A Portfolio and blog for Mustafa Kurtuldu

Writing for design blogs

This is a list of articles I have written for various external companies, design magazines & journals. Topics range from UX best practices to the process of design.

Google

Helping developers build powerful, installable web apps

23rd November 2021 At the beginning of 2020, the Chrome team across mobile and desktop laid out a …

Richer PWA installation UI

23rd April 2021 Mobile devices and the introduction of device vendor app stores have changed …

How we designed Chrome 10 years ago

10th September 2018 To release a browser when there were already established ones in the market was …

Introduction to variable fonts on the web

19th February 2018 A new font specification that can significantly reduce font file sizes Link to …

Design journals

Just Make It Look Pretty…

27th November 2018 The assumption that designers and developers sole role is to either make things …

Designer Vs Developer / Creative Review series

8th November 2018 Highlights from Google Design podcast series, on the relationship between …

Progressive Web Apps The future of the Mobile Web.

1st November 2018 In recent years, mobile usage has risen to the point where people now spend …

Designing for Mobile Performance

18th December 2017 Last year, some colleagues at Google ran a research study titled “The Need for …

All written articles

Helping developers build powerful, installable web apps, 23rd November 2021

Google Written Chrome PWA

Richer PWA installation UI, 23rd April 2021

Google Written Chrome PWA

Just Make It Look Pretty…, 27th November 2018

UX Marvel App Design journals

Designer Vs Developer / Creative Review series, 8th November 2018

Google Written Designer Vs Developer

Progressive Web Apps The future of the Mobile Web., 1st November 2018

UX Best practice Book PWA

How we designed Chrome 10 years ago, 10th September 2018

Google written Chrome

Introduction to variable fonts on the web, 19th February 2018

Google written Chrome Typography

Designing for Mobile Performance, 18th December 2017

Google Written UX

The separation between creativity and state, 27th November 2017

UX Design council Designer Vs Developer Design journals

Getting started with Material Design Components for web, 31st July 2017

Google Written Material Design

How Google Designers Adapt Material, 31st July 2017

Google Written Material Design

Running a demo of the Payment Request API, 31st July 2017

Google Written Chrome

Becoming a creative coder, 26th July 2017