Vol_8.17.26

We curate web design resources.

Gene Crawford
August 17, 2026

Website of the week:

What’s the Purpose of Information Architecture?
Fifty years after its formal introduction, the discipline of IA is still widely misunderstood. Here‘s a corrective.
https://jarango.com/2026/08/07/whats-the-purpose-of-information-architecture

the html review 05
the html review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web
https://thehtml.review/05/

3D CSS, from Super Mario Bros 3 to Mario 64
I lost a penguin race in Super Mario 64 before I understood the camera. That's the leap from painted-on depth to real 3D, and CSS makes it with six properties.
https://www.carmenansio.com/articles/3d-css-guide/

The "AI can do the UX" mistake
You might be cutting the wrong discipline
https://www.robin-cannon.com/p/the-ai-can-do-the-ux-mistake

Improved CSS Text-Stroke – Tyler Sticka
Arriving late to the party for this fun little CSS trick (with a few gotchas).
https://tylersticka.com/journal/improved-css-text-stroke/

Friction as a Feature
A natural filter for bad ideas.
https://emilkowal.ski/ui/friction-as-a-feature

I didn't set a cookie.
Everything this page knows about you, it learned in under two seconds. Without a cookie, a permission prompt, or a click.
https://kuber.studio/cookie/

The Making of Cursor's Icons
A year of drawing, testing, and shipping a complete icon system for the world's favourite coding agent.
https://www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-making-of-cursors-icons

Claude Code 101, for Designers
What Claude Code actually is, plus a plain-language decoder for the jargon around it. Models, tokens, agents, MCP, and friends.
https://yaronschoen.com/blog/claude-code-101-for-designers/

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