hyperallergic
The Radical Queer Aesthetics of Gay Power
4 min · · With the tagline of “New York’s first homosexual newspaper,” the publication integrated political news and local activism with erotic art and photography. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Dezeen
Mediated Matter Group designs robotically fabricated structure using organic matter
2 min · · Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group has digitally designed and robotically fabricated a structure, Aguahoja I, using natural molecular components. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Smithsonian Magazine
Designers Build a Provocative Road Map for World Peace
6 min · · Cooper Hewitt’s new show taps into the collective consciousness of activists, app developers, artists and architects to envision a way forward · Shared by 895, including Rick Powell
Print magazine
The Daily Heller: Stefan Sagmeister’s Slow, Yet Optimistic, Fashion Line
3 min · · The designer’s new project optimistically “serves as a reminder that the latest Tweets and cable news don’t mean we’re standing at the edge of doom.” · Shared by 262, including Rick Powell, The Daily Heller
Google Design
Is it Good Design? Well, yeah.
· We ask people who design and build Google products what they consider to be good design. · Shared by 100, including Matteo Furia, Carlos Elcura, Shut Up and Create, Rick Powell, Tom Connor
Tobias van Schneider
The best totally free web fonts & typefaces
4 min · · Quality, free web fonts are difficult to come by these days. The best place I could think to find them: Twitter. Beautiful typefaces are usually an investment, but that doesn't mean you can't find… · Shared by 285, including Brett Errington, Michael Musgrove, Rick Powell, Arne Keuning, tcherno, Victor Lee, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Manas, Chris Messina, Niklaus Gerber, José Rodrigues, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Marius Bleuer, Beni Buess
medium.com
The United Nations joins Unsplash
4 min · · The United Nations and Unsplash create an Open Visual Public Service Announcement System for the Internet · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Engadget
Qualcomm's new mobile chipsets pack more features for the non-5G crowd
2 min · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
UX Collective
The myths of the ancient UX
10 min · · User experience is nothing new. Its roots go back to antiquity to the ancient science of ergonomics. · Shared by 85, including Rick Powell, Niklaus Gerber
figmadesign
"The Decade of Design”: How 10 years transformed design’s role in tech
11+ min · · The tech industry, which long exalted the engineer, has finally begun to appreciate the designer too. · Shared by 250, including Gabriele, Adham Dannaway, Peter Merholz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Robin Klein, five5star // Design Graphique, Dominik Grolimund, Kat, Rick Powell, Oscar MacDonald, James Young, Jonathan Kogan, Luca Longo
Dezeen
Creativity is being "brushed aside" by digital media says Lego's head of design
8 min · · As Lego launches its Rebuild the World campaign, Matthew Ashton explains how it is embracing digital technology and licensing agreements to encourage children to play. · Shared by 10, including Kathy Klotz-Guest, 7/27 Comedy @ SF Marina Theater, Rick Powell
Marvel
10 Small Design Mistakes We Still Make
10 min · · The saying that “good design is obvious” is pretty damn old, and I am sure it took different shapes in the previous centuries. It referred to good food, music, architecture, clothes, philosophy and… · Shared by 160, including Dominik Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Дмитрий Кобец, five5star // Design Graphique, Lluís Codina, Oliver Raduner, tcherno, Katja Evertz, Rick Powell
humans.fyi
Discover the most brilliant personal webpages online and the heros that designed them
1 min · · Inspiration for personal homepage design · Shared by 28, including Benoist Lawniczak, David Hellmann, Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
Watch Charles and Ray Eames put their 1969 spin on one of the world’s oldest toys
2 min · · The oldest spinning top ever discovered dates back some 5,500 years, meaning that we’ve been entranced by these toys for nearly as long as human civilisation has existed. And if there’s any doubt… · Shared by 14, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Rick Powell