A special ep with PM Aneesha Kommineni, UX Researcher Michael Gilbert, and Creative Director Andy Stewart, going over the M3 Expressive updates. interfacecafe.com/design-notes... #MaterialDesign #DesignSystems #Podcast

📣 Calling all Design Notes listeners: What other design or creative podcasts do you listen to regularly? Let me know in the replies! #designsky

It’s freeing to think about returning to a site built in Notepad as a more direct expression. Jarrett Fuller unpacks simple tools in this essay. interfacecafe.com/read-this-ja... #WebDesign #IndieWeb #Simplicity

A post from Nico Thornley, Brenton Simpson, Julia Feldman, and Michael Gilbert about research the team did to determine how users perceive Material 3. interfacecafe.com/read-this-wh... #MaterialDesign #UserResearch #UIUX

In a brand new issue of Doubleshot, I reflect on the importance of careful and intentional abstraction, and the aesthetic impact that can be created by mystery. interfacecafe.com/levels-of-ab... #designsky

Can technical expertise be a creative trap? In a new Design Notes, Fabian Bircher explains how to break free of what's technically possible to make a greater creative impact.

A new issue of the Doubleshot is set to go out next Wednesday! Sign up now so you don't miss it, and catch up on previous design tips, tools, and theory. interfacecafe.com/tag/doublesh...

At the height of Google+, many Android dev, customization, and fan community members were hanging out there. Here’s what I think it got right: interfacecafe.com/one-thing-go... #GooglePlus #SocialMedia #TBT

The way metaphor permeates the interface points to a continued struggle with the complexity introduced by the things we’ve created. interfacecafe.com/metaphor-and... #Design #UX #Metaphor

The most interesting explorations are those that show something unexpected: the importance of creating a slight unbalance or a new focal point in the composition. interfacecafe.com/doubleshot-0... #DesignThinking #CreativeProcess #DesignSystems

On an infinitely scrolling, algorithmic list, scrolling past something is about the least intentional thing one could do. interfacecafe.com/view-counts-... #SocialMedia #Design #UserExperience

Connecting historic conceptions of adaptable design with contemporary visions, looking toward a truly adaptive future. interfacecafe.com/the-future-o... #AdaptiveDesign #FutureofDesign #SpeculativeDesign

If Googling doesn’t give you the numbers you need, or you just want to show off your math skills, here’s a relatively easy way to determine the relevant metrics for your designs. interfacecafe.com/how-to-find-... #Design #AndroidDev #UIUX

Tomorrow, a new Doubleshot newsletter goes out, pondering the primacy of the “problem” in the design process. Sign up to get it directly in your inbox 💌

From Le Corbusier to Figma, “design is, at its core, a permanently subject-oriented discipline.” To realize the potential of this coming era of design, we must reconsider the nature of the objects we create.

Adaptability to the individual is a persistent vision that’s engaged a long line of thinkers and practitioners in computing since day one. Trace its history (and predict its future) in this summer reading list 📚 interfacecafe.com/adaptive-ind... #designsky

In a new Doubleshot, some thoughts (and resources) on the irreplaceable creativity of the mind and how individual subjectivity, on a fundamental level, can’t be generated. ☕️ interfacecafe.com/mindmade-ai-... #designsky

Tomorrow, a new Doubleshot newsletter will go out centered on what distinguishes generation and creation. Sign up to get it directly to your inbox, or on Interface Café ☕️ interfacecafe.com/tag/doublesh... #designsky

The interface subtly evokes and communicates possibility. For an example, look no further than the chair you’re probably sitting on right now. 🪑 interfacecafe.com/chair-as-int...

If you like Design Notes, consider helping the show by leaving a rating on your favorite podcast platform! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you leave a review, you’ll get a shoutout on the next episode 💌 Find the show on your favorite app: design-notes.show

In a new episode—Rob Giampietro returns to the show for a case study on @Notion.com Faces. Rob and I cover: • The irreplaceable joy in hand-drawn assets • The role of expression in #UX • How to ship ambitious design projects 📻 Tune in:

To go along with this week’s Doubleshot newsletter, take some time to revisit this @design-notes.show episode with Cameron Koczon, in which Koczon explains the importance of designing tools—products that simply facilitate user intent.

In a 🆕 Doubleshot newsletter: Is software like Figma or Sketch actually a tool? How should we think about these platforms in relation to our work? Plus, some curated practical tips for the week ☕️

From ideation to creating and running the interface, I broke down—in a previous Doubleshot—the spectrum of possible landing places I see for generative AI in the process of creating UI.

A new issue of the Doubleshot newsletter is coming out next week, and it’s all about the relationship designers have to their tools. Sign up to get resources, prompts for thought, and a little theory on the tools we use in our everyday practice. interfacecafe.com/tag/doublesh... #designsky

The button group is one of the unsung heroes of the M3 Expressive update. With both size and width variations, you can create really interesting compositions for controls, segmentation, filtering, and more. m3.material.io/components/b... #designsky

What are the most common challenges you face when designing an app to adapt across window sizes? #designsky

The button group is one of the unsung heroes of the M3 Expressive update. With both size and width variations, you can create really interesting compositions for controls, segmentation, filtering, and more. m3.material.io/components/b... #designsky

🆕 on Interface Café, I had to take a minute to break down a subtle typographic detail hiding in the new Goodreads logo. interfacecafe.com/the-subtle-t... #designsky

Liquid Glass stands in a long line of interface systems that seek to demonstrate technical sophistication and newness. Read more:

I continue to have too much fun drawing weird little coffee cups for my blog. interfacecafe.com/tag/doublesh...

After the launch of M3 Expressive, it’s a good time to revisit this piece about what kind of emotions a design update can evoke:

A new Doubleshot will be out next week! Check out the most recent issue and sign up so you get the next one ☕

“We share. We make. It’s about as democratic as it gets ... basically what I’m saying is we’re creating a jazz solo out of the creative process.” Creative Director Mitch Paone describes design as a musical composition in this ep of @design-notes.show

Design is neither an object nor a process. Design is a system. In this post from last summer, I took some time to try and unpack what really makes designers irreplaceable, as the field grapples with questions over generative AI.

This week’s @design-notes.show episode with David Reinfurt is a follow-up to our 2020 conversation about his book A *New* Program for Graphic Design. Catch up on the previous episode:

Today, there’s a new issue of Doubleshot. I’m trying out a new format and want some feedback, so I’ve published it to the main site simultaneously. If you’re interested, give it a look and let me know what you think! interfacecafe.com/doubleshot-true-is-better-than-new/

Today, my interview with David Reinfurt covering his new book (A *Co–* Program for Graphic Design) goes live on design-notes.show. After the ep, check out the book, which focuses on the “Co–s” of design: Co-llaboration, co-llectivism, co-operation, and more:

A new Doubleshot newsletter goes out this week 💌 What kind of advice or resources would be most useful to your practice right now? #designsky

A new Design Notes will go up next week. It’s a great episode, catching up with one of my favorite previous guests. Check out design-notes.show to subscribe and catch it when it comes out!

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it. Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments Freelancers/contractors: get in comments Everyone else: boosts appreciated

👉 One part curated practical advice 👉 One part theory to enrich your practice 👉 ...that’s it, that’s the whole newsletter. Every couple weeks, right in your inbox. 💌

💌 Reader Mail 💌 In this newsletter, I answered a reader's question about how to stay unique while implementing a design system. I focus on three main points: • Understanding the system's rationale • Extending the system • Moving beyond the system

The Index #104 is here, featuring a nice conference site, pull requests, nice design work, nice fonts and rickrolling. piccalil.li/the-index/104/

There’s a huge gap between ideation and execution, especially when it comes to LLMs and how we imagine they could or should show up in a design. I tried to break down some possible scenarios to get more concrete in a recent Doubleshot newsletter:

Transcripts for @design-notes.show are always available on Interface Café whenever there’s a new episode. Check out the latest episode going behind the scenes on M3 Expressive:

The design community cyclically experiences its own emotional, intellectual, or technological “death,” only to continue on in our pursuit of making things well for other people. Want proof? Check out this collection by Ryan Rumsey: thedeathofdesign.com #designsky

A new episode of the Design Notes #podcast is out, looking behind the scenes of the Material 3 Expressive update. Hear from creative direction, UX research, and product how emotive design goes from idea to billions of users. Listen and subscribe: interfacecafe.com/design-notes... #designsky

Seeing Apple’s liquid glass this week gave me the final push to take a look back at the cyclical reinvention of glass in the software interface. And to think a little bit about what it means. interfacecafe.com/liquid-glass... #designsky

🆕 A new episode is out, going behind the scenes of the Material 3 Expressive update. 📻 Hear from creative direction, UX research, and product how emotive design goes from idea to billions of users. Listen and subscribe: pod.link/designnotes #designsky #podcast