Whimsy on a Wednesday

BoxSquad is definitely the most whimsical thing I saw on the internet this week - make sure to check this one out.

If you're a stationary nerd like me, you'll love to hear he story behind Present & Correct, the perfectly curated stationery shop that’s every graphic designer’s dream.

Jim Nielsen on the AI Aesthetic, and the influence that AI is having on software design.

The apps that shaped modern UI but failed as businesses - A nostalgic wander back to the apps that never succeeded, but left behind some of the best interaction patterns.

The Era of Personal Software. Allen Hutchison on the rise of building software for an audience of one.

I am just in awe of Lucy Sparrow's work. Her new exhibition, ‘The Beginning of Convenience’ recreates a 90's-inspired supermarket with more than 20,000 objects created with felt.

“When everything is easy, nothing feels meaningful” - revisiting Tobias van Schneider’s piece on Embracing friction.

I enjoyed learning about the complexity of elevators in this interactive piece.

“AI dramatically lowers the cost of producing the visible layer. That makes the invisible layer exponentially more valuable. Ironically, the easier interfaces become to generate, the more important design becomes. Because design was never the pixels, it was everything behind them.” - be sure to read Aurélie Radom’s excelent piece, Designing for the proxy

And one last bit of fun - Ridd's new toy called Backyard Designers. It's Backyard Baseball but for product design. I may have lost an embarrassing amount of time playing with this, so fun!