‘What went right this week: the good news that matters.’ “ #Biodiversity was brought into focus, #Helsinki went a year without a road death, and investment in #Renewables surged, plus more good news.” www.positive.news/society/good...

Design books Apple's design process. Creative Selection is a great description of the design process. us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #Booksky #design #books #designbooks #Apple

COMING UP: #Norwich #Amiga Group meet at Albion Games Cafe on Friday 19th September, 5-10pm. As always, it's open to anybody so just pop in on the night for plenty of Amiga-related activities with our great community.

A free creative writing opportunity for 18–25 year olds in Yorkshire ✍ Applications are now open for Life in a Northern Town, a playwriting course led by Northern Broadsides. 1/3

You might not know: There used to be a hidden page for many services on GOV.UK, which would display the underlying user need through a user story and its alignment with the platform proposition. You just had to insert /info to any service landing page’s URL. I still think it’s brilliant.

Forty Minutes: 1984 Voices in a City. “[A] Comparison between life in #Orwell 's novel and the reality of life in #1984.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNW...

“The UK has lost a quarter of its clubs and late night venues since 2020.” www.musicradar.com/music-indust...

🦊 I wrote about the administration’s “national design studio,” and how its shoddy construction isn’t a mistake. It’s a clear signal of priorities, and ones we need to actively, urgently rebuke. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-noti...

@dhruvbhutani.bsky.social on how ‘Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment’. “… we are left with the remains of a dream unfulfilled and electronics that respond to the whims, fancies, and ever-changing business decisions of corporations …” www.androidpolice.com/smart-device...

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Festival of Commoning “A celebration of people acting together to build #Commons of all kinds.” 📆 12th-13th September 2025 📍 Stroud, Gloucestershire 🎟️ festival-of-commoning.org ^ via @acuity.design

NYT: Joe Gebbia wants to make government services more “satisfying.” Some peers in the design industry are skeptical Me: that's me, I'm one of the peers “"It looks a little bit like a stunt hire,” Mr. Hon said." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...

The UK government will be carrying out a national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September at 3pm. Here you can find a variety of assets, including easy read, BSL & audio) to share on your channels and help amplify the campaign. prepare.campaign.gov...

Something I and many others in the NHS have spent months working on has just gone live, a big update to design system and frontend! 🎉 See service-manual.nhs.uk/design-syste... for the changes. Not super glamorous work, but it helps improve the foundations for our digital services.

My gentle beginner-friendly introductory Sonic Pi course is currently discounted for only one more week. Learn the basics of coding *and* music - no prior experience necessary. Use code SUMMER_SALE to unlock a 33% discount - only valid during August. sonic-pi-studio.teachable.com/p/sonic-pi-i...

An interesting looking new 📘 book. Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).

226 of the UK's most interesting service/petrol/gas stations. All bound in a new book from Philip Butler. www.philipbutlerphotography.com/latest

I'm giving away the last few copies of my book, from the early print runs in 2021/22. Email me if you'd like one! Details here: gilest.org/notes/free-b...

What’s the best documentary you’ve ever seen?

‘Ways of Seeing … examines how we view #Art.’ “Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely pictoral …” www.ways-of-seeing.com

‘The Sound of Software.’ Some useful insights on approaches to sound design in software development. notbor.ing/words/the-so...

CLOSING SOON: We're looking for a Policy and Research Manager to join our Healthy Lives team. In this pivotal role, you'll lead the delivery of policy development and research projects to influence government and employers to improve workforce health. Apply by 31 August ⬇️ https://bit.ly/3HaGakk

We are looking for Assistant Stage Manager Book Covers for two upcoming Sheffield Theatres productions! A Christmas Carol Contract Dates: Monday 17 November 2025 to Saturday 10 January 2026 The Ladies Football Club Contract Dates: Monday 16 February to Saturday 28 March 2026

Do you have a track record of producing top quality research and policy analysis? Do you have a detailed understanding of health policy and its political context? Take a look at our Senior Fellow vacancy and apply by 31 August. #researchjobs www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/job/senior-f...

‘The 📈 Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years.’ sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2...

Folks in our community have asked us to comment on “America by Design”—but a site like this largely speaks for itself.

This WaPo piece about the Airbnb/DOGE guy who is now the head of design in government ignores that: *DOGE fired the actual talented design people in government, including Social Security! *IRS had a beautifully designed tax filing system that DOGE killed *USDS already did online passport renewals

Long-lost model shots of Sheffield’s celebrated Park Hill estate dating back to the early 1950s have been discovered by the grandson of architect Ivor Smith

Some Wednesday/Friday tickets have opened up for #SDinGov (sorry, no Thu availability). Also, some 1 day tickets just for Friday. Event programme: govservicedesign.net/programme-2025

Normally when I share accessibility bugs I do it for two reasons: 1. Good faith that the company will fix the issue 2. The company won't fix the issue and the public should pay attention. This time, I will look at America by Design for a new reason: rage. Automated test: 288 accessibility bugs

An update on my little German #GovDesign job board: There is a new #ServiceDesign working student opening at @digital-agentur.de, in @simonecarrier.bsky.social’s team. And in-house consultancy PD is still looking for brand designers based in Berlin. verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

Trump fired all of the designers in 18F, the US Digital Service, and elsewhere in government. Now he is calling for improved government design. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

“Improving our nation through better design” is certainly important work: we know this, because it’s exactly what we were doing when DOGE eliminated 18F entirely.

four new exec branch names: abd, americabydesign, nds, ndstudio https://mastodon.social/@botgov/115067423423754562

what an absolute and utter shambles this is, in just about every way americabydesign.gov

Very glad @waysanddreams.bsky.social mentioned content-hiders One gov thing hid some results on a tab. Dad (nearly blind) couldn’t find them. Tried it next day with fully sighted high-tech GDS engineers next day: same, obvs Related, me + @amyhupe.bsky.social www.effortmark.co.uk/dont-be-afra...

Prototyping the glider guidance system ‘computer graphics’ used in Escape From New York.

Gibbs: Computers are just machines. They can't think. Bradley: Some programs will be thinking soon. Gibbs: Won't that be grand? Computers and programs will start thinking, and the people will stop. — #TRON (1982)

The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

any more images like this for my collection?

A round up of interesting posts and resources relating to the ‘Doves Type’, the lost #Typeface recovered from the River #Thames. 🧵 ⤵

‘Most toothpaste tubes are #Recyclable. So why is nobody #Recycling them?’ www.fastcompany.com/91388975/mos... #Packaging #Sustainability

“ #TheBeatles heritage industry is gearing up once more with the announcement … that the whole #Anthology series of compilations, plus the #Documentary and book are to be reissued, repackaged and revamped this autumn.” www.musicradar.com/music-tech/r...

‘New platform selling off-the-shelf designs hopes to fix “broken” #Branding industry.’ www.designweek.co.uk/new-platform...

“America by Design,” a national initiative to improve experiences for Americans, starting [with] the design of sites where people interface with their #Government … This effort will be facilitated by a new National Design Studio and by a new Chief Design Officer [Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia].

A useful and important piece 99% of "dashboards" are nothing of the sort If it doesn't allow you to directly do something it's just a PowerPoint

Sort of makes you wonder why these Anthology remixes didn't appear two years ago when Now and Then was done, as that would make it all tidier. Or hold Now and Then until now, at least. That 4th album in this set isn't going to blow many socks off.

Fonts for wireframing – @chriscoyier.net‬ | h/t @sarasouedian

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