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2024
The tale of two Shanghais → Leica’s engraved fonts → Art and culture in Singapore → Shanghai Film Park → When Leica met Apple → Four books about Apple design → Three pillars of my blogging philosophy → Farewell, XOXO → Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations → Shanghai's automotive metamorphosis → The Google visitor experience → Three books about Sony design → Art & architecture in Chicago → A generative film about Brian Eno → Teenage Engineering designed a museum exhibit → A visit to the Eames institute → A desk setup for two → Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance → The inescapable gravity of the smartphone → Behind the scenes of making a children's board book → A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero → Inside arun.is · Table of contents → Daylight at the end of the tunnel → Why we crave healthier computing → 40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum → Inside arun.is · camera illustrations → First family trip to Los Angeles → Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design → A week in Oaxaca → Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed → Does gear matter? →
2023
NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup → What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore? → The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners → Mirage at Apple Park → The Huntington Botanical Gardens → Make Something Wonderful → Three books about Muji → A week in Palm Springs → RIP DPReview → ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess → Shift Happens preview → Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture → How the Xbox got its good looks →
2022
Three books about Leica → Winter in the Bay Area → The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow → Returning to New Mexico with the family → A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face → The sensory experience of making coffee → Visiting two art gems outside New York City → Eight lessons from founding to Series C → One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike → Leica T: eight years later → Inside arun.is · Writing → Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film → Introducing arun.is 2.0 → Staying at the TWA Flight Center → Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials → The evolution of the desk setup → How to use Automator to close all apps in one click → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4 → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3 → Spring Falls: A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion → 2022 Holiday giveaway →
2021
My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2 → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1 → The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch → Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House → Choosing a static site generator for a personal site → Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs → Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire → Where to build and host your personal website → A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V → Wallpapers inspired by iMac history → The art of the desk setup → The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces →
2020
A skeptic's review of Apple Watch → Go-to Mac apps and utilities → Kyoto, Japan → Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards → Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit → INFOBAR · Japan's iconic mobile phone → The untold history of macOS System Preferences → Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito → The deep work guide to Slack → The arun.is newsletter → The Three A's method for learning from other creators → Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good? → Munich · Museums → Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things → Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers → How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions → Struggling to contribute to BLM → Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark → How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin → A quick stop in Amsterdam → The Grand Turo → Inside arun.is · Technology → See the best of Japan without leaving your home → The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs → Inside arun.is · Design → Louis Vuitton City Guides → The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show → The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera → iPod speakers make the best smart speakers → Palma de Mallorca → Cannes & Monaco →
2019
Pisa & Florence → Rome → Naples & Pompeii → Barcelona → A Dieter Rams-designed, Jony Ive-loved citrus juicer → Leica Q3 concept → Seeing Europe by ship → Are you designing a map or a path? → Photos from NYC and Toronto → When an architect designs a train → Japan · fertility festival → Japan · museum guide → The clever new design technique in the iPhone 11 pro → Japan · cityscapes and cars → Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors → Japan · culture and life → The new Mac Pro is a design remix → Charming Guanajuato, Mexico → Elements of aircraft safety card design → The design of Apple's credit card → Shot on Leica Q: Portland → 10 Year Challenge: how popular websites have changed →
2018
Exploring Hong Kong → Learning design from musicians → Exploring China's Fujian Province → Exploring Shanghai → Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? → A weekend in LA → Rams: a documentary portrait of a design legend → Quick visit to the Design Museum → Journey through India → Rediscovering Apple's 1987 identity guidelines → Two months with the Leica Q → Secure file cabinet on my Mac →