
Featured image of *[Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/visual-comms/woman-at-work-margaret-calvert-book-review)*, Unit Editions (Image credit: Unit Editions)

## Links of the week ending 18 October 2024

[‘Woman at Work: Margaret Calvert’ is an upcoming monograph on the designer’s celebrated graphic, typography and signage work](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/visual-comms/woman-at-work-margaret-calvert-book-review)

[Dithering for Pixel Artists](https://pixelparmesan.com/dithering-for-pixel-artists/)

[About Dither Me This](https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/)

[Classic MacOS - Decker. A multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents, with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior.](https://beyondloom.com/decker/)

[A simple resource for finding and trying variable fonts](https://v-fonts.com/fonts/whirly-birdie-whirlybats)

[Linux Prepper Podcast episode 1 What is Selfhosting?](https://podcast.james.network/@linuxprepper/episodes/what-is-selfhosting)

[“UX is a joke, and it’s inexcusable”](https://www.designweek.co.uk/ux-is-a-joke-and-its-inexcusable/)

✨ and,

[The blurb on the back of a packet of This Is Not Bacon](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/kcmvpnOgUW) SWF on Reddit


Links of The Week

440 - 18 October 2024 (graphic design, ucd and bacon)


Featured image: Infographic of Futel’s current service map

## Links of the week ending 375 - 21 July 2023

[The latest Legend of Zelda title has both pleased and pissed off gamers when addressing certain user interface issues](https://uxdesign.cc/tears-of-the-kingdom-how-nintendo-improved-and-ignored-ui-issues-843f094b14b2)

[A guide to Next.js layouts and nested layouts](https://blog.logrocket.com/guide-next-js-layouts-nested-layouts)

[How designers have succeeded and failed in our daily lives. The decline in Design (Thinking)](https://uxdesign.cc/the-decline-in-design-thinking-8fd0145fb4d2)

[“I do think jobs will change” – Figma on the future of design and AI](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/figma-ai)

[User-centered design for better, safer medical devices](https://www.todaysmedicaldevelopments.com/article/user-centered-design-for-better-safer-medical-devices/)

✨ and,

[Futel - free telephone calls, voicemail, and telephone-mediated services](https://futel.net/)


375 - 21 July 2023 (Nintendo, ucd and futel)


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 Illustration art from the Cel Mates Online Store

## Links of the week ending 16 December 2022

[If you’re a bootstrapped startup, turn to user-centered design to thrive during adversity](https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/05/if-youre-a-bootstrapped-startup-turn-to-user-centered-design-to-thrive-during-adversity/)

[How Elon’s Twitter takeover has disrupted the UX industry](https://linksoftheweek.co.uk/344-16-december-2022-illustration-ux-and-avatar/%5Bhttps://uxdesign.cc/how-elons-twitter-takeover-has-disrupted-the-ux-industry-b93ffc1cb16%5D(https://uxdesign.cc/how-elons-twitter-takeover-has-disrupted-the-ux-industry-b93ffc1cb16))

[Creating an effective design system with the DS Canvas](https://linksoftheweek.co.uk/344-16-december-2022-illustration-ux-and-avatar/%5Bhttps://uxdesign.cc/creating-an-effective-design-system-with-the-ds-canvas-f2f34895c419%5D(https://uxdesign.cc/creating-an-effective-design-system-with-the-ds-canvas-f2f34895c419))

[Coglode - The latest behavioural research distilled, applied and combined to make better strategic decisions](https://linksoftheweek.co.uk/344-16-december-2022-illustration-ux-and-avatar/%5Bhttps://www.coglode.com/cookbook%5D(https://www.coglode.com/cookbook))

[Avatar producers finally break silence over THAT logo](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/avatar-font-change)

✨ and,

[Cel Mates by Mcbess](https://opensea.io/collection/cel-mates-by-mcbess)


Links of the week ending 16 December 2022

344 - 16 December 2022 (illustration, ux and avatar)


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)


Feaured image asks if anyone else is struggling to read these? (Image credit: Spotify)

## Links of the week ending 24 December 2021

[Spotify Wrapped is a design nightmare](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/spotify-wrapped-font)

[Review of the Year 2021: Top 25 Graphic Design](https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/review-of-the-year-2021-top-25-graphic-design-201221)

[Remove any object, people, text or defects from your pictures with Cleanup.pictures](https://cleanup.pictures/)

[Board Game Atlas revamp enhances user experience](https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/10/29/board-game-atlas-revamp-enhances-user-experience/)

✨ and,

[Which of These Notification Sounds Gives You the Most Anxiety?](https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qyby/notification-sounds-zoom-meeting-busy-simulator)

Links of the week ending 24 December 2021

293 - 24 December 2021 (ucd, toys and anxiety)


Featured image of Times New Arial mutates familiar fonts into something wholly new

## Links of the week ending 1 May 2020

[Times New Arial mutates familiar fonts into something wholly new](https://www.inputmag.com/design/times-new-arial-mutates-familiar-fonts-into-something-wholly-new-typeface)

[This Studio Ghibli-inspired ad encourages Australians to donate data to kids](https://www.inputmag.com/design/this-studio-ghibli-inspired-ad-encourages-australians-to-donate-data-to-kids)

[Studio Ghibli backgrounds (for your Zoom meetings)](http://www.ghibli.jp/info/013251/) 😲

[How using a CDN is better for people and the planet.](https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/how-using-a-cdn-is-better-for-people-and-the-planet)

[Rapid Image Layers Animation](https://tympanus.net/codrops/2020/04/07/rapid-image-layers-animation/)

[Hick’s Law — Do you know the law that makes or breaks a UX designer?](https://uxdesign.cc/do-you-know-the-law-that-makes-or-breaks-a-ux-designer-hicks-law-6f2651400663)

[This self-destructing website needs your help](https://www.creativebloq.com/news/self-destructing-website)

[Dark mode and variable fonts](https://css-tricks.com/dark-mode-and-variable-fonts/)

✨ and,

[Beastie Boys Promise To Put Out ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part I’ — If They Can Find It](https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.55620/title.beastie-boys-promise-to-put-out-hot-sauce-committee-part-i-if-they-can-find-it) 🎤

208 - 1 May 2020 (times, hicks law, ux, and beastie boys)


Featured image from an A List Apart article, Color You Responsible

## Links of the week ending 5 January 2017

[Designing a conversational interface](http://blog.invisionapp.com/conversational-user-interface-design/) 

[How to communicate hidden gestures in mobile app](https://uxplanet.org/how-to-communicate-hidden-gestures-in-mobile-app-e55397f4006b)

[Image optimization, and the new WebP image format as the best for chrome browsers](https://uxplanet.org/how-to-communicate-hidden-gestures-in-mobile-app-e55397f4006b)

[SVG style inheritance and the ‘Flash Of Unstyled SVG’](https://sarasoueidan.com/blog/svg-style-inheritance-and-FOUSVG)

✨ and,

[Color you responsible](https://medium.com/alistapart/color-you-responsible-33fc780b495b)
