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I know the pieces fit: Custom Hi-Fi furniture
How a search for a turntable stand turned into a lesson in design thinking, prototyping, and communicating ideas clearly enough for other people to build them.
Popular fonts for web and mobile design
The serif and sans-serif typefaces professional designers actually reach for, with the history behind each one and where to get it.
Designing with a 4px/8px baseline grid
How I use a 4px/8px baseline grid and the traditional typographic scale to create consistent, well-structured layouts for web and mobile design.
UX/UI design basics
A quick reference covering the core principles of UX and UI design, from usability and information architecture through to affordances, signifiers and user testing.