
Featured image of a modern missile command base-defending arcade shooter, Utopia Must Fall by [PIXELJAM](https://www.pixeljam.com/) Arcade

## Links of the week ending 31 May 2024

[On which side do we put the primary button?](https://uxdesign.cc/on-which-side-do-we-put-the-primary-button-c108a719e111)

[Penpot 2.0 release: Design and Code Collaboration on another level](https://penpot.app/penpot-2.0)

[Tailwind Battle! Replicate the target layouts using TailwindCSS](https://www.tailwindbattle.com/)

[Restyle - Zero Config CSS for React](https://reactstyle.vercel.app/)

[Solve Vercel Serverless Functions Timeout issue](https://saddam-hossain.medium.com/solve-vercel-serverless-functions-timeout-issue-28504a637957)

[UI library for React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion Design Engineers](https://magicui.design/)

[Apple VP of interface design talks about Vision Pro after headset wins award](https://www.phonearena.com/ar-vr/news/apple-vp-of-design-talks-about-vision-pro-award_id158665)

[Just Terrible UI Design: This Freezer Control Dial](https://www.core77.com/posts/131019/Just-Terrible-UI-Design-This-Freezer-Control-Dial)

✨ and,

[Utopia Must Fall - Early Access on Steam by PIXELJAM Arcade](https://pixeljamarcade.com/game/utopia-must-fall/)


Links of The Week

420 - 31 May 2024 (penpot, css and utopia must fall)


Featured image of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Official Website in [1999](https://web.archive.org/web/19991013042109/http://redhotchilipeppers.com:80/intro.htm) captured in the Web Design Museum before it went [Flash](https://vimeo.com/30621120)

## Links of the week ending 10 May 2024

[7 helpful Figma resources you need as a designer (Jan — April 2024)](https://medium.muz.li/7-helpful-figma-resources-you-need-as-a-designer-jan-april-2024-16bf3f75ee46)

[Making Sense of React Server Components](https://www.joshwcomeau.com/react/server-components/)

[Next.js App - Timesy, A distraction-free online timer](https://timesy.app/)

[Build, design and debug your Tailwind website visually with Tailscan, right within the browser](https://tailscan.com/)

[How to create a 3D Button Tailwind CSS](https://lexingtonthemes.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-3d-button-with-tailwind-css/)

[Krita Monthly Update – Edition 15](https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/monthly-update-15/)

[16 UX mapping techniques to improve your Product development process](https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/15-ux-mapping-techniques-to-improve-your-product-development-process-31daa493587f)

[Designing for change: understanding behaviour change theory](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-for-change-how-behaviour-change-theory-can-improve-app-design-bd2df4c9b3f7)

[System76 - A Blog to Satisfy Your Monthly COSMIC Fix(es)](https://blog.system76.com/post/your-monthly-cosmic-fix)

✨ and,

[Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screens and videos of old websites, mobile apps and software from 1990s to mid-00s](https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/)


417 - 10 May 2024 (resources, development and a museum)


Featured image still from the Nine Inch Nails music video Head Like a Hole released as a single on March 22, 1990, by TVT Records in the US and on September 2, 1991, by Island Records in the UK

## Links of the week ending 12 April 2024

[Bionic Reading® - Read faster, better, more focused](https://reader.bionic-reading.com/)

[Not-Tailwind - Shorten those long TailwindCSS classes](https://github.com/uros-5/not-tailwind)

[Neobrutalism components for React - A collection of neobrutalism-styled Tailwind components](https://neobrutalism-components.vercel.app/)

[One Day's success shows the importance of creative research](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/one-day-graphics-sharice-babakhani/)

[You are being watched - Privacy Tools Guide](https://www.privacytools.io/)

[Distro Watch - Follow-up questions after the xz exploit](https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20240408#qa)

[What we need to take away from the XZ Backdoor](https://news.opensuse.org/2024/04/12/learn-from-the-xz-backdoor/)

[Proton Blog - Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap](https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-passkey)

[Penpot 2.0: Design and Code Collaboration on another level](https://penpot.app/penpot-2.0)

[SoftwareGore - poke fun at nasty software on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/top/)

✨ and,

[Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (NIN) Break Down Their Most Iconic Tracks on GQ](https://youtu.be/0BqJNEV9QVE)


413 - 12 April 2024 (security, software and nine inch nails)


Featured image of TJ Maxx's new brand font by McCann Design: Maxx for TJ Maxx (Copyright © McCann Design, 2024)

## Links of the week ending 22 March 2024

[Oh Sh\*t, My App is Successful and I Didn’t Think About Accessibility](https://jacobbartlett.substack.com/p/oh-sht-my-app-is-successful-and-i)

[Funkify - Disability Simulator](https://www.funkify.org/)

[New platform launches to help web designers navigate accessibility guidelines](https://www.understandingaccessibility.com/)

[You are using React Context API WRONG](https://blog.codeminer42.com/you-are-using-react-context-wrong/)

[The Cynefin framework: navigating complexity in UX](https://uxdesign.cc/the-cynefin-framework-navigating-complexity-in-ux-2bcda69d5cfd)

[VR game Nock comes alive with Y2K-inspired graphics](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/nock-branding-collected-works-vr-game/)

[Special report: how design agencies are actually using AI in 2024](https://www.creativeboom.com/features/special-report-how-design-agencies-are-using-ai-in-2024/)

[Why is the world losing color?](https://uxdesign.cc/why-is-the-world-losing-color-56f740f465d4)

[Article - Jakob Has Jumped the Shark](https://adrianroselli.com/2024/03/jakob-has-jumped-the-shark.html)

[Taildocs is a faster searcher tool for Tailwind CSS](https://miloai.lemonsqueezy.com/)

[teable: No Code Database](https://teable.io/)

✨ and,

[First custom brand font for TJ Maxx](https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mccann-design-tj-maxx-typeface-graphic-design-project-210324)


410 - 22 March 2024 (accessibility, jakob and brand font)


Featured image of a collaboration with [RANCID](https://rancidrancid.com/), Nan Coffey is stoked to release this print titled “RANCID: THE FIRST TEN RECORDS” - [A Limited Edition Fine Art Print](https://nanwashere.com/products/rancid) that was 2 years in the making. Copyright ©2024 Nan Coffey.

## Links of the week ending 8 March 2024

[RANCID: THE FIRST TEN RECORDS - Limited Edition Fine Art Print - PRE-SALE](https://nanwashere.com/products/rancid)

[Remembering the boom and bust of the Mac platform — and what it means for visionOS](https://medium.com/source-and-buggy/elegy-for-the-native-mac-app-39ee92cc37ba)

[10000+ themes for shadcn/ui](https://ui.jln.dev/)

[Speed up your workflow with Windy and save hours or even days when converting existing styles to Tailwind CSS](https://usewindy.com/)

[Audi Once Had Fun Typography, Colors, And Dogs: Cold Start](https://www.theautopian.com/audi-once-had-fun-typography-colors-and-dogs-cold-start/)

[F. C. Variable: Rob en Robin create customisable illustrations inspired by variable fonts](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/fc-variable/)

[Herman Miller unveils first rebrand in over two decades](https://www.dezeen.com/2024/01/23/herman-miller-rebrand-order-design/)

[How typography is evolving across southeast asia](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/southeast-asia-typography-design-zine/)

[A treasury of valuable content designed to enrich your educational journey. From Narrative: A Design Studio in Austin, Texas](https://onlinemarkdowneditor.dev)

✨ and,

[Riddler: Daily Puzzle](https://www.riddler.game/)


408 - 8 March 2024 (rancid, typography and riddler)


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)


Featured image of an [unfiltered opinion](https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1640819484129652738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1640819484129652738%7Ctwgr%5E38584293d54e1a451ab43a07f24aef0e63386d1e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10\&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2023%2F03%2F29%2Fice-t-shares-his-unfiltered-opinion-on-typography.html) on typography from rapper Ice-T in 2023

## Links of the week ending 2 February 2024

[Figma’s Creator Micro made me a macro pad person with its colorful, clicky keys](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/figmas-creator-micro-made-me-a-macro-pad-person-with-its-colorful-clicky-keys/)

[Not Canva, not Adobe, Kittl's approach to graphic design attracts $36M investment](https://tech.eu/2024/01/24/kittls-approach-to-graphic-design-attracts-36m-investment/)

[A witty rebrand for US TV network, The CW](https://www.creativereview.co.uk/dixonbaxi-rebrand-us-tv-network-the-cw/)

[Why The Traitors UK's visual identity is so brilliant](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/the-traitors-uk-logo)

[Google’s SEO Starter Guide Set For A Major Update](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-seo-starter-guide-set-for-a-major-update/506437/)

[The 3 secrets to Font Pairing](https://maketypework.com/the-3-secrets-to-font-pairing)

[Lovely Letters: The Best Typographic Moments of 2023](https://lbbonline.com/news/lovely-letters-the-best-typographic-moments-of-the-year)

✨ and,

['Seeing the responses has been really uplifting': How we made the Wonka movie typography](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/how-we-made-wonka-logo)


Links of the week ending 403 - 2 February 2024

403 - 2 February 2024 (typography, music and ucd)


Featured image of a 1958 [Christmas card](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/christmas-cards-design-1940s-1970s-settantaventidue-milan) by Vittorio Gregotti, 1958 (Image credit: Valentino Tonini)

# Links of the weekend ending 22 December 2023

[Christmas cards by legendary art directors on view in Milan](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/christmas-cards-design-1940s-1970s-settantaventidue-milan)

[ryanmcdermott - clean-code-javascript](https://github.com/ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript)

[Puck - The visual editor for React](https://github.com/measuredco/puck)

[Tailwind Introduces Catalyst: A modern UI kit for React](https://tailwindcss.com/blog/introducing-catalyst)

[The anatomy of shadcn/ui](https://manupa.dev/blog/anatomy-of-shadcn-ui)

[React Tricks: Fast, Fit and FunLessons and hacks learned from developing a micro-library](https://molefrog.com/notes/react-tricks)

[We need to play. The secret to jumpstart our creativity is fun](https://ralphammer.com/how-to-get-started/)

[Dubco - URL Shortener CLI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dubco#dubco---url-shortener-cli)

[The UX of HTML](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/1/)

✨ and,

[Bleach To Receive A Musical Stage Play After 8 Years!](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/1/)


Links of the week ending 22 December 2023

397 - 22 December 2023 (development, creativity and bleach)


Featured image from [HOCUS :FOCUS](https://focus.hteumeuleu.com/ "Link to HOCUS :FOCUS A keyboard accessibility horror game") A keyboard accessibility horror game

## Links of the week ending 389 - 27 October 2023

[HOCUS :FOCUS A keyboard accessibility horror game](https://focus.hteumeuleu.com/)

[An AI chatbot that knows all of the NextJS docs](https://ask.cord.com/NextJS/MnYxDOOsxIyJXQuOAfagnneOOgmxvtzrbUyazJBElwGxcoQawtqpu)

[How graphic designers are creating their own AI tools](https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/designing-fictional-ui-for-tv-and-film)

[Windframe is an AI-enhanced Visual tailwind builder and editor for rapidly prototyping and building stunning webpages using tailwind css](https://www.devwares.com/windframe/)

[What should be the contrast level of inactive buttons?](https://uxdesign.cc/what-should-be-the-contrast-level-of-inactive-buttons-e618424c1f57)

✨ and,

[Hollowed Out: Exhuming an Ethics of Hollowing in Tite Kubo's Bleach](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/pacicoasphil.50.2.0242)

389 - 27 October 2023 (accessibility, graphic design and bleach)


Featured image of a spread from the latest Type 01 magazine. Image courtesy of publisher.

## Links of the week ending 30 September 2023

[This Is Service Design Doing - #TISDD Method Library. 54 hands-on descriptions that help you DO the key methods used in service design](https://www.thisisservicedesigndoing.com/methods)

[20 Tailwind CSS Tips that will Amaze you](https://lembdadev.com/posts/tailwind-css-tip)

[CSS to TailwindCSS Converter](https://lembdadev.com/css-to-tailwind-converter)

["Why I'm in the Tailwind cult"](https://phoenixonrails.com/blog/why-im-in-the-tailwind-cult)

[First Issue curates accessible issues from popular open-source projects, and helps you make your next contribution to open-source](https://firstissue.dev/)

[The Artists And Cartoonists Who Designed Pee-Wee Herman’s World](https://www.tcj.com/the-artists-and-cartoonists-who-designed-pee-wee-hermans-world-part-one/)

[Flex Layout is Penpot’s ground-breaking responsive layout feature that makes Design and Code easier and faster](https://penpot.app/layout)

[Artificial Client - receive endless feedback on your work from simulated clients. Test your ideas and enjoy sweet A.I. powered rejection](https://www.artificialclient.com/)

✨ and,

[Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration](https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/prints-not-dead-the-best-magazines-for-graphic-design-inspiration/)

Links of the week ending 30 September 2023

385 - 30 September 2023 (service design, css and print)


Featured image from an article how to improve Zoom's design for clarity and understanding

## Links of the week ending 15 May 2020

[5 typography mistakes new designers make & how to avoid them](https://uxdesign.cc/5-typography-mistakes-new-designers-make-how-to-avoid-them-f75abe7da937)

[7 ways web design is different than graphic design](https://webflow.com/blog/web-design-vs-graphic-design)

[Micro-Typography: How To Space And Kern Punctuation Marks And Other Symbols](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/05/micro-typography-space-kern-punctuation-marks-symbols/)

[Group Font sees 37 very different creatives contribute a letter](https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/group-font-raissa-pardini-typography-graphic-design-120520)

[Rethinking Zoom’s UX design](https://blog.usepastel.com/post/zoom-ux-redesign)

[Create a dashboard with TailwindCSS - Part 1](https://www.dawntraoz.com/blog/create-a-dashboard-with-tailwindcss-part-1/)

[Create a dashboard with TailwindCSS - Part 2](https://www.dawntraoz.com/blog/create-a-dashboard-with-tailwindcss-part-2/)

✨ and,

[25 Beyond Cool Etsy Shops You’ll Probably Wish You’d Known About Sooner](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaylasuazo/cool-etsy-shops)

Links of the week ending 210 - 15 May 2020