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✦The “mocked, then loved” AirPods effect✦ZERO: The Engineering Behind a Defiant Interactive Narrative✦From vibe to specs: reclaiming the design process with SAID framework✦Design system contracts: the component lives in neither Figma nor code✦I forgot how fun it is to just build something✦What’s !important #15: Boundary-aware CSS, Time-based CSS, Full-bleed CSS, and More✦The Architecture Behind Trionn: Coordinating GSAP, Three.js, Lenis, and Web Audio✦Heuristic Evaluations: How to Plan, Conduct, and Report Results | Course Preview✦Using Figma Motion to create a viral karaoke app in 30 mins I Design Roulette Ep 4✦CLAUDE.md vs DESIGN.md: What to Put in Each for Claude Code✦Website Inspiration: Materials¹✦Be Yourself or Be Forgotten | The Design Career Formula Nobody Wants to Hear with Alex Aperios✦Website Inspiration: Sky Clock✦Website Inspiration: Michael Pumo✦Taste cannot be delegated
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Top storyInspo·3 days ago

The Architecture Behind Trionn: Coordinating GSAP, Three.js, Lenis, and Web Audio

Trionn's case study details the technical architecture that unified GSAP, Three.js, Lenis, and Web Audio into a performant, responsive web experience with complex animations and interactions.

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What’s !important #15: Boundary-aware CSS, Time-based CSS, Full-bleed CSS, and More

This article compiles various CSS techniques, including using `view()` for boundary-aware designs, making grid lanes accessible, creating time-based web designs, and fixing full-bleed layouts with modern CSS.

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Heuristic Evaluations: How to Plan, Conduct, and Report Results | Course Preview

Heuristic evaluations involve planning, conducting, and reporting usability test results to identify design issues.

3 days ago
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Using Figma Motion to create a viral karaoke app in 30 mins I Design Roulette Ep 4

Figma Motion helps create a viral karaoke app in a short design challenge.

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Fin's engineers follow a process to detect, mitigate, and learn from incidents, prioritizing customer impact and swift resolution.

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Website Inspiration: Materials¹

A One Pager promotes the Materials¹ design pack with a morphing hero object that changes as users scroll.

5 days ago
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Be Yourself or Be Forgotten | The Design Career Formula Nobody Wants to Hear with Alex Aperios

Authenticity is key to a successful design career, according to Alex Aperios.

5 days ago

Editor's pick

CLAUDE.md vs DESIGN.md: What to Put in Each for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md and DESIGN.md serve different purposes in Claude Code projects, with CLAUDE.md providing operational instructions.

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Taste cannot be delegated

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