April 2nd: Weekly Design Links
“Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.” –Robert Townsend
We survived April Fool’s Day and now we can look forward to Spring and Summer with no regrets. This week’s batch of links feels more random than usual, but I promise it’s worth it.
Random
Killed by Google • https://killedbygoogle.com/
Paper Boys: Inside the dark labyrinthian and extremely lucrative world of consumer debt collection • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15/magazine/bad-paper-debt-collector.html
Industrial Design
Patrick Fry unearths our new favourite design gem: bricks! • https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/patrick-fry-brick-index-publication-130319
Vondom Teams up with Karim Rashid to Design the Voxel Chair • https://design-milk.com/vondom-teams-up-with-karim-rashid-to-design-the-voxel-chair
Subverted Consumer Goods Become Wearable New Apparel • https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/nicole-mclaughlin-apparel
Design Work/Tools
Don’t solve the problem • https://m.signalvnoise.com/dont-solve-the-problem/
Awesome Design Tools: The best design tools for everything • https://flawlessapp.io/designtools
Typography
36 Days of Type • https://theblog.adobe.com/36-days-of-type/
Web Design/UX/UI
Web Design Inspiration: Armet by Rival Team • https://abduzeedo.com/web-design-inspiration-armet-rival-team
Human error: an important ingredient in great designs • https://uxdesign.cc/human-error-an-important-ingredient-in-great-designs-5cd1c278ba7f
Graphic Design/Branding
New Logo and Identity for Facebook Confetti by Ueno • https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_facebook_confetti_by_ueno.php
Architecture
Conversations Is a Sculptural Playground That Invites Kids to Play & Chat • https://design-milk.com/conversations-is-a-sculptural-playground-that-invites-kids-to-play-chat
Summer House Designed With A Pool On Its Roof Can Be As Open Or As Closed As The Homeowner Desires • https://designyoutrust.com/2019/04/summer-house-designed-with-a-pool-on-its-roof-can-be-as-open-or-as-closed-as-the-homeowner-desires/
Yellow House / Alejandro Soffia • https://www.archdaily.com/914059/yellow-house-alejandro-soffia
Art
This Artist Creates Inventions That Solve Problems That Don’t Exist • https://designyoutrust.com/2019/04/this-artist-creates-inventions-that-solve-problems-that-dont-exist/
KAWS Floats a Massive Inflatable Sculpture in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour • https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/03/kaws-companion-hong-kong
Illustration
Little journey by Anastasia Suvorova • https://www.behance.net/gallery/78268429/Little-journey
Animation/3D
Oscar Pettersson: 3D Motion Designer • https://www.instagram.com/0scarpettersson/
TOSSWARE — Web Commercial by Happycentro Design Studio • https://www.behance.net/gallery/78221329/TOSSWARE-Web-Commercial
another one bites the dust…
