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Stuff I found this summer
And returning after a break
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Rainbows, Squiggles, and Expensive Chairs
Google's plan to make phones less boring, mid-century chair art, design rules that actually work, and more cool design finds.
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Mirrors, Sandwiches, and Phone-Holes
Don’t forget the chisels, too.
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Rust, Film, and Pixel-Peepin’
Discover the best film-look camera app, AI tools, space mission patches, risograph animation, and more in this month’s creative roundup.
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Virtual Pets, Nostalgia, and Engravings
and satisfying micro-interactions
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Buckets, Poop, and Trees
Tree-planting apps, weird chess pieces, turd-coloured trends, and twinkles (of course!)
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Doodles, Distortion, and Elaborate Intros
And alpine cheese, of course.
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Japan, Saturn, and Mice
From Japan's artsy manhole covers to London's transport-inspired packaging, with a dash of public domain inspo and tech nostalgia. Plus the cutest mouse…
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Cursed UI and Beautiful Blocks
Aiming for disaster is really useful, sometimes.
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Firewood, Ripped Paper, and Robot Toothbrushes
Sharing something I've made for the first time
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Games, Click-Clacks, and Graffiti
Plus a small change that makes a big difference
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Boats, Brutalism, and Bee’s Knees
From AI-generated tunes to brutalist plants and seagrass-saving gin, here's May's collection of design delights and tech treasures.
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