Brain—tactics: Big rebrands, design like it’s ‘98, new type tools and music from James Blake

Hi Folks,

Here’s this weeks hoard of noteworthy links from around the internet...

Thought provoking

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
– Confucius

Freedom of Thought on how to master your emotions.

Design and Code

Slack rebrand with a new identity and logo by Pentagram partner Michael Bierut. CSS Grid friends will enjoy the new homepage layout.

In Designing Your Site Like It’s 1998, Andy Clarke reflects on the techniques he used 20 years ago to develop websites.

My Grid Layout. Roman Komarov shares his approach of combining CSS Variables with CSS Grid to achieve adaptable layouts.

Ire Aderinokun talks through her CSS Reset.

Typography

Wahaca rebrand with a custom typeface by Without Studio.

A rather more quirky custom font I’m enjoying is IFM Paris, designed for the Institut Français de la Mode. If anyone knows who designed it I’d love to know.

Swiss type design studio Dinamo creates two new type tools, which the designers explain act as a way “to test drive the truth of variable fonts.”

For your ears

James Blake - Mile High from his new album Assume Form.

Thanks for reading and see you next week.
Harry

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