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Mirage at Apple Park
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The Huntington Botanical Gardens
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Make Something Wonderful
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10 Year Challenge: How Popular Websites Have Changed
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The Design of Apple's Credit Card
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The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces
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The Art of the Desk Setup
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Why are tech companies making custom typefaces?
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The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners
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Rediscovering Apple's 1987 Identity Guidelines
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The new Mac Pro is a design remix
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Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire
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The untold history of macOS System Preferences
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Design
Apple
The Design of Apple's Credit Card
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The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces
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The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners
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Rediscovering Apple's 1987 Identity Guidelines
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The new Mac Pro is a design remix
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The untold history of macOS System Preferences
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The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch
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The Clever New Design Technique in the iPhone 11 Pro
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A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face
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What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore?
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Digital design
10 Year Challenge: How Popular Websites Have Changed
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Why are tech companies making custom typefaces?
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Are you designing a map or a path?
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Graphic design
Elements of Aircraft Safety Card Design
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Your native language affects how you see this image
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Industrial design
Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire
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Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors
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INFOBAR · Japan's Iconic Mobile Phone
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How the Xbox got its good looks
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The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow
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When an Architect Designs a Train
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The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs
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Reviews
Books
Make Something Wonderful
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The Best City Travel Guides
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Learning Design from Musicians
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Three books about Muji
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Louis Vuitton City Guides
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Three Books About Leica
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Shift Happens preview
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See the best of Japan without leaving your home
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City Travel Guides · Honorable Mentions
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How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin
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Cameras
The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera
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Two Months with the Leica Q
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Leica T · Eight years later
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Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good?
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Games
Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards
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Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things
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Spring Falls · A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion
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Movies
Rams, a Documentary Portrait of a Design Legend
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Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film
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Objects
A Dieter Rams-Designed, Jony Ive-Loved Citrus Juicer
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A skeptic's review of Apple Watch
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Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials
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Software
Go-to Mac apps and utilities
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One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike
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Photoessays
North America
Shot on Leica Q · Portland
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Charming Guanajuato, Mexico
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Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture
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Returning to New Mexico with the family
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Staying at the TWA Flight Center
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Visiting two art gems outside New York City
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Photos from NYC and Toronto
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California
Mirage at Apple Park
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A Weekend in LA
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A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V
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Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito
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The Grand Turo
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Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House
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The Huntington Botanical Gardens
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A week in Palm Springs
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Winter in the Bay Area
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The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show
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NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup
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Europe
Quick Visit to the Design Museum
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Munich · Museums
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Palma de Mallorca
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Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark
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Seeing Europe by Ship
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Rome
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Pisa & Florence
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Barcelona
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A quick stop in Amsterdam
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Cannes & Monaco
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Naples & Pompeii
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Asia
Exploring Hong Kong
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Journey Through India
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Exploring China's Fujian Province
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Exploring Shanghai
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Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit
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Japan
My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1
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My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4
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My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2
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Kyoto, Japan
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Japan · Culture and Life
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Japan · Cityscapes and Cars
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Japan · Fertility Festival
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Japan · Museum Guide
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My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3
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Setups & guides
Home & desk setups
The Art of the Desk Setup
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The Evolution of the Desk Setup
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iPod speakers make the best smart speakers
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The sensory experience of making coffee
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Guides
The deep work guide to Slack
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The Three A's method for learning from other creators
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How to use Automator to close all apps in one click
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Secure File Cabinet on My Mac
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How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions
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ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess
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Personal websites
Choosing a static site generator for a personal site
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Where to build and host your personal website
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Miscellaneous
Announcements
Introducing arun.is 2.0
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The arun.is newsletter
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2022 Holiday giveaway
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Observations
Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs
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Eight lessons from founding to Series C
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Struggling to contribute to BLM
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RIP DPReview
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Projects
Wallpapers Inspired by iMac History
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Leica Q3 Concept
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How I Built a Modular Bookcase
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Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers
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