August 2023

Design fiction

Need help imagining what the future might hold? The manual of design fiction is a mindset and toolkit to help you with just that.
https://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/the-manual-of-design-fiction

Design x AI

Blessing or a curse for designers? Time will tell. Galileo looks like one of the more promising takes in the space of AI x Design.
https://www.usegalileo.ai/

Workshop cards

Nicely crafted card deck to use when designing workshops.
https://pipdecks.com/pages/workshop-tactics-card-deck

Video x AI

Finally a solution to keep your eyes in the right place in the daily standup meeting.

Design podcast

A podcast for designers with candor and humor we are fans of.
https://designer.fm/

Product Design

A product design roadmap to bring up if you get lost in the jungles of product design.
https://product-design-roadmap.com/

Typography

Typography animations gone bananas. Caused heavy debate at CG whether it adds to the experience or not. We let you decide, personal favourite number 6.
https://tympanus.net/Development/OnScrollTypographyAnimations/

nicely crafted font collection from Atipo, an independent digital typeface foundry from Spain.
https://www.atipofoundry.com/

Perspective

If you had a rough day and need some perspective this lovely map of the universe might help.
https://mapoftheuniverse.net/

Gaming

An addictive game to keep you up at night designing Plan B for civilisation.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1894430/Plan_B_Terraform/

That’s all for February’s inspiration!

/ The Common Ground Team