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it's like r/ #Design but we pay you #Bitcoin for your #posts ⚡️𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐? 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑒! deSign_r@coinos.io 🔮 𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚛? 𝑌𝑒𝑠!... deSign_r@stacker.news
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deSign_r 6 months ago
The layers of true value creation # Our modern perception of value is shaped by scarcity. Alternative systems that center abundance and relational exchange offer a more hopeful future. ![](https://m.stacker.news/110134) We came to see that value is not just what we have; it’s what we share. It lives in relationships, in reciprocity, in the invisible ties that bind people to one another and the land. The ecosystems we move through — economic, emotional, ecological — can only thrive when value flows freely, equitably, and with care. We learned that value creation takes time, that it happens in community, and that its most essential layers are often the most intangible: trust, support, patience, and love. We may not be able to fully dismantle the scarcity-based systems that dominate today’s world. **We can, however, begin to recode our behaviors, choices, and designs.** We can design for abundance, for balance, for reciprocity. We can honor both material and emotional value. We can build systems where relationships — not resources — are the true currency. In reclaiming value, we reclaim our capacity to connect, to care, and to co-create futures rooted not in fear of scarcity, but in faith in what we can build together.
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Dancing with AI: how next-gen game designers are taking the lead ![](https://m.stacker.news/109968) **A new generation of visual artists and creators is using artificial intelligence to create art with machines, without sacrificing their humanity in the process.** Step into Jonah King’s queer sci-fi virtual reality game Honey Fungus, and you’re immediately transported to a world that could only exist through the marriage of human imagination and machine learning. Floating through a viscous digital landscape, you encounter creatures that defy biological classification: lush beings that are part human torso, part exotic mushroom, with forms that pulse and contort like alien dancers caught mid-performance.
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12 Principles For a Better Creative Life ![](https://m.stacker.news/109969) Ryan Holiday is a prolific writer, author, thinker and creator. Back in 2022, when Twitter was still a pleasant place to exchange ideas, he tweeted nine short rules for a better life. You can read those here. A year later, polymath and sage Kevin Kelly published his book Excellent Advice For Living, which offers exactly what the title suggests: the wisdom of a lifetime, in bite-sized pieces. All of which started me thinking about my own principles for a good life. I can be a slow learner. Music and books have always been a big part of my life, but some of the guidelines below are things I stumbled on much later. I really wish I’d known them earlier, so I’m sharing them here. And I’d love to know your own guidelines, if you have them. Feel free to share them in the comments!
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deSign_r 6 months ago
[job] UX/UI Designer @ GLOK.ME UX/UI Designer ============== ![GLOK.ME logo](https://cdn.niceboard.co/boards/bitcoinerjobs/companies/stealth-project-yiW6AulDSaN.png) [GLOK.ME](https://glok.me) <sub>- European time zones (±2 hours CET preferred) Remote only</sub> <sub>- Contract to Full Time</sub> **About Us** ------------ GLOK is an emerging force in privacy-first technology, creating tools that empower users to stay safe, alert trusted contacts, and remain invisible by default. Our platform is built on open protocols and has already garnered international attention, positioning us to become a cornerstone of global privacy infrastructure. Founded by a visionary entrepreneur responsible for groundbreaking innovations in the legacy fintech as well as in the Bitcoin world: eg. the first hardware wallet and the first plug-and-play Bitcoin and Lightning node. GLOK is just getting started and you have the opportunity to be part of building it from the ground up. **The Role** ------------ We are seeking a UX/UI Designer to own the product experience end-to-end, ensuring clarity, usability, and beauty across platforms. You will take over our early design system and mockups, evolving them into a polished, cohesive experience for Android, iOS and beyond. **Your Responsibilities:** -------------------------- * Take over the existing design system and early mockups, and evolve them into a full, polished product experience. * Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups in Figma. * Design for both Android and iOS, ensuring the product feels natural everywhere. * Work closely with both the business side and developers to ensure your designs are shipped, not shelved, aligning requirements and outputs with customer feedback. * Iterate quickly once the alpha is in users’ hands, refining based on real feedback. * Push the app forward, smoother, faster, smarter, and always more intuitive. What We’re Looking For ---------------------- * Experience in mobile UX/UI design (Android + iOS). * Proven mastery of Figma (design systems, components, prototypes). * Strong understanding of human-centered design and usability testing. * Portfolio that shows not just beautiful screens, but your design thinking and results. * Pragmatism, you balance speed with quality, and know when “done” is better than “perfect.” * Drive, you don’t wait for hyper-detailed specs — you create, propose, and own. Nice to Have ------------ * Experience with marketing design, print design, SEO, video, PR, and other related skills * Work experience in startups or agile environments * Knowledge of platform-specific guidelines (Material Design, Apple HIG) * Collaboration experience with engineers to ship products * Front-end development skills (HTML/CSS/JS) Why Join GLOK? -------------- * **Stability with Vision:** A full-time position in a project with strong early momentum and long-term potential * **Remote-First Flexibility:** Work from anywhere, with a team that values trust, autonomy, and results * **High-impact opportunity:** You'll be joining at an early stage, with the chance to directly influence the core product, architecture, and future of a platform that’s gaining visibility in the privacy-tech and open-source space. * **Purpose-Driven Mission:** Build tools that protect users - not exploit them. Ready to Make an Impact? ------------------------ If you're driven by building meaningful, privacy-first technology and want to work on a project with real global potential, we want to talk to you. **How to Apply:** ----------------- Apply for this position by sending us your CV and Portfolio via the form, include links to your repositories or previous work. [Apply]( =====
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deSign_r 6 months ago
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Niche design: a zine exploring where design flourishes ![](https://m.stacker.news/109847) - - - 5 ESSAYS 4 INTERVIEWS10 QA’S Ditch trends. Avoid playbooks. Reject boredom. - - - A zine for designers and product makers seeking meaning beyond metrics, inviting you to rethink our culture through the ways we design.
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deSign_r 6 months ago
New, Radical RLS Bike Helmet Design Greatly Reduces Rotational Forces ![](https://m.stacker.news/109844) Helmets have always been built to sacrifice their structure in order to protect the helmet wearer. But the conventional approach to absorb energy has always resulted in helmets that work like some kind of second skull, focusing their protection strategy on basic impacts that happen directly. ![](https://m.stacker.news/109846) But Release Layers System (RLS) now know that it’s rotational forces generated by angled impacts that contribute to the stretching and shearing of brain tissue. RLS also know that doctors and scientists believe that this kind of damage is a primary cause of traumatic brain injury. ![](https://m.stacker.news/109845)
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deSign_r 6 months ago
Every Reason US Cities Are DESIGNED to Bankrupt You Explained in 9 Minutes Have you ever felt like you're working harder but getting nowhere financially? That your biggest expenses—your house, your car, your taxes—are traps you can't escape? These aren't just economic downturns; they are design choices. In this video, as a real urban planner, i'm explaining every way the American city is systematically designed to drain your wallet. These aren't just inefficiencies; they are the hidden financial costs of a development model that profits from your debt. I'll uncover why these systems were built and how they continue to bankrupt us. #urbanplanning #urbaneconomics #suburbs Sprawl Debt: The unsustainable financial model of suburban infrastructure that your property taxes will never be able to cover. Car Trap: How mandatory car ownership becomes a ($12,000) 0.11 BTC/year subscription you can't cancel. Tax Drain: The system where dense, tax-rich urban areas subsidize the money-losing sprawl of the suburbs. Health Cost: How car-dependent design makes you sick and sends you the bill through insurance and medical debt. School Debt: The vicious cycle where good schools are locked behind unaffordable housing, creating educational inequality. Time Theft: How your daily commute steals not just your time, but your wealth and economic potential. Utility Drain: The hidden costs of stretching services like water and power across low-density suburbs, paid for by everyone. Climate Risk: Why sprawling suburbs are a financial time bomb of floods, fires, and impossible insurance costs. Which of these financial reasons do you feel the most in your own life? Leave your biggest financial frustration in the comments below so we can discuss it.
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deSign_r 6 months ago
Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf https://media.fairlightcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf ![FIT FUNCTION FORM](https://m.stacker.news/109751) >From a design perspective, the easy gains were made years ago. As I push the designs forward, it increasingly requires focused work, new tooling, and new processes. Most importantly, it demands deep craft knowledge - so I seek it out and work with experts. To truly make something better, you have to work at the edges. You need to know when to push, when to say no, and when to compromise. Good design rarely happens without a few battles. It’s about the nuance, understanding that care is the most important thing, and that it’s perceptible. Be diligent and never cut corners. > > **Dom Thomas** _Co-Founder and Bike Designer_ ![](https://m.stacker.news/109750) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109752) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109753) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109754) ![Question the Limits. COllaborate Deeply. Be Diligent. Iterate, Again & Again. Find New Limits](https://m.stacker.news/109755) More info about the bike ![Road Bike - Bicycle Strael-4.0-58R-Ochre](https://m.stacker.news/109756)
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deSign_r 6 months ago
Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf https://media.fairlightcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf ![](https://m.stacker.news/109751) >From a design perspective, the easy gains were made years ago. As I push the designs forward, it increasingly requires focused work, new tooling, and new processes. Most importantly, it demands deep craft knowledge - so I seek it out and work with experts. To truly make something better, you have to work at the edges. You need to know when to push, when to say no, and when to compromise. Good design rarely happens without a few battles. It’s about the nuance, understanding that care is the most important thing, and that it’s perceptible. Be diligent and never cut corners. > > **Dom Thomas** _Co-Founder and Bike Designer_ ![](https://m.stacker.news/109750) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109752) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109753) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109754) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109755) More info about the bike ![Road Bike - Bicycle Strael-4.0-58R-Ochre](https://m.stacker.news/109756)
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Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf https://media.fairlightcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Fairlight-Strael-4.0-Design-Notes-v1.1.pdf ![](https://m.stacker.news/109751) >From a design perspective, the easy gains were made years ago. As I push the designs forward, it increasingly requires focused work, new tooling, and new processes. Most importantly, it demands deep craft knowledge - so I seek it out and work with experts. To truly make something better, you have to work at the edges. You need to know when to push, when to say no, and when to compromise. Good design rarely happens without a few battles. It’s about the nuance, understanding that care is the most important thing, and that it’s perceptible. Be diligent and never cut corners. > > **Dom Thomas** _Co-Founder and Bike Designer_ ![](https://m.stacker.news/109750) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109752) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109753) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109754) ![](https://m.stacker.news/109755)