This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous. Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-light
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Why we’re still obsessed with 90s aesthetics in 2026
Decoding the visual cycle: how tactile 90s aesthetics bridge the gap between sterile tech and human emotion in 2026.
OS X Aqua - Kagi Search Theme
A custom theme that's inspired by old school Apple's OS X Aqua theme. Has both Dark and Light mode that changes based on your system settings. ** [Github repo](https://github.com/Visnes/kagi-aqua/) ** Do the following: Go to Appearance → Change theme to "Default", not "Light" or "Dark" → Enable Custom CSS & Paste custom.css → Save changes
Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era
A new book highlighting the visual evolution of web design paints a picture of a risk-taking creative culture that hasn’t been quite the same since Steve Jobs stuck a knife into Flash.
Whimsical Animations
Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!
Ian Bach ☯︎ on Twitter / X
Honestly something in the space between Figma, origami, framer and Cursor / v0 is gonna happen in the next few years and it’s gonna be wild.And what’s more, it’s in a blind spot. It won’t be an engineering led IDE and it won’t be a cool design tool for cool designers. It’s… https://t.co/fAusCTYN15— Ian Bach ☯︎ (@Ian8ach) November 27, 2024
Animation Obsessive | Substack
Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt. Click to read Animation Obsessive, by Animation Obsessive Staff, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Dark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!
Survival of the Prettiest (Published 2017)
Darwin’s theory of aesthetics may be the sexiest, most dangerous idea in evolution.
How to be more creative in seconds!
Aesthetics Wiki | Fandom
Thank you to the winner of our redesign contest, Ethan Duke! The background and wordmark are both his work. You can check him out on both Instagram and Twitter at @theduke2442! The dark mode was designed by Gwenanenn.
una.im | Modern CSS theming with light-dark(), contrast-color(), and style queries
Combine three new CSS features to build fully adaptive themed components.
Adding Visual Effects | Web Browser Engineering
Right now our browser can only draw colored rectangles and text—pretty boring! Real browsers support all kinds of visual effects that change how pixels and colors blend together. To implement those effects, and also make our browser faster, we’ll need control over surfaces, the key low-level feature behind fast scrolling, visual effects, animations, and many other browser capabilities. To get that control, we’ll also switch to using the Skia graphics library and even take a peek under its hood.
Sound & Vision
Explore the future of type with the Re:Vision 2025 typographic playground—an interactive showcase of emerging type trends. Dive in and shape the next wave of visual language.
