Design Inspiration

Here I collect links and images that have or will prompt or inspire the design of this site.

Screenshot of Jon Hicks' Supernatural Detectives Field Guide

The Manuals Plus collection at the Internet Archive is a treasure trove of simple graphic design.

Sidenotes

Also see SEP 54: Sidenotes.

https://craftinginterpreters.com/scanning.html, 2023-05-01

Semantic sidenotes for the web by Koos Looijesteijn
Custom Asidenotes by Eric Meyer

Reading diary

Rob Weychert’s reading diary

Dorian Taylor has been a useful source of inspiration with respect to taxonomies/hierarchies.

ThoughtStreams is interesting architecturally, specifically with respect to mapping a space of many small interconnected thoughts.

Useful links:

Minimal Gallery
URL Design — Kyle Neath
The Design of Silicon Notes — Das Bityard

9:59pm on April 17, 2023 from Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom


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