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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 Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? Rediscovering Apple's 1987 identity guidelines

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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 The untold history of macOS System Preferences Wallpapers inspired by iMac history 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

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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 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 Make Something Wonderful The clever new design technique in the iPhone 11 pro Four books about Apple design 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 A desk setup for two My DIY modular charging station 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 The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow The Three A's method for learning from other creators Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers Three books about Sony design Introducing arun.is 2.0 Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed

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Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards Aesthetics over upgrades 40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum Choosing a static site generator for a personal site Louis Vuitton City Guides Why we crave healthier computing Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs Three books about Leica 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 Where to build and host your personal website Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations Inside arun.is · Design Sigma BF: less camera, more vision On running: principles and gear 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 My year-long sabbatical Visiting two art gems outside New York City Inside arun.is · Table of contents My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4 A visit to the Eames institute 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 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 Kyoto, Japan Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito A weekend in LA The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House See the best of Japan without leaving your home Quick visit to the Design Museum Japan · culture and life Family adventures in Tokyo Farewell, XOXO Journey through India The inescapable gravity of the smartphone Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film Charming Guanajuato, Mexico The year in review: 2025 Japan · museum guide Introducing arun.is 3.0 Mexico City's embrace of culture Art & architecture in Chicago Japan · fertility festival Inside arun.is · Writing Photowalk through Shanghai Exploring China's Fujian Province Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance

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The arun.is newsletter ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess Three pillars of my blogging philosophy NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup Hello, Liquid Glass 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 Suzhou twenty years later 2022 Holiday giveaway Japan · cityscapes and cars A week in Palm Springs Hidden Taiwan: A weekend in Taoyuan & Yingge Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit Eight lessons from founding to Series C Shanghai Film Park A week in Oaxaca 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 Five years of the arun.is newsletter Struggling to contribute to BLM My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3 Returning to New Mexico with the family Creative Savannah RIP DPReview Winter in the Bay Area Kanazawa I · On the way Charleston's historic fabric Behind the scenes of making a children's board book Seeing Europe by ship Photos from NYC and Toronto Rome Barcelona Pisa & Florence A quick stop in Amsterdam Kanazawa IV · An interlude in Tokyo Naoto Fukasawa’s without thought catalogs Kanazawa II · The new Yunnan I · Homebase, Shanghai Cannes & Monaco

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Naples & Pompeii Kanazawa III · The old The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show Yunnan II · Kunming

Freezing

Ai-enhanced writing process