Design and frontend links this week.

Design Handoff 101: How to handoff designs to developers - Give your team everything they need to build your designs, minus the stress. See how Zeplin makes design handoff seamless. - Zeplin  Sponsored

My favourite designers (ever) - Beyond just a list of names, I've decided to include my favourite project of theirs too, which has been a lot harder than I thought it would be. - Carl Barenbrug / filed under Product Design

The best book covers of 2022 - The book cover is one of my all-time favorite design objects and a big part of the reason I love going to bookstores is to visually feast on new covers. - Jason Kottke / filed under Graphic Design

The day I become a better designer - The day I become a better design is the day I start writing. - Trong Nguyen / filed under Product Design

General advice for designers - No matter what role you end up taking eventually, you'll be most valued for your craft - because you'd be excellent at creation or even more importantly, curation. - Hardik Pandya / filed under Product Design

How Apple and Google are taking over the in-car UX - Apple and Google are making serious moves into the car industry. - Casper Kessels / filed under UX Design

Why Figma's AutoLayout system is brilliant for writing code - While it looks simple, Figma's AutoLayout system is actually designed on the Flexbox CSS model. - Hayden Bleasel / filed under HTML & CSS

Storybook 7.0 beta - I'm excited to share an early preview of Storybook's biggest update ever: 7.0 beta. - Dominic Nguyen / filed under Design System

The best of Material in 2022 - Some of Material Design's top moments from the past year. - Liam Spradlin / filed under Material Design

Catching up with Erik Spiekermann - The type legend on his new book, a big birthday, and variable fonts. - Sarah Daily / filed under Interview

Design System interviews: Dan Mall - Dan Mall is a husband, dad, teacher, creative director, designer, founder, and entrepreneur from Philly. He shares as much as he can to create better opportunities for those who wouldn't have them otherwise. - Formaat / filed under Interview

A portfolio approach to life - Thoughts on viewing art, friends, and work as a portfolio of life experience. - Randy J. Hunt / filed under Inspiration