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Hi Reader, these are my design and frontend picks this week.

Highlights of the week

Figma Handoff: Why winning teams go beyond the inspect panel - Handing off designs for development can be an awkward ordeal. Learn how to remove the friction with a design delivery tool. - Zeplin  Sponsored

Nord Design System - Nord Design System provides a set of organized tools, resources, and guidelines that work as the foundation for Nordhealth’s products. - Nordhealth / filed under Design System

Holographic chromed logos - The style could be described as an overblown form of neumorphism, which is characterized by its holographic chrome textures. - Martin Naumann / filed under Logo Design

Product design

From systems thinking to systems doing - A primer to apply systems thinking in product design. - Arturo Ríos / filed under Product Design

Performance design: The illusion of speed - Learn how the labor illusion and benevolent deception works to improve our perception of interface loading times. - Richard Yang / filed under UX Design

Design engineering

Buttons vs. Links - Should some links look like buttons, or should some buttons look like links? - Eric Eggert / filed under HTML & CSS

How I built a modern website in 2021 - I rewrote kentcdodds dot com using the latest technologies and I want to talk about what I did. - Kent C. Dodds / filed under Product Development

Tools and resources

Huetone: Make colors accessible - Use LCH color space to come up with predictable and accessible color palettes. - Alexey Ardov / filed under Coloring

Gradients: Smoother color sampling - By introducing ‘control points’ along the gradient, you can more finely control the interpolation and produce a smoother end result. - Mass-Driver / filed under Coloring

Inspiration and creativity

To be creative, practice - Practice is more than just repetition of behavior—it’s a movement of energy that creates a fissure in us to reveal what’s within. - Paul Jun / filed under Creativity

LoveFrom: Jony Ive’s new website - LoveFrom is a creative collective of designers, architects, musicians, filmmakers, writers, engineers and artists. - LoveFrom / filed under Inspiration

Last but not least

Focus on the what, not the how - Doing an important task badly is better than doing a low value task well. - Mike Crittenden / filed under Inspiration

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Cheers,
— Tamas

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