#135 - A data designer’s responsibility

Hey everyone,

Welcome to issue #135, your weekly roundup of what’s happening in design, code and typography.

Thought provoking #

“Designers are inclined to simplify. We are taught to present information in its simplest and most aesthetically pleasing form. When it comes to data, those inclinations and good intentions can lead to mistakes.” A data designer’s responsibility during a global crisis from Tobias van Schneider.

Design and Code #

Netlify launches State of the JAMstack Survey 2020, the first JAMstack survey where you can share your feedback and technology choices, so we can benefit from the results — newcomers and experienced users alike.

Embracing modern image formats. Josh Comeau shares a few different methods to create tiny cross-browser images, in HTML and React.

Heydon Pickering makes his fantastic book Inclusive Components “pay what you can”, so if you are looking for something to read go grab a copy.

Learn JAMstack with a free 3.5 hour video of demos and examples. This is a real gem from Phil Hawksworth, who will show you how to do some pretty cool stuff with Eleventy.

Emojis as Favicons. A genius idea by Lea Verou that Chris turned into a demo project.

Typography #

Dyslexie font. Reading with dyslexia? That can be quite a challenge. Dyslexie font offers people with dyslexia a unique typeface to make reading, learning and working easier.

When Old Meets New: Typography Art of Bipolar Grotesque Font. An experimental typography project which features both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, where every letter opposed to an alternative to allow flexible typographic combinations. Designed by Moscow based design studio Esh Gruppa, the typeface is part of a new visual identity for Richter hotel.

A typeface has been designed for the Welsh language. Three fonts have been created by design studio Smörgåsbord, in collaboration with the Colophon Foundry, which aim to promote the use of the Welsh language.

Something to watch #

How we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates offers insights, discussing why testing and self-isolation are essential, which medical advancements show promise and what it will take for the world to endure this crisis.

Content (from me) #

Building a navigation schema with Sanity. How to create a modular navigation builder. Modular, because you’ll be able to use it to create any number of navigations to use in your website or app.

I added a /uses page to my website, so you can learn more about my office setup and the tools I use most days.

From Twitter #

That moment when you realise Figma’s Auto Layout is basically flexbox. A tread of things you can do with Figma’s Auto Layout feature, from accordions to flexible navigations.


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