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Weekly recap #13 / 2024
A recap of the curated articles and resources I shared in the daily issues over the past week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Design portfolio advice - It aches my heart every time we hire, seeing the lack of thinking designers put in building their portfolios. -
Instagram Motion Identity System - In collaboration with Instagram's in-house brand design team, we created a flexible, balanced motion system, effective across both marketing and product. -
Product design, UX/UI and PM ↘
When and how to move from an assumption to a hypothesis - An assumption is a guess or thing that you work on with the belief that it's true. A (good) hypothesis doesn't come with any belief. It's an idea or statement you use as a starting point to prove or disprove a position. -
The goal of a “strategy” is to change our own team's behavior - A strong strategy is of course a key foundation for everything we're building as a company. -
Designing icons in Figma - We want to make sure that this article is interesting for those who are already familiar with the icon design field, but also accessible for those who are entering the unknown. -
Frontend, Design systems ↘
Why UI designers should understand Flexbox and CSS Grid - Or bye bye, rigid column grid layout. -
From atomic design to a global solution - I was recently a guest on the CodingCatDev podcast, where we covered a lot of ground around design systems, including the design system ecosystem, the idea of a Global Design System. -
CSS button styles you might not know - We can use all sorts of fancy CSS to style a button. I prefer using Flexbox layout for example. In this blog post I share a few lesser-known CSS styles. -
My favourite animation trick: Exponential smoothing - There's a certain simple animation thing that I've been using almost since I've ever started doing anything related to graphics. -
A formula for responsive font-size - This CSS is now part of most websites I make. -
Tools and resources ↘
Storybook 8 - Next level testing, performance, and compatibility. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
From ink to pixel to ink - The iPad didn't manage to kill books the same way smartphones didn't manage to kill traditional photography. -
A collection of Design Engineers - Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to figure out what a design engineer is. -
Portfolio presentations and Design work - Portfolio presentations are an opportunity for designers to showcase their design process and problem-solving skills to potential employers, peer groups, and more. -
40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum - Earlier this year, the original Macintosh celebrated its 40th birthday. -
Last but not least ↘
The minestrone of talent - Join startups where there is high density of talent. -
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