Design Journal
This project came from a long standing question I often return to in my sketchbooks and notes:
How do you document a design process?
Russ Brown
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These apps are tools of power that masquerade as tools of agency… Design tools like Canva and Figma are tools of power that masquerade as tools of expression. Meeting tools like Zoom or Google Meet are tools of power that masquerade as communication tools.
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Sidebar.io
SidebarThe five best design links, every weekday.
One of my
Is Design Really That Creative?
The process of software design can be creative. It can feel like you are charting new lands. It can also be mind numbingly mechanical.
Themes
Hypothesis: CSS is hard for some designers to write. Lets make that easier.
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"Product success will largely be determined by intention and vision—before anything is built, before AI or humans begin creation."
TrackNotes
This project came out of a dissatisfaction with the tools for music producers
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Reading
"The first 10 years of your career are for learning
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Reading
Career paths aren’t linear progressions. They’re complex graphs of
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Reading
* This great story about how the calculator was designed on the
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On Quality
Great design springs from personal conviction, not just objective analysis.
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Reading
"In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology,