
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. Bop Spotter 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 Geist, a typeface specifically designed for developers and designers.

## Links of the week ending 4 November 2023

[At Vercel, we've developed Geist, a typeface specifically designed for developers and designers](https://vercel.com/font/sans)

[Why we migrated our backend from Vercel to Fly.io and the challenges we faced](https://www.openstatus.dev/blog/migration-backend-from-vercel-to-fly)

[Response to „Why I won’t use Next.js” by Kent C. Dodds](https://typeofweb.com/why-i-wont-use-next.js-kent-c-dodds-en)

[Is Next.js Using Unreleased Experimental React Features?](https://konadu.dev/is-nextjs-using-unreleased-experimental-react-features)

[It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks](https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10/why-your-web-design-sucks/)

[Moving from WordPress to Jekyll](https://matan-h.com/moving-from-wordpress-to-jekyll)

[React Developer - Everything that is there to learn about React and the ecosystem in 2023](https://roadmap.sh/react)

✨ and,

[Meta’s AI System Can Replicate Images in Your Brain in Milliseconds](https://petapixel.com/2023/10/25/metas-ai-system-can-replicate-images-in-your-brain-in-milliseconds/)

390 - 4 November 2023 (typography, nextjs and resource)


Featured image: Screenshot of a fully playable Flappy Bird game made with Figma variables

## Links of the week ending 373 - 7 July 2023

[Figma variable demos emerged this week like the offline Dino Game (Reddit), Space Invaders (Reddit), a Simple 3D engine (Reddit) and a Playable Flappy Bird – With Variables](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1255294635761885013/Playable-Flappy-Bird-%E2%80%93-With-Variables)

[The big problem with variables in Figma](https://uxdesign.cc/the-big-problem-with-variables-in-figma-61a4ea82640)

[React Still King, Vercel AI Tools, Netlify Connect](https://thenewstack.io/dev-news-react-still-king-vercel-ai-tools-netlify-connect/)

[Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/artisan-wine-label-designs-by-fen-acey-tell-a-story-via-collage-and-typography/) 

[Watch a Master of Design Evolve in ‘The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3’](https://www.printmag.com/design-books/watch-a-master-of-design-evolve-in-the-graphic-language-of-neville-brody-3/)

[7 BEST Mouse For Graphic Designing 2023](https://tech4gamers.com/best-mouse-for-graphic-designing/)

✨ and,

[The Neubrutalism or Neo Brutalism UI Design Trend](https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/the-neubrutalism-or-neo-brutalism-ui-design-trend-641714825fed)

vercel

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

390 - 4 November 2023 (typography, nextjs and resource)

373 - 7 July 2023 (figma, typography and neubrutalism)