Accessible Palette is an app for building color systems with consistent lightness and predictable contrast ratios across color levels.

Accessible Palette: stop using HSL for color systems | Wildbit

https://wildbit.com/blog/accessible-palette-stop-using-hsl-for-color-systems

Been on a roll making quick designs for the last three days. With teaching, it's easy to fall into a habit of only focusing on my students' work every day, but I've found it's so important to keep my creative muscle working, even if it's something small.

Got to thinking that it would be fun for a transit tracker to mimic elements of that system’s design. 

(In this case it’s the DC Metro and Harry Weese’s iconic station architecture)

Playing around in Framer for the first time, and so far the thing I like about it more than Webflow is the ability to easily explore ideas, knowing that both versions can quickly be functional sites.

Wanted to get in on the icon fun, so I threw one together based on my beloved Rhodia notebook and desk cutting mat. @cv  @andy

Finally upgrading my laptop after 11 years, and I'm already dreading having to transfer over my typeface collection.

The sky is clear, shops have their doors up, bikes are out in the streets - a wonderful “February Fakeout” day here in Portland.

A little color+form exploration inspired by Vampire Weekend and all the hikes I’ve been going on lately.

My design journey has been a winding one, but I'm forever grateful for my theatrical design education. We were forced to hone our ability to read, understand, & interpret our problems on a conceptual level. I wrote more essays about my designs than I did actually producing them.

I finally got a couch for my apartment, and my dog has started using it to bully me into getting off the computer. 

As if I’m supposed to say no to THIS face???

TIL that Figma will automatically downsize any image that is more than 4096px in either direction.

Relatedly, I used the Slice tool in Photoshop for the first time in about 15 years!

I made a Barbie poster. I made an Oppenheimer poster. I made a combination Barbie poster and Oppenheimer poster.

UI design is, at times, similar to painting stage scenery. Sometimes you have to make really bold choices that look less-than-stellar up close, in order to get the right effect from far away (or, ya know, on a device screen)

Had far-away friends visit over the weekend, which made for a good excuse to get out of the city.

Bought myself flowers yesterday. Highly recommend.

Updating your portfolio is great because it means you can finally create official-looking brand artifacts because timelines were too tight to make them look pretty in the moment.

Just accepted an offer to be Chief of Design on a new project! 

(Was this “offer” a text from a friend and collaborator? Yes. Are both of our roles unpaid until we get funding? Also yes. But it feels great to have something to work on!)

The three great American performance art forms:
- Jazz
- Musical Theatre
- Professional Wrestling

Crisp air, grey skies, and fog clinging to the hills. Few things better than autumn in the PNW.

What do y’all use to capture research/inspiration? I currently use Eagle, but the lack of mobile app is a bummer. Considering going all-in on Arena, but I’m still curious about alternatives.

Bringing this one back. Happy May Day to all you beautiful workers out there.

I was asked by some good friends to design all of the materials for their quasi-disco themed wedding, and the research has been VERY fun so far.

I see people talking about the Arc announcement, but I’ve been over here freaking out about F1 announcements all morning.

Tired: Simple and effective buttons inspired by years of modernist tradition 

Wired: Overly complex and ornate buttons inspired by Dungeons & Dragons

I truly believe that AI imaging tools are the enemy of creative labor. These companies claim their tech is “democratizing” creativity, but it will ultimately be used to devalue our work in order to boost profits we will never see, like so many automation technologies before them.

REALLY digging and highly recommend Scavengers Reign if you're a sci-fi fan. An extremely compelling story set in a truly bizarre alien world.  The writing and animation are gorgeous, giving it the feel of a cool indie comic. (Also a must watch for any Moebius fans)

This new feature at Spotify proves that AI has grown too powerful and needs to be stopped.

Traded in my iPhone for an upgrade yesterday, and the store employee told me it was in *perfect* condition.
As someone who’s gone case-free for years, this was extremely validating.

The structure and design of the portfolio is built out. Now it’s time for the hard part.

Creating case study assets.

I know it’s early days, but I truly hope we see some grand innovations with Vision Pro instead to just flat menus floating in space. 

I’d love to see a messaging app in the form of a stack of letters that you open, a podcasting app in the form of a radio with dials, etc.

Loving to cook is such a scam.

It’s like, oh great I feel fulfilled by cooking myself and loved ones delicious meals imbued with warmth and love, only to be left with a bunch of dishes to clean. 

Why can’t I be one of those people fine with drinking Soylent for every meal!?

My students now call creating prototypes in Figma "making spaghetti" and I think I've peaked as an educator.

Just introduced my students to WCAG and now I’m ready for a nap.

Sure, I bet you're cool, but are you "using a Power Mac G4 as a nightstand" cool?

(I just moved and need to buy new furniture)

After having a passing interest over the past decade or so, this year I’m committing myself to actually watching the Six Nations rugby tournament. ☘️

I quite like my Frame TV, but hate that Samsung switched to a subscription model for its art collection. So the logical choice was creating and uploading my own art.

Starting my 5-day weekend off right - finally diving into this article about alternative color models for accessibility. https://wildbit.com/blog/accessible-palette-stop-using-hsl-for-color-systems

A couple busy nights in Figma call for a calming night of sleeving the new deck.

Back on my bullshit (visual programming art) for the first time since projection design classes in college. Gonna work my way up to actually outputting some animation.

Dove back into Magic last night for the first time in a decade, and it felt great.

This year has been extremely difficult for me both personally and professionally. But it's been made easier by this astonishingly friendly community - which as become a bright spot of creativity, positivity, inspiration, and discovery. So, thank you all for being excellent. 💛

Starting to develop carpal tunnel, which means I should switch to an ergo keyboard and mouse. 

The bright side is that there is no longer the threat of me spending too much money on cool mechanical keyboards.

Apple talking a lot about how much Intel MacBook Pro users should finally upgrade. 

But the real question is - how much will my 2013 machine with missing keys and nonexistent battery life get me at trade in??

Already seeing people talking about Christmastime. You will drag me into winter holidays kicking and screaming while I hold onto my decorative autumnal gourds for dear life. It is TOO early!

This summer will always be remembered as the summer I finally started having outdoor hobbies

(I also started playing tennis, but I don’t have an app for that)

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