Weekly Design Links — 02/21/23

I finally got around to posting my 2022 book review post. It’s not as comprehensive as I would have liked, but rather than waiting for 3 months to pass, I opted for getting something up over making something perfect. Perfect is a lie anyway.

Graphic Design/Branding

Pepsi’s 7UP rebrand is rather gorgeous
Just check out that drop shadow

Web Design/UX/UI

Onboarding Tutorials vs. Contextual Help
Tutorials interrupt users, don’t necessarily improve task performance, and are quickly forgotten. Contextual help signals can avoid these pitfalls but require unintrusive ways to activate

Apple’s Turns the Page on Books App Page Turns
It wasn’t just a cheap, pre-baked animation, though; it was one of the pinnacles of the skeuomorphic aesthetic

Work