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

Highlights of the week

Create user journeys effortlessly with Zeplin Flows - With built-in connectors and groups, designers spend more time designing, less time prepping design files for the team. - Zeplin  Sponsored

Say hello to Roboto Serif - The newest member of the Roboto superfamily is designed to make reading more comfortable at any size, in any format. - Sarah Daily / filed under Typography

Naming in Figma - I'd love to share how I approach naming with the hope that these tips can help if you're feeling stuck with where to start. - Joey Banks / filed under Design Process

Product design

For designers - Thirteen pieces of timeless advice given to M.Des students of National Institute of Design as a part of jury. - Karthi Subbaraman / filed under Product Design

Essential skills to enter product design - As an entry-level product designer, what skill to focus on now, next, and explore later? - Budi Tanrim / filed under Product Design

Design engineering

Functions and the future of design systems - In this essay, I'd like to analyze why the dictionary model of design systems is reaching its limit, then look ahead to imagine the tools and paradigms that are waiting for us just over the horizon. - Matthew Ström / filed under Design System

Rethinking component libraries - This is the first of three articles discussing aspects of shared component libraries, whether in a design system context or otherwise. - Alan B Smith / filed under Design System

Product management

What doesn’t need to be done - Finishing things requires simplification. - Allen Pike / filed under Product Management

Desperation-induced focus - In my experience, desperation is the single greatest advantage you have as a startup. It takes you down to the lowest level of detail. - Ravi Gupta / filed under Product Management

Tools and resources

Hue tools - An open source toolbox for colors. - Pascal Bürkle / filed under Coloring

Inspiration and creativity

Portfolios should talk about personal challenges - Interesting take by Tanner Christensen on what makes a good design presentation. - Lucas Neumann / filed under Portfolio

▶ On type with Erik Spiekermann - Legendary German designer Erik Spiekermann discusses the importance of typography and offers sage advice for anyone getting started. - oddfellows / filed under Typography

Last but not least

Ten minutes a day - If you get 1% better at something every day, then after a year you'll be 38x better even if you can't feel the change day to day. - Mike Crittenden / filed under Inspiration


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