Weekly Links — 19th August 2026

🕰️ Ten Minute Focus Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie -- Forget flat UI; Lottie lets you build tactile digital experiences that actually feel good. What a dollhouse full of death taught me about thinking -- A dollhouse death scene is the ultimate prompt for rethinking how models shape our perception. Branding Is there a retirement crisis in the creative industry? -- Creative burnout is real: senior designers are ditching the industry, and we need to ask why. Instagram reveals its first brand refresh in 10 years, with a new wordmark and three typefaces -- Instagram’s brand refresh ditches radical change for a subtle, straightened-out script and new typefaces. Waglab’s PlayStack Fetches Fun Design From Hart Brands -- Hart Brands injects serious personality into Waglab’s dog toys, proving pet products can be bold. Limin’s Pear Cider is Inspired By Traditional Floral Textiles -- Limin’s Pear Cider trades minimalist chic for rich floral textiles, offering a story…