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The Airtable web app is pretty neat. You can use it like a spreadsheet but it’s useful for all sorts of other things too. The neatest thing about it for me is that it has an API so that you can treat it like a database.
I’ve been thinking about making weekly notes for the different teams I work with at Gusto to read about what the design systems team is working on, things we’ve fixed, and any bugs we’ve encountered during that might impact other designers and engineers across our organization. I’ve spent a couple of hours thinking about how we might use Airtable to collect a whole bunch of data and then use its API to extract that info and show it in a web app.
Here’s an example of what we’ll end up building, which is basically a React web app that’s using Airtable as a nifty sorta CMS:
To get started, we have to head on over to the command line and run the following (but first make sure npm is installed):
npx create-react-app airtable-test
This will create a new directory called airtable-test which is where we’ll be making our little React app. If we run yarn start in the command line after that’s finished installing, then we’ll see the default page for the project:
And, if we open up src/App.js in that airtable-test directory, we can see how this page is being rendered with React:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
<p>
Edit src/App.js and save to reload.
</p>
<a
className="App-link"
href="https://reactjs.org"
target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
>
Learn React
</header>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Now that we have React up and running, we can go ahead and install airtable in the command line which will let us interact with the Airtable API:
npm i airtable
Once we’ve done that, we’ll need to create an Airtable account and create a project. We should wind up with something like this spreadsheet:
Now we can then head to airtable.com/api and select our project so that is serves as data we’re pulling from. In this case, I selected “Design Systems Projects” which you can see right at the bottom here:
This will send us to a handy docs website that gives us an incredibly easy to read API for our specific project! Scrolling down we’ll find our API key which we’ll need to access this data as well as a ton of examples that we can use to manipulate the data we get back:
Let’s head back to App.js in our airtable-test directory, delete all the code in that file, and replace it with the following:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Airtable from 'airtable';
const base = new Airtable({ apiKey: 'XXXXXXXXXXX' }).base('XXXXXXXXXXX');
Make sure to replace those Xs with the details that you can see in that Airtable API doc we just opened. But now that we’ve done all the setup, we can finally get around to creating our interface by calling data from our spreadsheet.
In App.js we can start to construct the App component:
All this will do for now is setup the app’s state and then render “Hello” on the page. Next up, we’ll be add each record from Airtable to that state.
First thing that’s important to note below: in componentDidMount() we’ll be selecting Updates which is just a way of telling Airtable that we want the spreadsheet called Updates. Make sure that this name is the same name as the spreadsheet. We’ll also be looping through all the records, or rows, of our table in that function too:
fetchNextPage() is the Airtable API’s way of giving us the next record in our spreadsheet and it’s neat that it will keep going until there are no more records. Again, we’re not doing anything with that data yet; we only want to make sure everything is working correctly at this point.
Open up the console in DevTools and we should see something like this:
Array(4) [ {…}, {…}, {…}, {…} ]
And if we dive through each of the objects in this array, then we should find all the data from the spreadsheet! Doing this bit always feels like magic to me.
Anyway, next up we can update our render() function like so:
We’re going to be looping through the state that we setup earlier and then rendering the record.fields[] for each column in our spreadsheet. We have a Date, UI Kit, and Component Library column, and once we’ve updated our App.js with the code above, we should see all the content from our spreadsheet!
It’s like magic! But why does this data look so weird? Well, it’s because I wanted to write Markdown in each cell, so now we’ll need to use a parser to convert that data into good ol’ fashioned HTML. First, we need to head back to the command line though:
npm i showdown
showdown will help us parse all that Markdown we’ve written in our Airtable spreadsheet. After installing it, we only need to import it at the top of our App.js file, like this:
import showdown from 'showdown';
const markdownConverter = new showdown.Converter();
After the componentDidMount() function, we can create another function that will create our HTML using showdown:
We’re doing a couple of new things here: we’re using dangerouslySetInnerHTML in each div which, in turn, uses our createHTML function to convert the data from each column (specifically, the UI Kit and Component Library columns). We’re also converting the dates of each row into headings to make things a bit easier to read.
And with that we’re pretty much done! Here’s the final App.js:
There’s still a ton of updates we could make to improve things. I took a first pass at styling, but we probably want to do things like improve the date format and maybe have some kind of indication as to which updates refer to which rows in the spreadsheet. Maybe we could even toggle showing which information to show depending on whether you’re a designer or engineer.
Anyway! I think this is a good start to getting to grips with the Airtable API and I’d love to hear about how you use it in the comments below.
We’ve talked quite a bit about project management and workflows around here at CSS-Tricks, not because it’s the core of what we do as designers and developers, but because we all play a role in it as part of a team and because it impacts the quality of our work at the end of the day.
That’s why having a good system in place is such a benefit both to us and to teams as a whole. Where can you find a system like that? You might want to start by looking at monday.com. Yes, it’s a project management tool but it actually goes way beyond that. Where some other platforms out there stop at task lists, calendars, and milestones, monday.com does those plus team collaboration.
If you’ve ever felt out of the loop on a project, had a surprise change in scope, or even been curious what other folks on your team have been up to, that’s where monday.com really shines. It’s people-centric, giving you and others insight into activity across an entire project through news feeds, messaging, shared assets, clearly defined user roles, among any other things. It’s what a healthy, transparent, and collaborative team environment looks like.
We’ve only scratched the surface here, but lucky for you, there’s a free 14-day trial to check out everything that monday.com has to offer. Go for it!
Every new year’ss eve, we make wishes. This year, FRANZ&RENÉ had a crazy one. That everyone walks together, not over each other in 2019.
To help the world to do so, the agency produced mismatching socks, forcing symbolically public enemies to walk together.
We sent these socks to our partners, but also to our competitors and to the 4 „heroes” that made this campaign together.
Every new year’ss eve, we make wishes. This year, FRANZ&RENÉ had a crazy one. That everyone walks together, not over each other in 2019.
To help the world to do so, the agency produced mismatching socks, forcing symbolically public enemies to walk together.
We sent these socks to our partners, but also to our competitors and to the 4 „heroes” that made this campaign together.
Every new year’ss eve, we make wishes. This year, FRANZ&RENÉ had a crazy one. That everyone walks together, not over each other in 2019.
To help the world to do so, the agency produced mismatching socks, forcing symbolically public enemies to walk together.
We sent these socks to our partners, but also to our competitors and to the 4 „heroes” that made this campaign together.
The Background Mental illness knows no borders. And in the UAE, it’s no different. In fact, 2 of the top 3 causes of ill-health are anxiety and depression. And nearly 4% of the population is estimated to be clinically depressed, while mild depression affects up to 15%.
The fact that there’s not enough information about mental health statistics points to a pertinent issue that sufferers are unlikely to be forthcoming with regards to asking for treatment, or even disclosing their struggles to friends, family or employers. Now, workplace-related mental health is a primary issue affecting people. Long working hours. Financial pressures.
Lack of work-life balance. Lack of physical activity. Social pressures. 60% of UAE employees who identified as stressed, described their offices and employment as the main cause. The unique structure of the workforce in the UAE with over 80% expats, living away from home, is also a factor. Now, the region isn’t a place where uncomfortable topics like mental health are not discussed openly. Any issues relating to mental health are seen as a weakness and shameful, especially in the workplace. Having these types of conversations openly is incredibly difficult.
With life being tough, leaving those who are struggling with stress, depression and anxiety to feel confused, overwhelmed and alone. The feelings and the emotions that they’d want to express to those around them including their employers, often remain ‘unspoken’. Truth is, sharing one’s feelings, as tough as it can be, does help.
The Lighthouse Centre for Well-Being is a leading community mental health and wellness clinic in the UAE, providing quality psychological care to children, adults, couples and families. And the clinic wanted to help play a meaningful role when it came to the topic of mental health in the UAE. The Idea Owing to the stigma and perception around mental health, through concept testing, McCann Health Dubai discovered that mental health communications, prevalent in Western markets, were not going to be appropriate or effective in the UAE, especially in the workplaces, where not sharing one’s feelings or emotions helps people look strong and in control.
A completely different way to achieve the goals of creating awareness for mental health was needed. So, a selection of unspoken and untold feelings was collected from those under the care of Lighthouse who were dealing with mental health issues but hadn’t spoken to anyone about their issues earlier. With over 20 artists, from all over the region, unique visual illustrations were created, depicting those unspoken feelings of those struggling with mental health issues.
Those illustrations were then compiled, along with the relevant quotations, and a book, titled ‘unspoken, uae’, was published and distributed to workplaces, speaking to employees across companies in their own words. By simplifying the message and connecting it to impactful visuals, Lighthouse has created a piece of communication that has enabled people in workplaces to identify with the thoughts and feelings in the book in an environment that was private and self-introspective.
All the quotes that people read in book are the real words of people who have been fighting life’s everyday challenges. And by having an open and honest dialogue with those who have wanted to listen and support, things have gotten better This book has been circulated and is being circulated across workplaces and companies in the UAE. It has a contact page at the end that encourages those resonating with the feelings and emotions in the book, to remember that they are not alone, and prompts them to reach out and contact Lighthouse should they feel the need to talk.
Advertising Agency:McCann Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Advertising Agency:FP7/McCann, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Background Mental illness knows no borders. And in the UAE, it’s no different. In fact, 2 of the top 3 causes of ill-health are anxiety and depression. And nearly 4% of the population is estimated to be clinically depressed, while mild depression affects up to 15%.
The fact that there’s not enough information about mental health statistics points to a pertinent issue that sufferers are unlikely to be forthcoming with regards to asking for treatment, or even disclosing their struggles to friends, family or employers. Now, workplace-related mental health is a primary issue affecting people. Long working hours. Financial pressures.
Lack of work-life balance. Lack of physical activity. Social pressures. 60% of UAE employees who identified as stressed, described their offices and employment as the main cause. The unique structure of the workforce in the UAE with over 80% expats, living away from home, is also a factor. Now, the region isn’t a place where uncomfortable topics like mental health are not discussed openly. Any issues relating to mental health are seen as a weakness and shameful, especially in the workplace. Having these types of conversations openly is incredibly difficult.
With life being tough, leaving those who are struggling with stress, depression and anxiety to feel confused, overwhelmed and alone. The feelings and the emotions that they’d want to express to those around them including their employers, often remain ‘unspoken’. Truth is, sharing one’s feelings, as tough as it can be, does help.
The Lighthouse Centre for Well-Being is a leading community mental health and wellness clinic in the UAE, providing quality psychological care to children, adults, couples and families. And the clinic wanted to help play a meaningful role when it came to the topic of mental health in the UAE. The Idea Owing to the stigma and perception around mental health, through concept testing, McCann Health Dubai discovered that mental health communications, prevalent in Western markets, were not going to be appropriate or effective in the UAE, especially in the workplaces, where not sharing one’s feelings or emotions helps people look strong and in control.
A completely different way to achieve the goals of creating awareness for mental health was needed. So, a selection of unspoken and untold feelings was collected from those under the care of Lighthouse who were dealing with mental health issues but hadn’t spoken to anyone about their issues earlier. With over 20 artists, from all over the region, unique visual illustrations were created, depicting those unspoken feelings of those struggling with mental health issues.
Those illustrations were then compiled, along with the relevant quotations, and a book, titled ‘unspoken, uae’, was published and distributed to workplaces, speaking to employees across companies in their own words. By simplifying the message and connecting it to impactful visuals, Lighthouse has created a piece of communication that has enabled people in workplaces to identify with the thoughts and feelings in the book in an environment that was private and self-introspective.
All the quotes that people read in book are the real words of people who have been fighting life’s everyday challenges. And by having an open and honest dialogue with those who have wanted to listen and support, things have gotten better This book has been circulated and is being circulated across workplaces and companies in the UAE. It has a contact page at the end that encourages those resonating with the feelings and emotions in the book, to remember that they are not alone, and prompts them to reach out and contact Lighthouse should they feel the need to talk.
Advertising Agency:McCann Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Advertising Agency:FP7/McCann, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Background Mental illness knows no borders. And in the UAE, it’s no different. In fact, 2 of the top 3 causes of ill-health are anxiety and depression. And nearly 4% of the population is estimated to be clinically depressed, while mild depression affects up to 15%.
The fact that there’s not enough information about mental health statistics points to a pertinent issue that sufferers are unlikely to be forthcoming with regards to asking for treatment, or even disclosing their struggles to friends, family or employers. Now, workplace-related mental health is a primary issue affecting people. Long working hours. Financial pressures.
Lack of work-life balance. Lack of physical activity. Social pressures. 60% of UAE employees who identified as stressed, described their offices and employment as the main cause. The unique structure of the workforce in the UAE with over 80% expats, living away from home, is also a factor. Now, the region isn’t a place where uncomfortable topics like mental health are not discussed openly. Any issues relating to mental health are seen as a weakness and shameful, especially in the workplace. Having these types of conversations openly is incredibly difficult.
With life being tough, leaving those who are struggling with stress, depression and anxiety to feel confused, overwhelmed and alone. The feelings and the emotions that they’d want to express to those around them including their employers, often remain ‘unspoken’. Truth is, sharing one’s feelings, as tough as it can be, does help.
The Lighthouse Centre for Well-Being is a leading community mental health and wellness clinic in the UAE, providing quality psychological care to children, adults, couples and families. And the clinic wanted to help play a meaningful role when it came to the topic of mental health in the UAE. The Idea Owing to the stigma and perception around mental health, through concept testing, McCann Health Dubai discovered that mental health communications, prevalent in Western markets, were not going to be appropriate or effective in the UAE, especially in the workplaces, where not sharing one’s feelings or emotions helps people look strong and in control.
A completely different way to achieve the goals of creating awareness for mental health was needed. So, a selection of unspoken and untold feelings was collected from those under the care of Lighthouse who were dealing with mental health issues but hadn’t spoken to anyone about their issues earlier. With over 20 artists, from all over the region, unique visual illustrations were created, depicting those unspoken feelings of those struggling with mental health issues.
Those illustrations were then compiled, along with the relevant quotations, and a book, titled ‘unspoken, uae’, was published and distributed to workplaces, speaking to employees across companies in their own words. By simplifying the message and connecting it to impactful visuals, Lighthouse has created a piece of communication that has enabled people in workplaces to identify with the thoughts and feelings in the book in an environment that was private and self-introspective.
All the quotes that people read in book are the real words of people who have been fighting life’s everyday challenges. And by having an open and honest dialogue with those who have wanted to listen and support, things have gotten better This book has been circulated and is being circulated across workplaces and companies in the UAE. It has a contact page at the end that encourages those resonating with the feelings and emotions in the book, to remember that they are not alone, and prompts them to reach out and contact Lighthouse should they feel the need to talk.
Advertising Agency:McCann Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Advertising Agency:FP7/McCann, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
In this article, you’ll learn how to make a book cover. Here, you’ll pick up tips on how to make a book in InDesign and create your own InDesign book template, from using InDesign templates to putting together your cover artwork.
If you’re looking to self-publish your own books and sell them online, or you are making your first steps into professional cover design for clients, this guide will introduce you to the essentials of creating book cover templates.
Read on to discover eight key steps for helping you create a book cover design that’s guaranteed to draw in readers.
1. Pick Your Software Wisely
If you’re dipping a toe into the publishing design world, it can be tricky to know which software you should use to create your book cover.
You can use almost any design software to create a cover, but some programs are more specialised for creating professional-quality covers.
Adobe Photoshop isn’t suited for creating inside layouts, but it works perfectly well for creating covers, which are drafted as one page (with the back cover, spine and front cover as one image).
Professional cover designers tend to opt for publishing software as standard, as these tend to give you more control over print specs and typography. Adobe InDesign is the most popular choice, with QuarkXPress a good, if more simplified, alternative.
With Affinity Publisher’s full launch just around the corner as well, this is likely to be a good-value alternative for cover designers in the future.
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2. Make a Confident Start With a Book Cover Template
If you don’t know how to make a book in InDesign, starting with a downloadable InDesign template can be a sensible and reassuring place to begin designing your cover. Ready-made InDesign book templates can be downloaded from sites like GraphicRiver and can be updated with your own content.
By adapting an existing template, you can learn more about cover design by observing the work a designer has put into a template. Look at how the document has been set up in InDesign to pick up tips for designing your own covers in the future.
Go to File > Document Setup to view the page size and bleed specs, and Layout > Margins and Columns will show you more details about how the cover has been structured. Has the designer included a flexible spine? Noting these key details will help you understand how professional cover designers work and give you pointers for your own custom book covers.
Maker apps like Placeit can also provide a helpful solution for new cover designers wanting to build confidence. In these apps, you can choose an existing cover design and adapt it quickly, tailoring the size for multiple print formats or adapting it as an eBook cover.
Launch your next eBook with a helpful book cover maker. Find your favorite designs with this amazing list of resources from Placeit and Envato Elements.
Ready to take the next step and create a cover in InDesign? Check out these book cover templates which are quick and easy to customize with your own text and images:
Book cover design is one of the most creative areas of print design. Why? Compared to more commercial print media, like flyers and business cards, book covers are intrinsically linked to art—the connection between a book and a potential reader is emotionally charged.
Although we are told not to judge a book by its cover, we can’t help doing just that when we browse a bookshelf. By making your cover as creative and striking as possible, you can hope to win the hearts and minds of your readership and convert browsing to sales.
Professional cover designers know the power of treating a cover like an art canvas. So look to inspirational sources like the fantastic Book Cover Archive and Pinterest to really get your creative juices flowing.
Book Cover ArchiveBy clicking on cover designs which catch your eye on Pinterest, you can browse hundreds of related images, which might spark your next cover idea.
It’s also important to not allow your creativity to outpace your judgement about making the cover genre- and audience-appropriate.
So crime thrillers have a certain design language (large sans serif fonts in punchy colors like red and blue), as do historical romance novels (which tend towards script fonts and pastel colors).
If you’re self-publishing an eBook, it pays to be aware of the sorts of design styles which are trending on eBook stores, like the Kindle Store and Google Play.
Do your research by browsing trending cover designs on the Kindle Store.
Check out these tutorials and courses which show you how to design covers tailored to specific audiences, from young adults to thriller fans:
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4. Get the Essentials Right
When you start to design your book cover, you should take a bit of time to carefully prepare your artwork before you begin designing.
Carefully consider page size, bleed and guides before you put together your cover artwork in InDesign.
Consider the format and size of the cover—will you print the book as a paperback (softcover) or hardback, or create a digital eBook? Do you have a standard size in mind such as Pocket Book, Demy, or Royal? Look up industry-recommended book sizes, and don’t be tempted to stray from the norm.
Top tip: If you want to adjust the size of your cover artwork without starting over in a new document, you can use the Free Transform Tool (E) in InDesign to scale the artwork.
You’ll also need to add a bleed to your cover artwork, which allows background elements and color to extend past the page (trim) edge, making for a more seamless printed result. In InDesign, go to File > Document Setup to add a bleed width to your artwork.
Consider also the expected spine width of your cover, which will have a knock-on effect on the overall width of the cover artwork (which includes the back cover, spine and front cover, from left to right). You can work out the width of the spine once you know the final page count of your book and the paper stock the inside pages will be printed on (which will affect how bulky the book is, and therefore how wide the spine is).
Looking for a more in-depth walk-through on how to create a book cover? This book cover design course shows you how to comprehensively design a cover for a paperback book, from setting up the artwork all the way through to exporting the design for professional printing.
If you want your book to reach more readers, you’ll need a professional cover design. Learn how to make one in our short course, How to Design a Book Cover.
5. For the Front Cover, Focus on Balance, Impact, and Legibility
When designing your front cover, it’s a good tip to let yourself be creative and experiment with different layouts, styles, and themes. The more eye-catching and imaginative you can make your book cover, the better!
However, you do tend to find that covers still follow some rules of layout. After all, you will always need to include some essential information, including the book title and author name. The publisher might also want to include a review or short blurb on the front of the book.
Some cover designers choose to make a feature of the title, creating covers which prioritise typographic design. Alternatively, a single strong photo or graphic can be the dominant feature, with type taking a secondary role.
Above all, you want to foster balance on your cover, and because covers tend to be relatively small it usually looks best if either type or graphic are highlighted more than the other. This also contributes to the improved legibility of the cover, which is also incredibly important when a cover is viewed from a distance away.
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6. Use the Back Cover to Seal the Deal
While the front cover should be designed to advertise the book and provoke an immediate reaction from a reader, the back cover should be used to ‘seal the deal’, providing more enticing information about the book.
Here is the place to include a blurb (a short, interesting summary of the narrative), and possibly reviews (it goes without saying to only include positive ones!).
You will also need to place a barcode (use a barcode generator once you have an ISBN to hand) and optional pricing information on the back cover too. The publisher may also want to include their logo and website, which is usually placed at the bottom of the back cover.
Readers won’t always come into contact with your book through looking at the front cover. The sheer volume of books in stores can mean retailers can choose to stack your book alongside thousands of other competing titles, with only the spine visible. So this small area of spine can spell the difference between someone picking up your book or dismissing it in an instant.
Take the time to consider the design of your spine. You can lift elements from the front cover, such as the title and author name, but you can also add extra quirky details.
In this example, I designed a vintage-inspired cover for a book of fairy tales. The artwork on the front cover is intricate and fantastical, and I wanted to translate this mood to the spine of the book.
The spine has trailing vines and a rose detail, which frame the script type and make the spine just as romantic and ethereal as the front cover.
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8. Export Your Cover for Printing
When you’ve finished the artwork for your cover, you’ll need to export your design as a press-ready PDF file to be printed.
To do this, head up to File > Export in InDesign, and choose Adobe PDF (Print) from the Format menu. Choose Press Quality from the Preset options to ensure your artwork is exported at very high quality.
Top tip: The cover should be exported as one whole image (including back cover, front cover, and spine).
Find out more about the essentials of preparing your book artwork for print with this must-read tutorial:
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