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Human-curated visual references from Are.na that inform Canon design decisions. The aesthetic emerges through disciplined selection.
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Visual References
237 curated images from Are.na
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Rams Philosophy
Weniger, aber besser. Less, but better. Each element must earn its existence by serving the whole.
Motion Language Principles
## Motion as Communication Animation is honest when it communicates state. Animation is dishonest when it seeks attention. ### Canon Timing - `--duration-micro: 200ms` — hover states, toggles - `--duration-standard: 300ms` — modals, transitions - `--duration-complex: 500ms` — orchestrated sequences One easing: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.0, 0.2, 1)` Consistent motion creates coherent language.
Claude Code as Zuhandenheit
## Zuhandenheit (Ready-to-hand) When a tool works perfectly, it disappears into use. The hammer vanishes during hammering—you see only the nail. Claude Code aims for this transparency: infrastructure that recedes so only the work remains. **Vorhandenheit** (present-at-hand) occurs at breakdown—when the tool fails, we suddenly *notice* it. This noticing enables understanding. The goal: tools that recede into Zuhandenheit, with graceful breakdown that teaches rather than frustrates.
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In Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects, Graham Harman interpret…on and are limited in their causal influence upon and relation to other objects.
DIETER RAMS | Are.na
The 10 Principles of Good Design
Dieter Rams | Are.na
“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”
Ezekiel Aquino - Studio for Programmatic Design
a generative impromptu Undulations in C Op.1 No.1
Beyond Minimalism: Exploring the Depths of Swiss Design -
WAREHOUSE - Первый listening-бар в Екатеринбургe
Первый listening Bar в Екатеринбурге. Самодельная лапша, супы и отдельная TO-GO станция, ароматные рамэны на наваристом бульоне. Мы любим кушать палочками, любим ложки причудливой формы, любим разнообразие и детализацию азиатской кухни
Deleuze and the Map-Image: Aesthetics, Information, Code, and Digital Art - Jakub Zdebik - Google Libros
The map, as it appears in Gilles Deleuze's writings, is a concept guiding the exploration of new territories, no matter how abstract. With the advent of new media and digital technologies, contemporary artists have imagined a panoply of new spaces that put Deleuze's concept to the test. Deleuze's concept of the map bridges the gap between the analog and the digital, information and representation, virtual and actual, canvas and screen and is therefore best suited for the contemporary artistic landscape. Deleuze and the Map-Image explores cartography from philosophical and aesthetic perspectives and argues that the concept of the map is a critical touchstone for contemporary multidisciplinary art. This book is an overview of Deleuze's cartographic thought read through the theories of Sloterdijk, Heidegger, and Virilio and the art criticism of Laura U. Marks, Carolyn L. Kane, and Alexander Galloway, shaping it into a critical tool through which to view the works of cutting edge artists such as Janice Kerbel and Hajra Waheed, who work with digital and analog art. After all, Deleuze did write that a map can be conceived as a work of art, and so herein art is critiqued through cartographic strategies.
Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25
Liquid Glass unifies Apple platform design language while providing a more dynamic and expressive user experience
Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
As head of design at Braun from 1961 to 1995, Dieter Rams created some of the twentieth century’s most iconic objects. Rams’s life and work are indelibly linked to his thoughts about how people live, and how they can live better.Products he designed in the 1960s are still produced and sold today,…
Web Animations & UI Interactions Gallery – Best Website Animation Examples
Explore the best web animations, UI interactions, and design inspirations from top websites. Find hover effects, page transitions, and scroll animations to enhance your designs.
GridType
A grid-based online type tool.
GSAP - Animate Anything
GSAP is an industry standard JavaScript animation library from GreenSock that lets you craft high-performance animations that work in every major browser.
Interactions by Nitish Khagwal
Handcrafted interactions focused on utility & beauty.
Creating view transitions in SwiftUI
Learn how to use create animated transitions in a SwiftUI using the transition and animation modifiers.
Get web animations inspiration for your next web design project | Web Interactions Gallery
Curated collection of animated UI elements. Find the perfect micro-interaction, hover effect, or reveal animation to elevate your website and captivate your audience.
Studio Dumbar - Instagram
Instagram’s refresh brings the brand to life in motion
Objectives
The scientific core of this application is the generality of understanding the making process, as the purposeful interaction of the mind with the world through senses and actions. Formal representation of knowledge is essential for reenactable preservation, but also computational understanding of human creative tasks, enabling us to provide more specific tools for its aid. Generative, realistic reenaction (simulation) and simulated imagery allows to assess the correctness of the representation of elusive concepts such as tacit knowledge. Craft-specific simulation is a powerful tool for learning but also optimising workflow efficiency. Short-term predictive imagery of intended actions can be seen as a “precautious undo” for mistakes in work of risk.
Towards Effective Human-AI Decision-Making: The Role of Human Learning in Appropriate Reliance on AI Advice
The true potential of human-AI collaboration lies in exploiting the complementary capabilities of humans and AI to achieve a joint performance superior to that of the individual AI or human, i.e., to achieve complementary team performance (CTP). To realize this complementarity potential, humans need…
Something to Hold
A timeless sensibility and sustainable approach to everyday favourites
dasprogramm shop: Braun design
CET 15, Dieter Rams 1961 •TP 1, Dieter Rams 1959 •T 4 pocket transistor (leather case), Dieter Rams 1959 •PS 1000 AS | CSV 1000, Dieter Rams 1965 •Atelier 3, Dieter Rams 1962 •Atelier System (crystal grey), D. Rams / P. Hartwein 1980 •micron plus de luxe / 2000, Roland Ullmann 1980 •LE 1 electrostat…
Works | Christopher Bailey
As a successful art director, I build strong, timeless and flexible brand identities by bringing together imagination, technical skill and keen business awareness.
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U.W.S. Urban Wood Systems
Tranquebar Stool, Capsule Series - Ca’lyah
The Capsule Series Tranquebar Stool weaves the rich heritage of the Tamil Nadu region of South India into a contemporary design perspective. The embroidered upholstery pattern is formed from hand sketches by designer Boris Berlin. Inspired by his travels and visits to traditional artisans in Tamil N…
M.G. Tucker
M.G. Tucker is a photographer in New Orleans, LA. In searching for the warmth of real moments, he engages a slow and conversational approach to consider abiding narratives and reveal plain beauty.
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PORTA
PORTA brings together European tableware and home furnishings, focusing on local craft, independent artisans, unique design and everyday use. From the humble and hand-hewn to the polished and pristine, objects retrace the founders families’ Italian lineages, recent travels, and latest obsessions.
Julieta Alvarez Ceramics
Joyas, objetos y esculturas cerámicas hechas a mano. talleres, eventos y mucho más.
Unwalled Garden 🌱 Digital Garden
An open protocol for building social Web applications. Part of the Beaker browser project. Unwalled.Garden is a kind of “Souped up RSS.” Every user has a website, they publish their content as fi...
Human-AI collaboration to explore abstract ideas and concepts
Informatique et sciences numériques (chaire annuelle 2021-2022) - Janin Koch
Lessons From Swiss Style Graphic Design — Smashing Magazine
My notes: • in what ways does the International Style consider the user? The International Style is user-friendly. It achieves it by uniformity and geometry (abstract geometric patterns and unconventional color patterns), white space (moments of breath in midst of information and emphasize hierarchy), grid systems (a rigid framework that gathers information in a meaningful, logical and consistent organization on a page and help users to better understand), structured information (semantic organization of chunks of data and hinting at how they relate to each other), invisible typography (e.g. using sans instead of serif to keep the vessel not expressive), using font size as a hierarchy tool (therefore guiding the users' eyes). • explain "semantic organization" The semantic organization of data which, despite not being inherent to the use of the grid, is a big part of the Swiss Style’s essence. It's grouping data and information of similar hierarchy together in a well-structured format. It alludes to the connection between data in a chunk and suggests their inherent connections.
Nick Walker - Object & Animal .photo
Nick Walker is a photographer and director whose videos include Beyonce ft Nicki Minaj, FKA twigs, Future, Playboi Carti and others. His work covers both documentary and scripted projects. With an affinity for the beautiful and the absurd, he aims to capture the personalities and social realities of…
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An ode to the pioneer of typographic brilliance Karl Gerstner - TypeRoom
Swiss National Library rightfully will regard Karl Gerstner as “one of the most important innovators in typography, commercial art and corporate design” for centuries to come after his passing at ...
My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?
For TCI x Are.na’s Library of Practical and Conceptual Resources, designer Laurel Schwulst encourages all artists to create and cultivate websites.
D.Potfer studio
D.Potter studio is a hospitality and cultural communication studio, focused on digital growth strategy for premium clients.
Welcome to Tekla’s Official Website
Tekla makes thoughtful fabrics for you and your home. Main collections are Organic Bedding, Organic Towels and Robes as well as pure wool plaids. Designed in Copenhagen and produced in Europe.
Ascension: Vegan + Organic Skincare
Our skincare is proven to work. Made with only vegan, natural and organic ingredients. Our skin and body products promise results without toxins. Simple ingredients, for real results. Acne & Detox Treatments
Marea
Creative direction, Branding, Photography, Filmmaking, Written word.
How Can One (Re)make Swiss Typography?
Chris Pullman on the 1970’s covers of <em>Typografische Monatsblätter</em>, a monthly journal serving the Swiss printing and typography industry.
Thomas De Monaco
Thomas De Monaco is an Artist, Photographer & Director and founder of his own perfume brand.
mē-lo
Angela Milosevic is an Art Director and Digital Designer currently working at Squarespace in New York City.
Monsieur l’Agent
Represents artists in the fields of Art Direction, Illustration, Photography, Motion Design, CGI and more. Working in the industries of Fashion, Beauty, Luxury, Music and Culture since 2008, we also offer agile creative production services for all your needs.
Operators
Started a small series called "Operators". Each operator is dithered with a different algorithm. The colors are from the 6 bit EGA palette. #dithering#NFT #cryptoart#lofilifestylecc @SuperRare pic.twitter.com/fFgzJkumyd By @ertdfgcvb, 2021.
Publishers — After 8 Books
After 8 Books is an independent bookstore and publisher based in Paris. The bookstore, onsite and online, welcomes the printed endeavours of contemporary artists, thinkers, writers, musicians, poets, and other art workers.
David Abrams, The Spell of the Sensuous
"An astute observer might observe...the debilitating effects of writing upon the collective practice of memory... But it was hardly possible to discern the pervasive influence of letters upon patterns of perception and contemplation in general. Similarly, today we are simply unable to discern with any clarity the manner in which our own perceptions and thoughts are being shifted by our sensory involvement with electronic technologies, since any thinking that seeks to discern such a shifts is itself subject to the very effect that it strives to thematize."
Emma Tulloch Architects
Emma Tulloch Architects is a boutique architectural office located in the heart of Melbourne.
All Blues
Jewellery handcrafted in Stockholm
Daily Dialogue combine functional minimalism with nature in their lunar identity for ROOTINE — The Brand Identity
Daily Dialogue combine functional minimalism with nature in their lunar identity for ROOTINE
MINERAL HEALTH
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PAL - A personal catalogue of furniture and objects.
PAL - A personal catalogue of furniture and objects.
WAKA-WAKA | Shop
WAKA WAKA is a Los Angeles based studio focusing on wood furniture and functional objects designed and hand crafted by Shin Okuda.
Home - CO-G
CO-G is a Boston based architecture collaboration.
Effeckt.css
UI-Less & Performant Transitions & Animations
Venn Studio
Venn Studio is an architecture & interior design studio specializing in custom home design, residential remodel & additions, accessory dwelling units (ADU) and tenant improvements.
Introduction - Programming Design Systems
Programming Design Systems is a free digital book that teaches a practical introduction to the new foundations of graphic design.
B-Line
B-Line è un'azienda nata dalla volontà del suo fondatore Giorgio Bordin di ridare vita ad alcune icone storiche del panorama italiano del design. Si tratta di opere scomparse nel corso degli anni e sopraffatte dall'inarrestabile fermento di un mercato fertile di novità.
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Real time is slower than social-media time, where everything feels urgent. Real time often includes periods of silence, reflection, growth, space, self-forgiveness, processing with loved ones, rest, and responsibility.
Terry Bleu
Blobmaker
Make organic SVG shapes for your next design.
What We've Learned from Dieter Rams, and What We've Ignored
Is it perfect timing or merely perverse to release a documentary promoting the design philosophy "Less, but better" during the holiday season? The opening moments of Gary Hustwit's "Rams," about Dieter Rams, is more likely to have you revising your gift list than tossing it out.
Gary Hustwit
Notion - The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
Learn HTML, CSS & Javascript on SuperHi's Foundation online course
Our flexible online Foundation course is designed for beginner coders and those who know some code but want to develop confidence by building real sites from scratch.
Blloc | Minimalist people first phone
Blloc is a plain, minimalistic and effective smartphone. An efficent affordable hardware that is built to respect your time and be the perfect communication and productivity tool that you can rely on every day.
Maximilian Kiepe
Maximilian Kiepe, interaction designer and developer
wissenderkuenste.de
Theater ist per se keine einfache Archivalie: Es ist an vergängliche Akteur_innen gebunden und seine Aufführungen sind - wie seine spezifische Ästhetik - flüchtig. Zudem stellt es selbst immer schon ein Archiv künstlerischer und gesellschaftlicher Praktiken und Diskurse dar, die in den Aufführungen auf- und ausgeführt werden.
Muriel Cooper, Information Landscapes | Back Office
When Muriel Cooper presented the Nicholas Negroponte, "Design Statement on Behalf of Muriel Cooper," Information Landscapes Project Team: Muriel Cooper (dir.), Ron MacNeil, Henry Liberman, David Small. PhD students: Suguru Ishizaki, Louis Weitzman. Masters of Science students: Robin Kullberg, Ishanta Lokuge, Earl Rennison, Lisa Strausfeld, Jeffrey Ventrella, Yin Yin Wong, Xiaoyang Yang, Rob Silvers.
Projects | Chen Chen & Kai Williams
Chen Chen & Kai Williams is a design studio that explores materials and new ways to use them. The studio invents new techniques and materials or diverts common industrial supplies to off-label applications.
Angelo Maximiano
Angelo Maximiano is a Designer from Brazil.
The Gallery - Minimal Websites
A curated collection of minimal websites. Updated (almost) daily by @manuelmoreale.
everyday needs | everyday needs
Everyday Needs is an online store for people who want to make informed decisions in their consumption, ensuring that what they get is not only good-looking but
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Dieter Rams
https://vimeo.com/19125863
All About the Turtleneck, Fashion's Control Mechanism
A few Novembers ago, a friend gave me a black turtleneck. I moved it-three-quarter sleeve, vintage, from The Gap-through two different apartments without ever putting it on. It gathered dust in a drawer until one cold day when I had somewhere to be and there was no chance of covering up the giant pimple that had grown overnight on the side of my neck.
Lodret Vandret
Lodret Vandret is a collaborative platform for independent publishing and exhibition making.
Rams - Gary Hustwit
For over fifty years, Dieter Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design and the world at large with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe. The objects Dieter has designed have touched the lives of millions of people--so many of us have had a Braun coffeemaker, shaver, stereo, calculator, speakers, or alarm clock.
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Our Interview With Dieter Rams, The Greatest Designer Alive [Video]
Few living designers command the cult following of Dieter Rams. The 79-year-old and his ethos of functional simplicity continue to inspire today's crop of design purists, including Jasper Morrison, Konstantin Grcic, Sam Hecht, and of course, Apple's Jonathan Ive.
Dieter Rams: Apple has achieved something I never did
On Monday, Apple will announce what's next for its globally popular range of iPods, iPhones, tablets and computers, and the strand running through all of it will be peerless design, integrating software and hardware to produce devices and services that are popular because they are simple.
das programm
Explore das programm's 778 photos on Flickr!
Padlet is the easiest way to create and collaborate in the world
From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life.
Towards reflective design - Arthur Röing Baer
Orginally published on 1 Nicolas Bourriaud, PDF version towards reflective design In his book Relational Aesthetics (2002), Nicolas Bourriaud criticises the modern communication highways for turning its users into passive consumers. He proposes Relational Art, an art movement that invites users into the process of creation, and thus breaks up the perceived one-wayness of modern communication.
Coco's Cantina | Home
A no nonsense family run restaurant in Auckland. Simple Italian food. Real owner-operator restaurant life found here.
Draw Down Books
Draw Down publishes and sells small books about graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, art and architecture.
Material Design
Material Design is a unified system that combines theory, resources, and tools for crafting digital experiences.
The Internet Warriors
During the last three years, documentarist Kyrre Lien, has traveled across the globe to meet The Internet Warriors.
Unpatent
Unpatent is a crowdfunding platform to invalidate bad patents. Discover new crowdfunding campaigns or start your own campaign to raise funds.
Egstad, Designer & Developer
Jordan Egstad - Designer and Developer connecting people and ideas. Located in Portland, OR. Go tell your mom about him.
hello(at)patrickslack.info
Austen Ezzell / UX / UI
Austen Ezzell's portfolio and bio.
11th Bēhance Portfolio Reviews - Belo Horizonte
Prepare seu portfólio. Grandes profissionais e referências no mercado estarão reunidos para avaliar seu trabalho.
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We Are Fellows
We Are Fellows designs and builds visual and interactive systems. We provide creative direction and design services with a strategic perspective.
North East
An online shop and curated gallery featuring graphic design and visual culture.
Brexel Capital
Brexel was created in 2017 in order to help companies looking to start an arbitration but don't have the finance or the experience of the process. Has over 15 years of experience in the financial engineering and arbitration in Brazil via its partners.
Studio 24/24 - Art direction & graphic design studio
Studio 24/24 is an independant art direction studio based in Berlin founded by Antoine Enault + Ondine Vermenot. They develop unique concepts for prints and digital supports from individuals to institutions. They are open 24 hours a day, allowing them to work with worldwide clients.
Chris Biron
Freelance Digital Designer based in London. I collaborate with inspiring start-ups, businesses and brands to help shape their digital projects.
Exhibitions | Print Program
Opening Print Program & La Fonderie - Gallery 6:00 pm
pavel kedich. designer
riga-based graphic designer and art director
Various Artists
VARIOUS ARTISTS invites prominent visual creatives to share their relationship with music by creating and talking about playlists and mixes
Work
Matt Carvalho is a digital director, focused on experience, design & art direction. Based in San Francisco, California.
B4XVI
B4XVI - Before Sixteen is highlighting an invisible conversation between now and art before the 16th century.
Drexler
Drexler is a digital creative studio located in Baltimore, MD.
The Gallery - Minimal Inspirations
The Gallery is a curated collection of inspirations and resources for web developers and designers. A project by Manuel Moreale.
Terkel Skou Steffensen
Terkel Skou Steffensen Industrial Design Tøndergade 8, 1tv 1752 Copenhagen Denmark
Artists - We Occupy
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Paul Jung, Photography
Hofstede Design + Development Studio - Melbourne
Hofstede Design + Development is a graphic design and web development studio based in Melbourne, Australia. We are recognised for our distinct typographic responses. In our discourse, methods and outcomes, we pursue clarity and authenticity over complexity and pretence.
Atto
Atto is a sans-serif typeface which was designed to be an approachable, yet serious. It is intended for use in a multiplicity of functions ranging from body-copy to display.
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The Circular Design Guide
What if you could redesign everything? The Circular Design Guide is a collaboration between IDEO and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. It's an action-oriented set of methods, mindsets and thought starters to help innovators design circular solutions that are fit for the future.
Main : Anthony Gerace
Nuno Coelho Santos
Profile and recent work
Adrian Samson
OTHER STUDIO
OTHER is the studio practice of award-winning art director and multi-disciplinary graphic designer, Eileen Tjan. Based in Chicago, OTHER bridges international aesthetics to deliver progressive design and branding services.
Dieter Rams
“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.” — Dieter Rams, quoted in *Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams*
Dieter Rams
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc0e968e-cf1a-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html
The Design Portfolio of John J. Custer
Copyright ©2016 John J. Custer. Leave my shit alone.
Cambridge Talks X: Bound & Unbound
In the 500 years since the publication of Thomas More's Utopia, the project of imagining an ideal society has emerged as simultaneously regenerative and devastating on multiple fronts: for the concept of the polity, for the composition of social fabrics, and for the formation of buildings, cities, and territories.
P * L - P
Point Line Projects is an editorial and curatorial agency dedicated to producing high-quality publications and exhibitions on architecture and design. We work with authors, architects and designers to shepherd projects from the "concept" stage to completion, offering specialized writing, research, editing and design services to streamline production. *-
P-DPA
Post-Digital Publishing Archive
Index
Reading Design is an online archive of critical writing about design. The idea is to embrace the whole of design, from architecture and urbanism to product, fashion, graphics and beyond. The texts featured here date from the nineteenth century right up to the present moment but each one contains something which remains relevant, surprising or interesting to us today.
Beautiful Company Mirror
BOLLES+WILSON
The linear library arrangement leads up, like a landscape garden, to the upper reading plateau. This is elevated to the level of a park directly behind the BnL. The archive plateau is externally protected by a rough gabion encasement, based on the reuse of stones dug out for the basement level and reiterating the landscaped escarpment of the adjacent landscaping.
Brutalist Websites
Brutalist Websites In its ruggedness and lack of concern to look comfortable or easy, Brutalism can be seen as a reaction by a younger generation to the lightness, optimism, and frivolity of todays webdesign. Submit
Neubau
Neubau is a Berlin based design studio working with a range of international clients developing design and typography for print, screen and space
Homepage | Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums bring to light the intrinsic power of art and promote critical looking and thinking for students, faculty, and the public.
Second Thoughts
David Reinfurt is an artist, writer, and designer based in New York whose work integrates highly conceptual ideas with technological experimentation. In 2000, Reinfurt founded O-R-G, a design studio made up of a constantly shifting network of collaborators. In 2006, Reinfurt, along with Stuart Bailey, established Dexter Sinister, a small workshop that works contrary to large-scale contemporary publishing.
A Gang of Buffalo
A graphic design blog where found imagery is assembled into pleasingly symmetrical collections/styleboards.
KONG
IDEA BOOKS
Idea Books is an international wholesaler and distributor of high quality books and catalogues on contemporary architecture, art, photography, design, fashion, and film. You can find our books at specialised bookshops, museum stores, and web retailers throughout the world.
Derived Principles
Negative Space
Let elements breathe. Absence is presence.
Monochrome First
Color as emphasis, not decoration.
Typography as Structure
Type creates hierarchy without ornament.
Purposeful Motion
Animation reveals state, guides attention.
Taste is not imitation. References reveal the aesthetic; implementations express it.
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