animation toolkit](https://animxyz.com/)

[Margot Lévêque talks about the importance of taking your time when designing and the problems with Instagram-based type foundries](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/margot-leveque-typography-graphic-design/)

✨ and,

[9 hilarious memes for graphic designers](https://www.creativebloq.com/features/9-hilarious-memes-for-graphic-designers)

Links of the week ending 12 February 2021

249 - 12 February 2021 (typography, design and css animation)


Featured image of symbol design

## Links of the week ending 27 September 2019

[Art of Symbols site](https://jonathanhaggard.github.io/Art-of-symbols-site/)

[The birth of Inter: How the new open-source typeface used by GitHub and Mozilla came to be](https://www.figma.com/blog/the-birth-of-inter/)

[Variable Font Animation with CSS and Splitting J](https://css-irl.info/variable-font-animation-with-css-and-splitting-js/)S

[If you like cats, you’ll love this cat font. This cat font rules (and dog fonts drool)](https://www.fastcompany.com/90390154/this-cat-font-rules-and-dog-fonts-drool)

[Styling Links with Real Underlines](https://css-tricks.com/styling-links-with-real-underlines/) 

✨ and,

[Holger Huber: German Graphic Designer](https://www.holger-huber.com/)

Links of the week ending 27 September 2019

176 - 27 September 2019 (symbols, fonts, animation and underlines)


Screenshot of Moving Posters (instagram)

## Links of the week ending 9 August 2019

[The Moving Posters (instagram)- Animated posters from around the world](https://www.instagram.com/themovingposters/)

[Font style matcher](https://meowni.ca/font-style-matcher/)

[Forget the computer — here’s why you should write and design by hand](https://uxdesign.cc/forget-the-computer-heres-why-you-should-write-and-design-by-hand-19031089138f)

✨ and,

[UI Patterns - Don’t trust agile alone to build successful products](http://ui-patterns.com/blog/dont-trust-agile-alone-to-build-successful-products)

169 - 9 August 2019 (animation, posters and ui)


Image of Christmas XP, a WebGL advent calendar

## Links of the week ending 14 December 2018

[Christmas XP: Your WebGL advent calendar featuring everyday a new experiment made with love by digital artists](https://christmasexperiments.com/)

[11 powerful examples of responsive web design](https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/examples-responsive-web-design/)

[Flare: insanely fast vector animation for apps, games, and web](https://www.2dimensions.com/)

[State of UX in 2019](https://trends.uxdesign.cc/)

✨ and,

[Character, process, & heart: Creating Slack’s illustration voice](https://www.byalicelee.com/slack)


Links of the week ending 14 December 2018

135 - 14 December 2018 (christmas xp, vector and animation)


Feature image of comic book art

## Links of the week ending 23 February 2018

[Steve Seeley Artist, comic writer and toy nerd based in Chicago](https://www.instagram.com/steveseeleyart/)

[Really smart Animated SVG Avatar!](https://codepen.io/dsenneff/pen/QajVxO)

[5 examples of web animation done right](https://www.invisionapp.com/blog/web-animation-ux/)

[Stunning hover effects with CSS variables.](https://blog.prototypr.io/stunning-hover-effects-with-css-variables-f855e7b95330)

[Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results to make pics harder to steal](https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/15/17017864/google-removes-view-image-button-from-search-results)

[Logos are overrated (YouTube)](https://youtu.be/GqZwfA64h1A)

✨ and,

[Don’t Compete. Create!](https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-compete-create-3091f41870b5)


Links of the week ending 23 February 2018