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    Joe Keenan, javiloureiro, lessbloat, Jarosław Morawski, Marta Przeciszewska, Andrei Slobtsov, vanessa riley thurman

    The Best Design Books We’ve Ever Read

    Great design books can open our eyes to new possibilities and unlock new insights that lead to great design. We recently asked our designers which design books had left the greatest impact on them and their work. Here’s what they said.

    The Best Design Books We’ve Ever Read
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    Andrei Slobtsov

    In Praise Of Jargon

    Alright, yes, as a general rule, you should avoid using jargon as much as possible. However, there are some situations when speaking the jargon can be very helpful. 

    In Praise Of Jargon
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    Andrei Slobtsov

    How to Serve the Millions

    Consistency makes us feel secure, safe, and confident in our choices. Consistency is one of the main principles in life, in business, and of course – in design. What is a consistent design? In short, it’s intuitive design or a system of design solutions which can empower someone to learn new things, focus on immediate…

    How to Serve the Millions
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    Andrei Slobtsov

    Publishing with Gutenberg

    At Automattic, we challenge ourselves to continuously use and test the products we work on. This time we are challenging ourselves to re-create a Longreads article using our new (soon to be in Core) block-based editor – Gutenberg. The Challenge Use the latest version of Gutenberg (currently 2.5) Recreate an existing Longreads post as closely as possible Stay…

    Publishing with Gutenberg