Akmar Hisham, a designer, writes essays linking design practice with business and belief, drawing on humanitarian branding, publishing and retail leasing experience. The excerpts cover context over solving, the distinction between UI kits and design systems, and a skeptical look at the term 'context engineering'.
Website: https://akmarhisham.com/
A weekly newsletter that explains one mental model per issue through a detailed historical story, then ties it to creative work. Issues cover topics such as hostile attribution bias, design thinking and the Gestalt law of closure.
Essays on design systems and how AI agents change their governance, adoption metrics and accountability. Readers get original, experience-based arguments with concrete examples drawn from design system practice.
Ryan Singer, author of Shape Up, writes about how to define, frame and shape software projects before building. Issues combine practical advice, conceptual distinctions and a full end-to-end case study video with transcript.
A designer's project write-ups on computational pattern systems and their translation into physical objects through CNC milling, 3D printing, laser etching, moulding and casting. Readers get detailed process documentation covering Grasshopper workflows, toolpaths and material behaviour.
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