Itay Dreyfus
@itay
Designer, always exploring.
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In a moment of randomness, I've came across this newsletter issue by @tomcritchlow on getting more client work.
Now that I'm refocusing on indie-ness, I realize this is something I do whenever I seek work: posting on socials, emailing former colleagues, and texting friends. https://t.co/JjwBEFGI3G
They are more like the rules of the product, conscious choices towards a desired behavioral end.
To clarify, my definition of design goes beyond aesthetic qualities and into areas of maintenance, cost, profitability, speed, and purpose.
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
Even subscriber counts were originally capped at 2,000. You couldn’t even pay to raise the limit.
Kevin Nguyen • TinyLetter had a big moment
But he and Ross still come to work, daily, in search of transcendence.
Every weekday, Trent Reznor makes his way from his house, a cottagey sprawl behind a white wall in a canyon on Los Angeles’s Westside, to a studio he’s built in his backyard. There he meets his best friend, bandmate, and business partner, Atticus Ross, and they get to work. Reznor and Ross observe the same hours, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 7... See more
The niche zine: Exploring where design flourishes
nichedesign.press
Recently I thought about the heyday of bookmarking apps – Pocket, del.icio.us, Pinboard, Pinterest, etc.
It seems that many are still around. Or maybe these are the ones who managed to survive?
There was a rise in note-taking apps in recent years which made me think about whether we're at the beginning of a new era where curation and bookmark... See more
Note Taking and
It’s generic list of links, black and white monospaced font, and ALL CAPS headlines have survived every trend, every fad, every movement, every era, every design do or don’t.