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I personally love pixel so that might seem a little biased lol, but that looks amazing 🤩
One pixel grid. A whole brand.
For Appy, a London product studio for impact-driven startups, the wordmark, icons, 3D smile and Appy Pixel, its custom typeface, all come from the same grid.
Appy Pixel won Typography at the Online Design Awards.
Type first or symbol first: where do you start a rebrand?
Not every new feature needs its own screen.
It's something worth thinking about when a digital product starts growing.
A new feature gets introduced, so a new page is created.
Then another feature arrives. Another page. Another menu item.
Eventually, the navigation starts reflecting everything the product has accumulated rather than how people actually use it.
And that's where things can become unnecessarily complicated.
When you're designing or improving an existing product, adding functionality isn't just about finding space for another interface.
It's about understanding how that functionality fits into the workflows people already have.
Imagine an invoicing platform introducing automated payment reminders.
You could create an entirely separate section for managing them.
Or you could integrate that functionality directly into the invoice workflow, where users already have the relevant context.
Both approaches can make sense.
If the feature involves complex configurations, reporting, or needs to be managed independently, a dedicated section might be justified.
But if it's something people naturally need while completing another task, moving them to a separate screen could introduce unnecessary steps.
I think this is particularly important with established products.
Every new feature affects more than the area where it appears.
It can change navigation, information hierarchy, existing user habits, and the overall complexity of the experience.
And the more a product grows, the more important those decisions become.
Sometimes introducing a new capability means creating an entirely new experience.
Other times, the stronger solution is making that capability feel like it has always belonged there.
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