those plastic bubble balloons that smelled like chemicals and super glue

Thanks so much for your incredible collaboration on this set! 🖤 Looking forward to this year’s pins!

As a…
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Apple in February of 1994, 2004, 2014, and 2024

Sounds you probably grew up hearing:

if your design files don't look like this you're not gonna make it

When your designs absolutely suck but your layers panel is in order

To the young designers thinking a light on a button means skeuomorphism is back: we used to craft wooden UIs in 2013 😄

Updated my list of (actually) good and (actually) free icon libraries today 🙂

In no particular order:

Windows Entertainment Pack

The evolution of UI icons

Subscription hell.

We all made these masterpieces

The biggest problem with being a designer in demand and getting to choose who you want to work with is never having the time to document previous work. So after 20 years, I'm investing in the design community by taking the time to make this knowledge available.

Below: user…

15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps.

I still use it everyday.

Last week, the team dramatically changed the map’s visual design.

I don’t love it.

It feels colder, less accurate and less human.

But more importantly, they missed a key opportunity to…

the hardest decision you had to make as a kid

This is the physical award that Taylor Swift will receive as Apple Music's Artist of the Year

The concept of skeuomorphism in interface design refers to a design principle in which design cues are taken from the physical world to aid users in understanding how to use a digital interface. The radio button and the checkbox are quintessential examples of skeuomorphic design,…

Aqua Slack

Human Interface Guidelines (throughout the years)

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