Weekly Design Links — 02/21/23

3 min readFeb 21

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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

John Freeborn

Written by John Freeborn

designer, artist, skateboarder and video gamer

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An example of a composition based on the golden ratio.

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