# week 5 of 2025 ![[damianGorny.jpg]] [Damain Gorny](https://www.instagram.com/damian_gorny/) has such a cool vibe to his work. Love the loose shapes and gorgeous textures. The muted colors and somber tone a perfect. --- The world is so disrupted these days. This is a good reminder that the first step is to accept the chaos. You don't have to approve of the chaos, in fact you should fight for the good as much as you can. Still, you have to first accept the reality you are working within. > My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. > — Michael J. Fox --- ### cool design stuff - [public domain image archive](https://pdimagearchive.org) with tons of images for your use. - [pro web type](https://prowebtype.com) is a free digital book as an introduction to web typography - [typography playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8AMy73ZVxUCmWnZ3lrwVA8blgoYZB3-) is a youtube introduction to web typography - [data viz project](https://datavizproject.com) covers all the different cool ways to visualize information. there's so much more than just boring bar graphs. ### indie blog stuff the [indie blog page](https://indieblog.page) is just a click to jump to random post on an independent blog. good for making surprising discoveries. reminds me of the old stumbleupon from back in the day. ### sites by cool people (web-related stuff) A few sites I've been spending time on lately… - [Chris Coyier](https://chriscoyier.net) - CSS ninja and web guru. co-founder of [CodePen](https://codepen.io) - [Picalili](https://piccalil.li) - front-end education and cool web stuff - [Ethan Marcotte](https://ethanmarcotte.com) - designer, author, coined the term ["responsive web design"](https://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design/) - [Manu](https://manuelmoreale.com) - design, minimalism, host of the _People & Blogs_ series - [Tim Brown](https://tbrown.org) - designer, author, [web typography guru](https://adobe.design/stories/our-people/what-does-a-head-of-typography-do-tim-brown) --- ### perfect illustration of the design process ![[ideaVSdraft.png]]