Attributing this to "flat design" is nonsense. I said on twitter that we were trying to do this back in 2011, and another designer said that HE tried to get it done in 2007. We had a lot of fights trying to get this done, so I'm glad to see them finally ditch those extraneous elements.

Source: I worked at google from 2011-2013 on the Google Art Department. We made that visual style guide thing on Behance.

sees link is from medium, ignores link

I agree with a lot of Justin's sentiments, but the failure to put emphasis on context will always keep dribbble from being a source of design inspiration for me. The context of design is what gives it meaning and makes it powerful, most of dribbble is just eye candy - which is fine, that's just not what design is to me.

No one is commenting for fear of being added to some government list somewhere.

Thanks for that, marketing department.

If we're measuring the success of these based on legibility, the original signs are better.

"Inspiration Is for Amateurs—The Rest of Us Just Show Up and Get to Work" - Chuck Close

Strange that it talks about everything except the content of your portfolio.

I always encourage people to show a range of work - it shows that you're capable of addressing multiple issues in a variety of ways, rather than settling on a similar solution for every project.

I've found that design communities differ greatly from city to city. Minneapolis fits the description of "giving, open, and humble". San Francisco...well, MPLS is great.

Reminds me of the Weyland Industries viral stuff that came out with Prometheus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgiJNdJ1mM

As an X fan, I hope this movie turns out better.