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

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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

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

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

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The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow Three books about Sony design The Three A's method for learning from other creators Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers Introducing arun.is 2.0 Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards Aesthetics over upgrades 40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum Louis Vuitton City Guides Choosing a static site generator for a personal site Why we crave healthier computing Three books about Leica Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs The Huntington Botanical Gardens Exploring Hong Kong Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good? Go-to Mac apps and utilities Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture 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 On running: principles and gear Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations Where to build and host your personal website Sigma BF: less camera, more vision Inside arun.is · Design The hidden bond between the Porsche 911 and Leica M The sensory experience of making coffee What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore? Inside arun.is · camera illustrations A generative film about Brian Eno Visiting two art gems outside New York City My year-long sabbatical A visit to the Eames institute 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 City travel guides: honorable mentions Inside arun.is · Technology The Google visitor experience

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Are you designing a map or a path? A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V Inside arun.is · Photo storage The Grand Turo Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House Kyoto, Japan Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito A weekend in LA The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs See the best of Japan without leaving your home Quick visit to the Design Museum Family adventures in Tokyo Japan · culture and life Farewell, XOXO Journey through India The inescapable gravity of the smartphone Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film The year in review: 2025 Charming Guanajuato, Mexico Introducing arun.is 3.0 Mexico City's embrace of culture Japan · museum guide Art & architecture in Chicago Photowalk through Shanghai Japan · fertility festival Inside arun.is · Writing Exploring China's Fujian Province Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance The arun.is newsletter ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess Hello, Liquid Glass Three pillars of my blogging philosophy NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup Exploring Shanghai Staying at the TWA Flight Center A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero First family trip to Los Angeles Munich · Museums Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things Designing wearable tech history Hidden Taiwan: A weekend in Taoyuan & Yingge Suzhou twenty years later 2022 Holiday giveaway Japan · cityscapes and cars A week in Palm Springs Shanghai Film Park Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit A week in Oaxaca Eight lessons from founding to Series C How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin Taipei through the layers of time Palma de Mallorca Art and culture in Singapore Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark Milwaukee's many faces Spring Falls: A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion