The Vibeary — tag
craft
17 resources in The Vibeary tagged "craft" — tools, libraries and references pulled from across the library's shelves, each one checked by hand before it was added.
Gems in this collection
Super Snowflake Maker
Symmetry-based editor where folding and cutting operations generate paper snowflake designs, exporting SVG or a print-and-cut PDF.
Laudable Apps
Curated list of mobile apps singled out for interface and interaction craft rather than popularity.
Rauno Freiberg — Craft
Running log of interface prototypes and essays: radial menus, minimaps, depth, adaptive precision and interaction detail.
Invisible Details of Interaction Design
Essay cataloguing the small interaction behaviours — hit areas, exit intent, focus handling — that separate good UI from great.
Butterick's Practical Typography
Complete typography manual written as a hypertext book, with opinionated rules on measure, spacing, and type choice.
paco.me
Paco Coursey's personal site source: Next.js, MDX, custom command menu and unusually careful interaction detail.
Intro to Icons
One-hour focused course on icon design fundamentals: grids, optical correction, stroke weight and consistency across a set.
Interface Craft
Working library of interface patterns and details for people designing with deliberate, uncommon care.
Linear — Design is more than code
Essay by Linear's co-founder on why design quality is a company-wide judgement problem, not an implementation detail.
Design Books
Curated reading list covering usability, design systems, typography and interface craft rather than general business books.
Design Engineering bookmarks (minimal.so)
Public bookmark collection of twenty-five-plus articles, talks, courses and tools on design engineering as a discipline.
Interfaces
Independent magazine covering design engineering, interface craft and the people making interaction details.
Web Interface Guidelines
Non-exhaustive checklist of concrete details that separate a good web interface from a mediocre one.
Emil Kowalski — Developing Taste
Essay on how interface taste is built through deliberate observation, imitation and critique rather than innate talent.
Paco Coursey — Craft
Collection of interface and interaction implementations with live demos: command menus, theming, typography and micro-detail work.
ui (adriangalilea)
Hand-crafted studio web components shipped as a shadcn registry: liquid glass, scroll stages, terminals, lightboxes, and more.
The Shape of Design
Frank Chimero's book on craft, storytelling and the why of design work, readable free chapter by chapter.