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&Walsh

Full typographical logo

At first, I was a little underwhelmed by the new identity from &Walsh – the new design agency ran by Jessica Walsh.

&Walsh Ampersand

The bevels and overly exaggerated serifs on the ampersand just didn’t really do much for me.

Secondary ampersands

But as the story unfolds behind the new brand – Jessica previously worked for 6’u years as a partner with Stefan Sagmeister, aka Sagmeister & Walsh – the relevance and personality of the ampersand comes through.

Ampersand IRL

When you start to see how the brand can be utilised in real life with real materials, you can start to see how powerful it works in suitable 3D environments, truly demonstrating the elegance and sass of a strong ampersand.

I do love a good ampersand.

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Evil Icons

Evil Icons aren’t actually that nasty but a lovely set of lightweight SVG icons by the talented Evil Martians 

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Material Interaction

Material Interactio experiments with Google’s Material Design in a range of different interactive scenarios resembling those classic programming use cases from yester-year.

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Writing-first Design

Jonas Downey (off of Basecamp) reiterates something I firmly believe in from a design process, focusing on your content before any visuals.

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Never Use Black

It’s an oldie but a goodie: Ian Storm Taylor reminds designers to never use black, pulling on lessons from his school teacher and real world examples (back in 2012).

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Norway’s Passport Design

Norway’s recent passport redesign by Oslo design studio, Neue, is a fantastic example of modern, minimalist design but the real magic occurs when it’s placed under a UV light and the Northern Lights appear.

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Watch San Francisco Font

If you want to start designing for Watch, Wells Riley has recreated the typeface San Francisco and put it on Github.

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Material UI

Material UI has taken Google’s Material Design principles and created a wonderful CSS framework for anyone to use.

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DIN Next Slab

The new version of DIN Next Slab is now released on MyFonts with the medium weight available to download for free.