Issue 24

WELCOME

This issue of Being Designerly features articles on delightful and memorable design, a hearty serving of visual design curated articles including fonts depicting city names in the shape of monuments, and design secret TikToks, and some upcoming books.

FEATURE

Designing for emotional delight

Designing for delight is all about establishing an emotional connection with your users and reminding them that there are real humans behind the design.

Beyond delight; the memorable experience framework

The previous feature was about delight, this author suggests a way to go beyond delight by applying the memorable experience framework to product design. The framework is based on positive psychology, and has five main components that contribute to the well-being of individuals.

VISUAL

City logos

Take a peek at how @aljaadaby uses fonts to showcase a city name in the shape of a famous monument in that city. Except for Delhi which is shown in the shape of the Taj Mahal (which is in Agra)...

What's your favorite? You can see mine above...

The 20 Fastest Growing Jobs in the Next Decade

This infographic is a good example of how a visual representation can help drive data home. One look and you realize the growth in healthcare jobs, and the decline of office and admin support jobs. No surprises.

PSA: An infographic is different from a Business Intelligence dashboard, and bubble charts may seem nice, but can get difficult to comprehend...

Design elements and principles

This article showcases 20 principles of design with accompanying illustrations.

Showing balance through imbalance - bother you a bit?

MARTA invites public to comment on graphic design for new rail cars

MARTA, Atlanta's Rail system is inviting riders the option to vote on the exterior “look-and-feel" of the rail cars based on four graphic design themes, each with two options to choose from: Minimalist, Flowing Ribbons, Neighborhoods, and Tracks.

A week in, Flowing Ribbons seems to be leading by a narrow margin....

TOOLS

Royalty free Vector Illustrations for Commercial Use

One new high-quality, free illustration each day - single color and multi color illustrations

INSPIRATION

15 design books to read this fall

Take a peek and add a few to your reading list. If I had to pick just one, I think mine will be: Creative Acts for Curious People

UNTIL NEXT TIME

I hope you enjoyed this issue of Being Designerly with articles on delightful and memorable design, visual design articles including fonts depicting city names in the shape of landmarks, design secret TikToks, and some upcoming books.

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