Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher, UX Director
Rich Fulcher on game design, UX systems, and beautifying Google products
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☕️ Letting Go of Geometry (Again)
How type design made me see all the “fixed” logos on social media in a new, dimmer light.
Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche, Engineering Manager, Google
Engineering as the "study of making choices."
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.