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“Whenever I’m designing anything, I always keep in mind this quote from Eero Saarinen: ‘Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.’”
Thinking Contextually →
By Jorge Arango
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By Amilton L. Paglia
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By Corey Roth
Why the new Macs are a game-changer for designers →
By Michal Malewicz
Respecting democracy in design →
By Josh Andrus
What people with disabilities hope to see in a Biden Presidency →
By Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC
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- 5 things that are killing your landing page → By Diana Malewicz
News & ideas
- Google in 2010 → A browser extension that simplifies Google.
- COVID mobility → Data models on the mobility of COVID-19.
- B4 emojis → A deep dive into the origins of rebus writing.
- Micro-frontends → Deploy small pieces of frontend, independently.
Tools & resources
- Ribbon → Instant user interviews with your own users.
- Product debt → A practical guide to solving debt in your design. By Laurent Grima
- Figma frames → Mastering frame nesting in Figma. By Chuck Rice
- Greenlist → Make small, sustainable choices at work.
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