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How to use huge type on the web

Last week’s post looked at websites that dared to use huge type and did it well. With this week’s post I’ll explore what it is that works well about the huge type on these websites and establish guidelines and recommendations for using huge type on the web.

New Decathlon rebrand feels playful yet familiar

Global sports brand’s new identity fits like a glove.

Iconbuddy – 200K+ open source free SVG icons

Iconbuddy is a search engine that allows you to search, download, customize, and edit over 200,000 open source svg icons for free.

Design Spells – Design details that feel like magic

A new home on the internet for micro-interactions, easter eggs, and other seemingly extra design details that infuse life, personality, and fun back into the web.

Navigating the DesignOps wilderness

How to define a compelling Design Operations roadmap and build the trust you’ll need to execute on it.

The Rebalancing of Design Management

The balance is off. And the problem is that if managers aren’t actively driving business outcomes using all their knowledge and expertise, and if designers aren’t creating work that not only solves user problems, but meaningfully differentiates your product from a competitor’s,

Should there be an Oscar for title design?

Graphic designers actually have a big impact on how people perceive a film. We have this responsibility to best communicate what people are meant to experience.

Google’s International Women’s Day 2024

ThisInternational Women’s DayDoodle highlights a group of women sharing wisdom across generations within a quiltembroidered with symbols ofprogressmade over the years.

Asking Users for Their Pronouns: A Guide for UX Designers

Let me set the scene — you’re a UX designer and you’re at a meeting discussing a new onboarding flow for users to create their profile. Someone asks “Wait, we should include a pronoun selector here, right?”

Beautiful ugly websites

A prime example of how “ugly” turns into good design is the niche of niches of so-called “the ugliest websites of the web”—those lightweight, text-heavy, old-fashioned, basic HTML-styled web pages.

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