Popular design news of the week: April 25, 2016 — May 12016

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May 01, 2016
Popular design news of the week: April 25, 2016 - May 1, 2016.

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.

San Francisco Mono

sanfrancisco

10 Simple Ways to Enhance your Images

enhance

Color in Design Systems

color

How to Be More Organized While Designing UI

organized

The End of App Stores

appstores

Authenticity Vs. Beauty: Why You Don’t Need Design like Apple

authenticity

Fontea: Google Fonts in Photoshop & Sketch

fontea

The Way We Build : Airbnb Design

airbnb

Brand​.ai

brand

Dropbox’s New Project Infinite’

infinite

Slack Isn’t the Problem

slack

Palette — A no Fuss Color Palette Generator Chrome Extension

palette

You Should Probably Blog in Markdown

markdown

Devices as Designers

devices

Are We Entering a New Era in Design?

realism

Site Design: Bear’s-Eye View of Yellowstone National Park

bear

Postcards from Google Earth

postcards

Microsoft’s New iPhone Keyboard Makes Texting Easier

keyboard

Learn Entrepreneurship for Free

entrepreneur

Human Pantone Skin Tones

skin

Lingo

lingo

5 Key Trends in Design Leadership

leadership

Scaling Knowledge at Airbnb

scaling

Front 3.0: Collaborative Email

front

We Got the Internet of Things all Wrong

things Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman is a freelance writer and designer from New England. You can visit her site or follow her on Twitter.

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