The Tremendous 10 link roundup, #131
- 10 things I wish every design student knew | “This week I had the privilege of speaking to design students at two universities about my career. Here are some of the things I shared, most of which were answers to their questions.”
- Design Census 2017 | “Understanding the state of design and the people who make it. The survey is now open, until Dec 1, 2017.”
- “Instagram for data” | “Grafiti wants to make it easier to create and share data visualizations on smartphones.”
- ‘We’re designing minds’: Industry insider reveals secrets of addictive app trade | “A look at the science behind the ‘technological arms race’ to keep people fixated on their phones”
- On naming layers | By FAKKU Rin.
- USS McCain collision ultimately caused by UI confusion | “CO ordered duties of helmsman split—but all of them got sent to another console.”
- The useless design features in modern products | “Meet the hidden pressures shaping design, from the waistlines of kings to the whims of 18th Century wagon drivers.”
- kottke.org memberships, an update one year later | “While I didn’t know it at the time, your support saved kottke.org. This is not even hyperbole. As I hinted at in the announcement post, the industry-wide drop in revenue from display advertising was beginning to affect kottke.org…”
- 4 types of journalists | “How they tick and what we can learn from them.” Via…. yep, kottke.org.
- Building the Case for Diversity: Key Takeaways from New Adobe Research Report | We worked on this with Adobe and Edelman.
Image: design from our work with Adobe & Edelman, link #10.