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Naming colors in design systems
Adobe has an incredibly complex brand portfolio of more than 100 different products using any number of front-end frameworks, across web, mobile, and desktop implementations. Read Full Article
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Systems thinking is what makes designers great
I used to believe that what made great designers so great was their craft; their ability to add polish and style to whatever they touched. Now I see that what makes exceptional designers so incredible is not only their attention to detail, but their abili… Read Full Article
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:where() :is() :has()? New CSS selectors that make your life easier
When people talk about CSS complexity, a major contributor to that is CSS specificity, or writing effective CSS selectors. The more you add to a CSS selector, the more precise it is, but also, the more specific it is, so… Read Full Article
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Balanced Color Palettes
A small but powerful technique perfect for crafting balanced color palettes in generative pieces. Read Full Article
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The Brand Identity
Balancing the extremes of its own architecture, Fontwerk’s contrasting serif family Nice is rife with typographic possibilities; with each of its four optical sizes and 56 styles harmonised for aesthetic and structural unity. Friendly, fresh-faced and nos… Read Full Article
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Tokens as intents
Design tokens are ubiquitous in design systems and allow for individual values to be reused with a single name. What should that naming system be? Read Full Article
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The era of rebellious web design is here
You might remember Gawker as an aughts-era blog with all the visual hallmarks of that moment’s web design trends: bright logo, white background, infinite scroll. If you were to visit Gawker today, you might not recognize it at all. Relaunched in 2021 by B… Read Full Article
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The Washington Post design system
The Washington Post Design System (WPDS) is a growing library of design tokens and interactive components purpose-built for washingtonpost.com… Read Full Article
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Bootstrap 5.2.0 beta
It’s the biggest release since v5 itself—Bootstrap v5.2.0-beta1 is here! This release features redesigned docs, CSS variables for all our components, responsive offcanvas, new helpers and utilities, refined buttons and inputs, and lots of improvements und… Read Full Article
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The iOS App Icon Book
A beautiful hardcover book celebrating the art and craft of app icon design. Read Full Article