Thought I'd drop a quick tip on hump days, just in case ya didn't know...
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In Figma, did you know you can double-click the bounding box around text to wrap it to "Auto width"?
Our own @jamsayne writes about the complex dance of balancing consistency with flexibility when building a design system. medium.design/thoughts-on-de…
Stoked to have been able to work with @ryanjhubbard and the talented @MediumDesign team to develop their site, and bring their incredible designs to the web. Working with these grids and using variable width type was all I could ever ask for. 🥲
2/ A picture is worth a thousand words. On Medium, a thousand words can paint a bigger picture.
Our new look celebrates the range of ideas on our platform the power of words to change how we see the world.
More on our brand from Karene Tropen: read.medium.com/bicp469
1/ Notice some changes in your app? 👀
Today, we’re excited to unveil Medium’s evolved brand identity. Our goal is to better express who we are, where we came from, and where we’re going.
link.medium.com/b30DBB0dp4
Web stack migrations aren’t always straight-forward. Even (especially?) for designers. I wrote up my experience & takeaways from leading design efforts on re-platforming @Medium’s story page:
.@ryanjhubbard walks through every step, sketch, iteration and refinement that led us to the final logotype for our most recent publication, @levelmag. medium.design/designing-the-…
And finally, a look back at collection cover design by @boahnaker medium.design/the-collection…
Stay tuned as we continue to bring you stories from product, editorial, and brans designers @Medium!
Check out our book recommendations, on topics from design process to sci-fi to civic systems, collected and synthesized by @Aetherpointmedium.design/mediums-design…