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An inspiration engine for ideas
What started as a simple site to share my open source projects turned into a bigger idea for designers and engineers to discover, share, and learn.
Upload a demo. Link your GitHub or source. Let others inspect and learn from your work. Share the how, not just the what.
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Gunnar Grayx.com
In 2007, I was 1 of 2 designers on Google Maps.
The app was growing like wildfire.
But it was becoming a cluttered mess — new features were being shoved into every pixel.
Here’s the 4-step process we used to redesign Google Maps into one of the most loved apps in... See more
The most generative platforms come in stacks, most conspicuously in the layered platform of the Web. (The phrase “platform stack” itself is part of the common parlance of modern programming.) The Web can be imagined as a kind of archaeological site, with layers upon layers of platforms buried beneath every page.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Playgrounds over Paths
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
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How do we design a platform where users " come for the tool, stay for the community, and work for the growth "?
How can we grow the Creator Economy from the 1% to the other 99%?
I used this system to design self-documenting components that were easy to develop against, and allowed the rest of the team to build new and consistent UI without needing me.