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Still photographs from the movie Dune, taken set in Jordan.

https://medium.com/@chopeh/the-state-of-design-ff5142fb806

I often find myself looking for the right words. Not only because I'm torn between 3 languages, but because the right words can be really powerful. Especially in the world of brands, words make a world (!) of a difference. They can help rally people behind a strategy, give them something to believe in, or tell them what to expect. The paradox is that people tend to use many many words, instead of the right ones. But when it comes to brands, quality trumps quantity.

Design Digest #05

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-06?r=6582g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I am tired of Design

https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/i-am-tired-of-design-acfbb0c99380

Our problem is in the real world—not the ivory tower—and so is the solution

The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-real-crisis-in-humanities-isnt

themarginalian.org/2021/02/16/thomas-wright-original-theory

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/vision-statements-and-bs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PdffUfoF0

Dialects of Green

https://read.cv/joannelam/dialectsofgreen

https://docsend.com/view/bjdxgimg6nxxhh36

Exploring the unique challenges of making changes within an open-source, volunteer-led environment. Plus: the importance of prototyping.

Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign

The fastest-growing sector of the culture economy is distraction. You can call it scrolling, swiping, wasting time, or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment; it's just ceaseless activity.

The State of the Culture, 2024
→ shorturl.at/ipvN6

Sick of your algorithm? 

I made this app over the weekend to generate random music suggestions from Discogs based on a style you're interested in.

https://dig-delta.vercel.app/

😻 Picasso's studio, from the series Genius.

Moments from Dune Pt.2 in Jordan.

📸 Jack Davison
→ instagram.com/p/C4JOcvboHmm
→ instagram.com/p/C35l3f9usNo

Have you seen the new Google sign-in page? Can't imagine how hard it must be to roll this one out. 🙃

"The new sign-in page has a better layout for all screen types, which includes large and wide screens. The sign-in page adjusts to your screen’s size."

💨 Mount Etna (Italian volcano) has been blowing perfect smoke rings.

Editor Joe Walker's (Avid Media Composer) timeline from Dune: Part Two.

Connect with your life
Agency; Prolam Y&R Santiago, for Movistar.

Remember this?
https://medium.com/@chopeh/the-state-of-design-ff5142fb806

Just sent a new Digest vis Substack. Some design guidelines, some books, some AI. Take a look if interested.

https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/design-digest-06?r=6582g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I really like what the collective Sagans has been doing with GenAI. They use themselves as protagonists, capture footage, train custom models in Stable Diffusion with DreamBooth, model 3d scenes, Warp Fusion, Deform, etc.

They don't use it like a slot machine.

This is Amasra, located in the west of the Black Sea region in Turkey. It is our beautiful family town, but sadly fighting with commercial development and unwise restoration projects. My grandmother is 94 years old and still curses each day 👵

Sunday read.

https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/i-am-tired-of-design-acfbb0c99380

Imagining what the future might look like is really fascinating, especially when done with a certain naïveté and a touch of optimism. Maybe because design has a lot to do with that: exploring potentially better futures.

A quote from 'Profiles of the Future', 1962.

In a world suffering under algorithmic, finance-driven thinking gone wild, we need something to fight back with. We need something that makes a difference—not in the classroom, but in the world at large.

↓
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-real-crisis-in-humanities-isnt

Plate from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe by Thomas Wright, 1750.

→ themarginalian.org/2021/02/16/thomas-wright-original-theory

I just published an article on how my son taught me some things about the power of BS in brand strategy, more specifically regarding vision statements.

Read here if curious: 
https://www.ideasondesign.com/p/vision-statements-and-bs

All the money in the world, and he just put it in bold! 
😂 😂

"After spending years working past it, Steven (Ryan Gosling) is confronted by the very thing he's been trying to avoid."

→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PdffUfoF0

Committed to working on the side project this weekend, even if the weather is nice and it is very tempting to go out and have a drink. Thoughts pop up that it is ok to have one or two and come back to continue working, but I know that will not be true. So, I'll keep on 👨‍💻

This month’s #TDKtuesdays event in Istanbul, we are going to talk about freelancing as a career choice. Let’s connect if you’re around 🤍

Emotion is important for creative problem-solving.

Pantheon 👀

A template to define a (side) project at the beginning.

Recent panoramas. 🤳 
Enjoying the 65×24 app by @heliographe

this one is for fans of:

- the colour green
- the bear (tv show, not the animal)
- slice-of-life storytelling
- text links

thank you @andy + team for the writing tab. the piece wouldn't be the same without the carousels 💚

https://read.cv/joannelam/dialectsofgreen

what am i posting about? of course, more pottery

If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like?

→ paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

Everything Bundle 🎁

I've been curating design assets and resources over the years in Notion, and the collection has more than 3000 items. 

From UX templates to checklists, design systems, tools, 
books, kits, fonts, & more stuff.

Free to access. → 1984.design/resources

International Women’s Day: Shining a spotlight on brilliant thinkers.

This series of portraits explores the thought processes, working habits, and decision-making principles applied by brilliant thinkers who profoundly impacted the world.

→ nesslabs.com/brilliant-thinkers

I believe in the power of words—whether for inspiration, motivation, or simply for enjoyment— and want to make it easy for anyone to share and spread it. 

That's why I created a website called Kuotes 🎉 (kuotes.co). It's pretty simple for now, but I've got some plans 🤞🏽

Not even Vincent Van Gogh or Frida Kahlo can escape the whim of clients. 😂

The "Belo" logo, designed by DesignStudio, is a symbol representing Belonging that transcends language and is simple enough to be drawn by anyone.

Full case study
→ https://www.design.studio/work/air-bnb

Framer components meet Dieter Rams’ timeless design ethos and principles. 🙌

→ drams.framer.website

Inspiration for the new week.
🍎 Apple's 1987 Identity Guidelines

Article @zhenpixels  
→ https://arun.is/blog/apple-guidelines/

Document
→ https://docsend.com/view/bjdxgimg6nxxhh36

Pablo Picasso drew a face in France in 1956. 😈

I think every designer should read this. There are great lessons inside. 🌟

UX designer Hollender explains how they redesigned Wikipedia and successfully pulled this enormous scope of work as a team, improving millions of people's reading and discovering knowledge experience.

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