Staff Picks · The Manual
Looking beyond products themselves, the underlying process for their design and the broader systems in which they exist can serve as a source for renewal in design.
In Issue 4 On Process, Profession, Thought
by Alex Charchar
A daughter's bright, brief life marks a stark contrast between before and after. Through the lens of grief, creative work and the world look different.
In Issue 2 On Family, People, Relationships
by Mills Baker
Our identities and relationships online are made to fit into oversimplified frameworks. It’s time we lean on technology to relieve some of the social burdens it's created for us.
In Issue 5 On Community, Identity, Relationships
by Tiffani Jones Brown
Passion is not a thing to be pursued. Rather, it is a constant practice, founded not on idolizing perfection but on embracing what we love in its totality.
In Issue 3 On Creativity, Practice, Storytelling
Gaining perspective from the world beyond web design, we’re reminded that work is not an end in itself. Instead we can each define for ourselves the place of work in our lives.
In Issue 5 On Career, Identity, Work
Maturity and the Weight of Learning
As the web matures, great designers are distinguished not by conviction but by the ability to look beyond the tools at hand, to inquire deeply, and to define a lexicon for the field.
In Issue 1 On Language, Learning, Observation
Innovation and preservation are inherently in tension. But if we can innovate on the way we preserve, we’ll make our work accessible to future generations.
In Issue 5 On History, Practice, Process
The history of hypertext reaches as far back as the history of storytelling. Its future, in turn, is characterized by the power of building connections across an ever-expanding body of knowledge.
In Issue 3 On Connection, History, Storytelling
In Issue 2 On Communication, Language, Listening
Names and the New Public
In our new public, behavior is not an etiquette we can memorize. The web yields space for a multiplicity of identities, and a greater sensitivity to context is required.
In Issue 1 On Communication, History, Language, People