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Inayaili de León Persson
on 1 June 2017

May’s reading list


Here are the best links shared by the design team in May 2017:

  1. Introducing a faster BBC News front page
  2. Brick Block
  3. Create storyboards for your animations
  4. Introducing the Citymapper Smartbus
  5. Design Better Data Tables
  6. Screen Sizes: Viewport Sizes and Pixel Densities for Popular Devices
  7. Lost My Name Design System
  8. GitHub’s Public Speaking Culture
  9. Style Guide Guide
  10. See all tasks assigned to you in Google Drive (tweet)
  11. 4 Ways to Use Functional Animation in UI Design

Thank you to Alejandra, Ant, Karl Richard, Will and me for the links this month.

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