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AddA critique on the National Design Studio. Easy, of course, but interesting.
Very interesting article about the idea that designer should make (hone) their own tools. Some quotes:
It is precisely the task of designers (graphic, industrial or whatever) to discover new possibilities.
Limitations and demands imposed by a client are easier to accept than the arbitrary limitations of your digital tools.
After all, programming graphic programs is much too important to leave to programmers.
Explorers, and that is what they are, do not want to do the same thing twice.
Interesting case where a new feature is added to software because chatgpt tells people it exists while it doesn’t
Your brain is less active when you use tools instead of just your brains. Not very shocking. Rather obvious.
Hilariously detailed article about hacking a vacuum cleaner.
Fieldsets and what they do
Very, very long piece about stuff around the disability pride flag, some sort of weird conflict it seems to have with an earlier disability flag. Some interesting observations about what it really means to design with a community as well.
A nice introduction to testing with voice over on a Mac.
Wow, an incredible "book" about how digital things work. Can’t wait to see more articles.
Shocking article about the ‘hysterical obedience’ in Germany:
very common in Germany, that to be law-abiding means not merely to obey the laws but to act as though one were the legislator of the laws that one obeys.
Depressing stats about using ridiculous amounts of energy
[AI hype companies are] selling the idea that doing things is worthless.
Long, but very good read about hype, that the author calls Whatever.
A simple, understandable and affordable font licence
A talk I have about my clocks
Oef, wat zijn digitale directeuren toch belachelijk voorzichtig.
A good alternative to wetransfer
Another super relevant set of guidelines to work with
Prachtige visualisaties van vogels in amsterdam
Nice and thorough. Footnotes are style and should be used, whenever you think you should use them. Design them, and do so with attention.
Very useful, extensive guide. Many points apply to other fields of design as well.
Creating a tool to execute the idea means innovation. Compromising the idea to the tool leads to stagnation.
I should sit down one day with some colleagues and write a similar useful guide to bad web design.
Interessant, over een uitgestorven vorm van het Nederlands.
Vocabulary of any tech hype, really, not just AI.
Brrrr, date in javascript is even worse than I thought. Ridiculous.