When Motion Got Principled
“It’s a guide for how to do guidelines” — Sharon Harris
Recent
Code and Creativity
Will Larche on the synergy between design and engineering
When Google Home Got Personal
“Material made the system better for all people” — Miche Alvarez
Just Your Type
The past, present, and future of personal expression through fonts
When the Nitty Gritty Was a Big Deal
“We were extremely nerdy about super tiny details” — Philippe Cao
When We Had Two Weeks to Redesign Google
“It looked more Google than Google did” — Robert Wong
When Google Design Went URL to IRL
“SPAN was a cultural bridge between design and technology”
Typography
Neon, Prism, Tilt
Go way beyond Italic with new font axes
Glacial Melt
Raising climate change awareness through dynamic type
The Dancing Font from Outer Space
The animated variable font Kablammo has landed on planet Earth
UX
Geek Chic
UX insights on designing simple, accessible interfaces for teaching computers
Designing for Global Accessibility: Part 1
Nithya Sambasivan and Astrid Weber suggest checking assumptions about users
Refreshing Chrome
The Chrome team has been updating the browser’s design ever since it launched in 2008
Guides
Simulating Intelligence
Techniques for prototyping machine learning systems across products
It's a Marathon
Best practices for planning design sprints
How to Choose a Web Font
Take the mystery out of font selection with our step-by-step guide