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Scorching

10 Year Challenge: how popular websites have changed → The design of Apple's credit card → The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces → The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners → The art of the desk setup →

Hot

Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? → Rediscovering Apple's 1987 identity guidelines → The new Mac Pro is a design remix → Leica T: eight years later → Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire → The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch →

Warm

The untold history of macOS System Preferences → Wallpapers inspired by iMac history → Leica Q3 concept → The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera → Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors → Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design → Daylight at the end of the tunnel → Rams: a documentary portrait of a design legend → Elements of aircraft safety card design → The evolution of the desk setup →

Mild

One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike → The deep work guide to Slack → A Dieter Rams-designed, Jony Ive-loved citrus juicer → The best city travel guides → The tale of two Shanghais → INFOBAR · Japan's iconic mobile phone → When Leica met Apple → Make Something Wonderful → The clever new design technique in the iPhone 11 pro → Two months with the Leica Q → The creative power of constraints → A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face → Leica’s engraved fonts → Mirage at Apple Park → A skeptic's review of Apple Watch → Learning design from musicians → Three books about Muji → How I built a modular bookcase → How the Xbox got its good looks → A desk setup for two → How to use Automator to close all apps in one click → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1 → Your native language affects how you see this image → Does gear matter? → Shot on Leica Q: Portland → Shanghai's automotive metamorphosis → The Three A's method for learning from other creators → Teenage Engineering designed a museum exhibit →

Cool

Four books about Apple design → Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers → Introducing arun.is 2.0 → Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed → The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow → Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards → Meishi: a tiny productivity system → 40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum → Choosing a static site generator for a personal site → Why we crave healthier computing → Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs → Louis Vuitton City Guides → Three books about Sony design → The Huntington Botanical Gardens → Exploring Hong Kong → Go-to Mac apps and utilities → Three books about Leica → Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good? → Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials → Secure file cabinet on my Mac → iPod speakers make the best smart speakers → When an architect designs a train → Where to build and host your personal website → Inside arun.is · Design → Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture → Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations → The sensory experience of making coffee → What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore? → Inside arun.is · camera illustrations → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4 → Inside arun.is · Table of contents → How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions → Shift Happens preview → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2 → The hidden bond between the Porsche 911 and Leica M → A visit to the Eames institute → Sigma BF: less camera, more vision → Inside arun.is · Technology → A generative film about Brian Eno → Are you designing a map or a path? → A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V → City travel guides: honorable mentions → My year-long sabbatical →

Cold

A weekend in LA → Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito → The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs → Kyoto, Japan → Visiting two art gems outside New York City → The Google visitor experience → The Grand Turo → Inside arun.is · Photo storage → Quick visit to the Design Museum → See the best of Japan without leaving your home → Japan · culture and life → Journey through India → Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House → Charming Guanajuato, Mexico → Farewell, XOXO → The inescapable gravity of the smartphone → Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film → Exploring China's Fujian Province → Japan · museum guide → Inside arun.is · Writing → The arun.is newsletter → ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess → NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup → Japan · fertility festival → Art & architecture in Chicago → Exploring Shanghai → Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance → Three pillars of my blogging philosophy → A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero → Staying at the TWA Flight Center → First family trip to Los Angeles → Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things → Munich · Museums → 2022 Holiday giveaway → Photowalk through Shanghai → Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit → Japan · cityscapes and cars → Eight lessons from founding to Series C → A week in Palm Springs → A week in Oaxaca → How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin → Family adventures in Tokyo → Palma de Mallorca → Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark → Suzhou twenty years later → Struggling to contribute to BLM →