Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche, Engineering Manager, Google
Engineering as the "study of making choices."
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Design tips, guides, and practical advice to advance your practice.
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Fab Components: Bethany Fong, Design Director
How the heady early days of Material unfolded.
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Debunking the Ketchup Bottle Once and for All 🍅
Okay. I don’t need to open this post with the ketchup bottle meme. It’s a picture that everyone’
☕️ Doubleshot • The Sparkle Emojis are Here
The phrase “make designs,” I would argue, does not describe what occurs when the button is pressed.
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One Thing Google+ Got Right
Decentralized platforms are picking up steam, and one reason I’m excited for that comes back to Google+
☕️ Doubleshot • Tension
The most interesting explorations are those that show something unexpected: a constellation of system features that creates a slight unbalance or a new focal point in the composition.
☕️ Doubleshot • Draw to Feel
Drawing to feel, and the chair as interface.
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📚 Read This: What Does Your UI Say To Your Users?
New on the Material Blog: a post from Nico Thornley, Brenton Simpson, Julia Feldman, and Michael Gilbert about research the team did to determine how users perceive Material 3 against Material 2.
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☕️ Doubleshot • Reframing Design Rationale
The first doubleshot newsletter, with practical advice on reframing your design rationale and a bit about the theory of metaphor in the interface.
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How to Find Device Metrics and dp Resolution for Any Screen (Updated)
If Googling doesn’t give you the numbers you need, or you just want to show off your math skills, here’s a relatively easy way to determine the relevant metrics for your designs.
📺 Watch This: How Grade Impacts Readability
In this video, Material researchers unpack their findings about how grade adjustments impact readability in a variety of settings.