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Company blog · johnsonbanks.co.uk/thoughtfortheweekdesignwriting

Johnson Banks is the company blog at johnsonbanks.co.uk, writing about design and writing. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2012–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Commenters link the posts for design work, here a logo exploration for Mozilla. One commenter says the presented directions are generic and poorly executed, so the comment judges the designs rather than the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Defining and designing brands that make a difference

What Hacker News says?

  1. I'm a designer, and from my perspective these are all either incredibly generic or very poorly executed. It's an open exploration though, and they do admit the need for refinement. Direction 2 is the strongest in terms of execution, but it's like they googled "stock developer logo." It's literally something any developer-facing tech company anywhere could use. Nothing about it is unique to Mozilla. Direction 1: The…

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  2. Submitted Phonetikana as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted An insider's guide to the design presentation as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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