Lots of good stuff in here. I was slightly disappointed to see all of the 'things of year' at the end of the piece were industry self-referencing. How about book of year being from a tangental industry like architecture? If UX could do something next year, it would be to look outwards.
Beautiful specimen for a beautiful typeface.
Söhne is the memory of Akzidenz-Grotesk framed through the reality of Helvetica. It captures the analogue materiality of “Standard Medium” used in Unimark’s legendary wayfinding system for the NYC Subway.
Excusing the dated production values, and Team Sky's troubles in the past few years, this is the best video i've found of Sir Dave Brailsford's explanantion of his CORE Principle, and Marginal Gains. A lot of which isn't just applicable to elite sport, but to all management.
When you have shipped a design system it's amazing how important communications around that system become. Robin has some fascinating insights into how a humble newsletter has increased the reach and engagement of the system at Gusto.
Great piece on the FT. One standout for me was the simple calculation they use for defining engagement, which has always been a tricky thing to quantify and track. With this equation, it defines a customer score. Sure, simple enough for the board room but actually it could be a really useful metric.
The key is something called RFV. That stands for recency, frequency, and volume, a measure of a reader’s habit and loyalty with the FT. More specifically, it’s made up of three variables: time since last visit (recency), number of visits in the last 90 days (frequency), and amount of counted content read in the past 90 days (volume). An algorithm uses those variables to score engagement. “We’ve seen double-digit growth in engaged subscribers for the last three years,” the company says.
Nifty little hack for getting your location data and posting it on your blog using the iOS Shortcuts app.
An amazing variable typeface under development. Not just a typeface, but a 'typographic palette for vibrant code & UI'.
This is a great piece on Disney. What started off as traits of Walt, can be turned into three critical roles in creative business decision making.
The Dreamer – the visionary who dreamt up ideas for films and business ventures. The Realist – the pragmatic producer who made things happen. The Critic – the eagle-eyed evaluator who refined what the Dreamer and Realist produced.