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10 Year Challenge: how popular websites have changed The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces The design of Apple's credit card The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners The art of the desk setup

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Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? Rediscovering Apple's 1987 identity guidelines The new Mac Pro is a design remix Leica T: eight years later Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch The untold history of macOS System Preferences

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Wallpapers inspired by iMac history When the cheap one is the cool one Leica Q3 concept Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors Daylight at the end of the tunnel Rams: a documentary portrait of a design legend One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike Leica’s engraved fonts Elements of aircraft safety card design The evolution of the desk setup The deep work guide to Slack The best city travel guides The creative power of constraints A Dieter Rams-designed, Jony Ive-loved citrus juicer

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The tale of two Shanghais INFOBAR · Japan's iconic mobile phone When Leica met Apple Four books about Apple design Make Something Wonderful The clever new design technique in the iPhone 11 pro A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face Two months with the Leica Q Three books about Muji Mirage at Apple Park A skeptic's review of Apple Watch Why the Ferrari Luce looks like that My DIY modular charging station A desk setup for two How I built a modular bookcase How the Xbox got its good looks Learning design from musicians How to use Automator to close all apps in one click Meishi: a tiny productivity system My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1 Your native language affects how you see this image Does gear matter? Teenage Engineering designed a museum exhibit Three books about Sony design Shanghai's automotive metamorphosis Shot on Leica Q: Portland The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow The Three A's method for learning from other creators Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers Introducing arun.is 2.0 Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed Aesthetics over upgrades Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards

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40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum Louis Vuitton City Guides Choosing a static site generator for a personal site Why we crave healthier computing Three books about Leica Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs The Huntington Botanical Gardens Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good? Exploring Hong Kong Go-to Mac apps and utilities Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials Secure file cabinet on my Mac On running: principles and gear iPod speakers make the best smart speakers When an architect designs a train Inside arun.is · Apple Watch animations Sigma BF: less camera, more vision Where to build and host your personal website Inside arun.is · Design The hidden bond between the Porsche 911 and Leica M The sensory experience of making coffee What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore? Visiting two art gems outside New York City A generative film about Brian Eno Inside arun.is · camera illustrations My year-long sabbatical A visit to the Eames institute Inside arun.is · Table of contents My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4 How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions Shift Happens preview My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2 City travel guides: honorable mentions Inside arun.is · Technology The Google visitor experience Are you designing a map or a path? The Grand Turo A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V Inside arun.is · Photo storage Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House Kyoto, Japan Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito A weekend in LA The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs See the best of Japan without leaving your home Family adventures in Tokyo Quick visit to the Design Museum Japan · culture and life Farewell, XOXO Journey through India The year in review: 2025 The inescapable gravity of the smartphone Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film Introducing arun.is 3.0

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Mexico City's embrace of culture Charming Guanajuato, Mexico Japan · museum guide Art & architecture in Chicago Japan · fertility festival Photowalk through Shanghai Inside arun.is · Writing Planet of Lana: where gameplay meets cinematic brilliance Exploring China's Fujian Province Hello, Liquid Glass Three pillars of my blogging philosophy ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess The arun.is newsletter NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup Exploring Shanghai A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero Staying at the TWA Flight Center First family trip to Los Angeles Munich · Museums Designing wearable tech history Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things Hidden Taiwan: A weekend in Taoyuan & Yingge Suzhou twenty years later Shanghai Film Park 2022 Holiday giveaway Japan · cityscapes and cars A week in Palm Springs Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit A week in Oaxaca Eight lessons from founding to Series C A love letter to the Leica CL Taipei through the layers of time Ai-enhanced writing process How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin Palma de Mallorca Milwaukee's many faces Art and culture in Singapore Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark Spring Falls: A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion Five years of the arun.is newsletter Struggling to contribute to BLM My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3 Kanazawa I · On the way Naoto Fukasawa’s without thought catalogs Creative Savannah Returning to New Mexico with the family Introducing Daily Designer RIP DPReview Winter in the Bay Area Charleston's historic fabric Japan's invisible electric wall Seeing Europe by ship Behind the scenes of making a children's board book

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Yunnan III · Dali Kanazawa IV · An interlude in Tokyo Photos from NYC and Toronto Rome Barcelona Pisa & Florence Yunnan I · Homebase, Shanghai Love Hultén Works A quick stop in Amsterdam Kanazawa II · The new Cannes & Monaco Kanazawa III · The old Yunnan II · Kunming Naples & Pompeii The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show Yunnan IV · Lijiang