Patternsday 2024 – Photos by Marc Thiele
Lovely photos by Marc from Patterns Day!
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Patterns Day Patterns | Trys Mudford
Trys threads the themes of Patterns Day together:
Jeremy did a top job of combining big picture and nitty-gritty talks into the packed schedule.
Responsive typography and its role in design systems | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Okay, if you weren’t already excited for Patterns Day, get a load of what Rich is going to be talking about!
You’ve got your ticket, right?
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction
A century of sci-fi book covers.
Copying is the way design works || Matthew Ström: designer & developer
A people’s history of copying, from art to software.
Designers copy. We steal like great artists. But when we see a copy of our work, we’re livid.
Let a website be a worry stone. — Ethan Marcotte
It was a few years before I realized that worry stones had a name, that they were borrowed from cultures other and older than mine. Heck, it’s been more than a few years since I’ve even held one. But in the last few weeks, before and after launching the redesign, I’ve kept working away at this website, much as I’d distractedly run my fingers over a smooth, flat stone.
Redesigning in public ･ Robin Rendle
I feel like my problem with design in general today is that folks want to burn everything to the ground and start again all the time. Whether that’s with a website, or a new web standard, or a political policy. They don’t want to fix what’s wrong with things bit by bit, everyone wants Thing 2.0 whilst jumping over all the small improvements that are required to get there.
Blade Runner Sketchbook (PDF)
I was sad to hear of the passing of Syd Mead last week. Here’s a sketchbook of his remarkable work for Blade Runner.
A Design Science Primer
The Buckminster Fuller Institute has put together this collection of resources which explain the ideas behind “comprehensive anticipatory design science.”
Seems especially relevant in light of the first issue of the Journal of Design and Science from MIT.
The legacy of the Black Mountain College lives on.
Coffee/latte art - the mark of a professional barista
Coffee porn, some of which is from the baristas working at Travelbag in Brighton.
Happy Cog Studios: Work: Dictionary.com
Happy Cog redesigns Dictionary.com and its siblings.
CUPE > Canadian Union of Public Employees
Designed by Happy Cog.
AdAge.com redesign gets job done
Design review by Jay Small.