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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 → Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? → Rediscovering Apple's 1987 Identity Guidelines → The new Mac Pro is a design remix → Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire →
Hot
The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch → The untold history of macOS System Preferences → Leica T · Eight years later → Wallpapers Inspired by iMac History → Leica Q3 Concept → Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors → The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera → Rams, a Documentary Portrait of a Design Legend → Daylight at the end of the tunnel → Elements of Aircraft Safety Card Design → The Evolution of the Desk Setup → Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design → The deep work guide to Slack → A Dieter Rams-Designed, Jony Ive-Loved Citrus Juicer → The Clever New Design Technique in the iPhone 11 Pro → INFOBAR · Japan's Iconic Mobile Phone → Make Something Wonderful → The Best City Travel Guides → Two Months with the Leica Q → Mirage at Apple Park → A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face → A skeptic's review of Apple Watch → One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike → Learning Design from Musicians → How the Xbox got its good looks →
Warm
How I Built a Modular Bookcase → Three Books About Muji → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1 → Your native language affects how you see this image → Shot on Leica Q · Portland → Does gear matter? → A Desk Setup for Two → How to use Automator to close all apps in one click → The Three A's method for learning from other creators → Shanghai's automotive metamorphosis → Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers → Introducing arun.is 2.0 → The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow → Teenage Engineering designed a museum exhibit → Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards → Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed → Choosing a static site generator for a personal site → Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs → Why we crave healthier computing → Exploring Hong Kong → Go-to Mac apps and utilities → Louis Vuitton City Guides → Secure File Cabinet on My Mac → iPod speakers make the best smart speakers → Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials → Three Books About Leica → Where to build and host your personal website → When an Architect Designs a Train → Inside arun.is · Design → The Huntington Botanical Gardens → Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good? → Inside arun.is · Camera Illustrations → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4 → The sensory experience of making coffee → How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions → Shift Happens preview → Inside arun.is · Table of contents → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2 → What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore? → Inside arun.is · Technology → Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations → Are you designing a map or a path? → Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture → A Visit to the Eames Institute → A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V → A Weekend in LA → The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs → Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito → 40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum → Kyoto, Japan → Three Books About Sony Design → The Grand Turo → Quick Visit to the Design Museum → Japan · Culture and Life → Journey Through India → See the best of Japan without leaving your home → Charming Guanajuato, Mexico → Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House → A Generative Film About Brian Eno → The Google Visitor Experience → City Travel Guides · Honorable Mentions → The inescapable gravity of the smartphone → Exploring China's Fujian Province → The arun.is newsletter → Inside arun.is · Writing → Exploring Shanghai → ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess → NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup → Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film → Visiting two art gems outside New York City → Farewell, XOXO →
Mild
2022 Holiday giveaway → Japan · Museum Guide → Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things → Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit → Art & Architecture in Chicago → A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero → Japan · Cityscapes and Cars → Japan · Fertility Festival → Staying at the TWA Flight Center → Munich · Museums → Eight lessons from founding to Series C → How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin → Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance → Palma de Mallorca → A week in Palm Springs → A week in Oaxaca → First family trip to Los Angeles → Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark → Struggling to contribute to BLM → Returning to New Mexico with the family → Spring Falls · A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion → RIP DPReview → My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3 → Winter in the Bay Area → Seeing Europe by Ship → Photos from NYC and Toronto → Behind the scenes of making a children's board book → Rome → Pisa & Florence → Barcelona → A quick stop in Amsterdam → Three pillars of my blogging philosophy → Cannes & Monaco → Naples & Pompeii → The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show →