The art of noticing - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis Saul Leiter mastered the art of noticing, capturing color, light, and composition, turning ordinary streets into something extraordinary.

I've been on a bit of a photo book hunt lately, and discovering Saul Leiter has been the best part.

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Corfu

I feel like an absolute outlier compared to what the reviews say about these Sony XM6, but they are the most uncomfortable headphones I've ever used.

ChatGPT image gen helped me a ton when it came down to finding a suitable rug for the room. I fed it a reference image, and it provided something close enough for us to pull the trigger.

Even getting it to suggest designs based on the existing colors in your room is a helpful starting point

Frame of preference A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.

Well this is fun. aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...

All hail the space bar - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis My entire macOS workflow revolves around a few repeatable actions, triggered hundreds of times a day using three key variations of the space bar.

Anyone else lean on the spacebar to control 90% of their tasks?

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#designsky

I'm going to miss some of these quirky MacOS app icons as everything gets more simplified.

Seeing how people would break out of the container was always interesting, but it obviously doesn't scale too well on a system level.

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These touch and drag interactions are also next level.

#designsky #wwdc

Accessibility aside, this transition between states is hot as hell.

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iOS 26 Liquid Glass Buttons | Figma Hi, all! 👋 I practiced recreated Apple’s new iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 button styles using Figma, complete with their new Liquid Glass material. These buttons are fully editable and use native Figma effect...

Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community!

It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓

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I'm generally optimistic, but I'm getting some serious vista vibes when the glass effect is used in big chunks.

Apple Design Awards - 2025 winners and finalists - Apple Developer Meet the winners and finalists for the 2025 Apple Design Awards

Apple design awards are out! developer.apple.com/design/awards/

Who’s the audiophile out there listening to Spotify on their thermostat?

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@spottedinprod.bsky.social is my new favorite design resource, and like the name says, it's all inspiring work in production.

Immediately grabbed one of the founding membership spots.

One iOS automation that everyone should be using - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis The shortcuts app is a powerful little thing, but it doesn't seem like a lot of people I talk to actually use it. I have a few personal automations that some

If you're not using iOS automations, you really should be using this one. Orientation lock being on when you don't want it to be drives me insane.

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#designsky

Oh good call, I just updated the feed just in case. Looks like it's good to go.

I had a few people reach out to mention it, thanks for the mention!

Messed up the link, should be fixed now!

I made my bookmarks public - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis I'm always collecting interesting sites, interactions, articles — basically whatever captures my curiosity on a given day.

I recently found a simple solution on how to make my bookmarks public. It's been refreshing to switch more into a curator mindset, rather than a collector.

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100%

Nothing like stumbling across pre-owned art that is perfect for the space.

Just checked my feed and I see a ton of your articles at the top of my feed, including old ones. It looks like it published everything at once.

Should be good beyond that!

Dorfromantik is the best sit back and chill with an audiobook kinda game.

@toukana.bsky.social

It's time to switch browsers...again - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis I've been using Arc Browser for the past couple of years and have been pretty happy overall. It's well-designed, stuffed full of design details, and much more

It was only a matter of time.

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Perfect, added!

No dice.

When I can't find RSS feeds (like your blog), I usually just try to keep my eyes open on socials, but it's obviously not as consistent.

Moving email newsletters to RSS to keep my sanity - The Desk of Bryan Maniotakis Like most email inboxes, mine is a bit of a mess. It contains client communications, personal communications, and too many newsletters to count.

Yep, I use Feedbin to gather and organize everything, then the Reeder Classic app to read it.

Feedbin has a great feature that allows you to forward all your email newsletters, which has kept my inbox much cleaner.

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I always enjoy designers that blog, looking forward to reading more!