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Even more fun, there’s a generator to make your own hip beer can design. If only I could upload a photo of my cat. Silly fun for Friday.

A whimsical variable display typeface by Alex Tomlinson. Has a companion set of dingbats that use variable tech to animate.

“Learn new perspective in graphic design from David-effing-Carson for fifteen dollars? Uh, yes please.” Greg Storey (@brilliantcrank)

Part of Adobe’s Creativity Explained series (wonderfully) animated by Oddfellows in Portland. / via Sean Sharp

Great short introduction to some of the basics when developing a family of icons

Extremely well deep dive into ink traps and all the variations. Get to the bottom for the kicker of the Imperial Trap. / via Under Consideration

An anonymous group of artists and curators making things happen in Philly. Now with a fine identity to mask their identity. Always solid seeing what Smith & Diction make. / via Under Consideration

Assembled between 1886 and 1942, a collection of watercolor fruits and plants made by 21 artists. (This book looks beautiful.)

“Think. Consider. Sketch. Think again. And look around you. It’s all been done before, albeit with different code.” – Erik Spiekerman’s thoughts on digital vs. traditional design.

I’m just going to send folks to this intro video by Tori Hinn and Enle Li when trying to extoll the awesomeness of this collaborative design application

Type specimen guide focused on arrows and stories behind navigation tools that we use every day.

– Susan Kare, on Twitter

Great list with some names new to me. Particularly, now I know who did the Lovesexy type and Paisley Park logo, Margo Chase.

Is unlike any I have experienced. / via Belong.io

Thanks to Kay I’ve begun to understand the implications of accessibility. And Greg has a great summation of work by Stephanie Hagadorn and her team at Indeed to incorporate the thinking into the process of design.

A quarterly zine in which Rob Weychert explores algorithmic art with a focus on combinatorics.

Gold awards for visual storytelling that defines the state of the art in digital design. Some excellent nuggets buried in the database. / via Greg Storey

Layercakes (a new term to me) should simplify, not overcomplicate. Stop filling your tech diagrams with TMI. An essay by Paul Ford

Editorial project fetching entries from online forums related to emotional and psychological struggles. / via Fonts in Use

Nippon Design Center released a set of pictograms to support tourism in Japan, and they’re lovely. / via Under Consideration

OH no Type Co gets to the bottom of it 3 years after asking…

A (gorgeous) physical and digital archive of Canadian graphic design. / via UnderConsideration

Adjust the ambiance and pour yourself something fizzy. A lovely site by Lagom + Tandem that might be offline because it’s getting hammered. Pardon the pun.

Jaro Gielens collection of 900+ electronic games that are searchable by color, brand and then some. Wowsers! / via Swiss-Miss

I was adding a favorite and Thor sent me this link and I thought it looked familiar. A great look through the history of card design for this game.

By Collins. Agreeing with other folks that think this is lovely.

Colours taken from Dieter Rams legendary production collection for Braun. Made by Chad Ashley. / via Paul Bausch

I’m mostly here for the graphic illustrations / via AirBag

Is pretty frickin sweet.