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Louie Mantia writes LMNT, designs icons for Parakeet, makes playing cards for Junior, and creates fonts for Crown.

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2026 93

  1. Vivid Bliss
  2. Dreaming Big
  3. Parades
  4. Port Discovery & American Waterfront
  5. Bullet Time!
  6. Carbonara
  7. Kinmokusei
  8. Nova
  9. Design Drought
  10. Finding Problems
  11. This Set Was Made for Me
  12. Wakey Wakey
  13. Omiyage
  14. Ume Soda
  15. When Did You Get Into Disney?
  16. Server Migration
  17. Perceived Stability
  18. Tamago Sando
  19. Guava Soda & Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
  20. Yoshikami Senjafuda
  21. Meiji Jingu
  22. In the Battle for Attention
  23. Flat Meat Fry
  24. Torigoe Matsuri 2026
  25. Laufey
  26. Xanthe
  27. Datatapes, Vol. 2
  28. Volkswagen Type 3 Variant
  29. 3rd Japanniversary
  30. Death Star
  31. Datatapes
  32. Yanagibashi Ajisai
  33. Moka Express
  34. Baby Ajisai
  35. Shinagawa-Futobashi
  36. Kakigori
  37. Mini Stop Soft Cream
  38. Torippie’s
  39. DisneySea Birthday 2026
  40. Aqua Neue
  41. Vivaldi
  42. City Roses
  43. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
  44. Living in a Ghibli Movie
  45. Spontini
  46. Hohokam Diner
  47. Meiji-Jingumae
  48. Bts
  49. Ham Sandwich
  50. Burger Digest
  51. Cooper Sharp
  52. Ayano’s Birthday
  53. Pokémon Winds and Waves
  54. Panda Express
  55. Team Messy
  56. Skytree Sakura
  57. Happy Turn
  58. Got a Second?
  59. La Cabina
  60. The Mandalorian and Grogu
  61. Tokyo Vintage Fashion Week
  62. Pdx
  63. Taiko
  64. Starbucks Reserve Roastery
  65. Higher Prices for Foreign Tourists in Japan
  66. Naru
  67. Hoagies
  68. Milk Bar
  69. Local Mini Shrine
  70. Have We Forgotten How to Design?
  71. Tsubaki
  72. Yoshikami
  73. Valentine
  74. Interface Sound Effects
  75. Tokyo Disneyland in the Snow
  76. It Was a Big Day
  77. Kosuke
  78. SunnyDisneySea
  79. Tom
  80. Carbo
  81. The Real Version
  82. Crane House
  83. PlayStation 2
  84. Lou-Lou Dollar
  85. Philly
  86. Totoro
  87. Bibimbap
  88. Nob
  89. Star Wars
  90. Philly
  91. Plastic, Part 2
  92. That’s Why It’s a Red Flag
  93. 2026

2025 121

  1. Willow
  2. Spaghetti on a Bagel
  3. Grid
  4. Big Day
  5. SF Symbols
  6. Jungle Green
  7. A Matter of Perspective
  8. Jurassic Park Explorer
  9. And Stay Out
  10. Luka on iOS 7
  11. Happiest Cruise
  12. It Hurts the Face
  13. Quantum Foam SE
  14. What EPCOT Should Be
  15. My Mission
  16. A Long Train of Abuses
  17. Labyrinth Uncial
  18. Fresh Outta Civility
  19. Political Violence
  20. Valuable Interactions
  21. Finding Work
  22. Difficult and Rewarding Aspects of Living in Japan
  23. Formative Web Experiences
  24. People and Blogs
  25. Akanko
  26. Style Compliment
  27. Cuturally Imperialist
  28. Donkey Kong
  29. Super Storage, Vol. 2
  30. A Good App
  31. The Talk Show
  32. Tap Tap Revolution
  33. Buddies
  34. Pixadex
  35. A Responsibility to the Industry
  36. New Junior Website
  37. The Web Is So Cool
  38. I’ve Got Better Things To Do Than This, and Yet
  39. Plastic
  40. Senjafuda
  41. Three Little Moments
  42. Rose-Gold-Tinted Liquid Glasses
  43. Mushroom
  44. Secret Society
  45. Torigoe Matsuri
  46. Please Make It Stop
  47. Special Delivery
  48. 2nd Japanniversary
  49. The Dystopian Dream Team
  50. It Is Important
  51. Hydrangea
  52. Apple Could Win Back Music
  53. Wallace & Gromit
  54. Womprat Death Star
  55. Star Wars Wallpapers
  56. Resistance
  57. Sith Eternal
  58. First Order
  59. New Republic
  60. Rebel Alliance
  61. Imperial Security Bureau
  62. Galactic Empire
  63. Confederacy of Independent Systems
  64. Galactic Republic
  65. Jedi Order
  66. Old Republic
  67. Sith Empire
  68. DisneySea Birthday 2025
  69. Golden Week
  70. Goodbye, Chief
  71. A Small Vacation
  72. CSS Naked Day
  73. Full-Bloom Sakura
  74. The Mac Is Where I Am
  75. Hanami
  76. Nikki the Chip Star Duck
  77. Snowing in March
  78. Buddies
  79. Should
  80. Chief’s 20th Birthday
  81. Introducing Kadomaru
  82. Yamanote
  83. Shrine Orange
  84. MacBook Stickers
  85. One-Time
  86. The Dark Knight
  87. Yaki Imo
  88. Luka’s Blogging!
  89. Gravitational Pull of Reese’s
  90. Kadomaru
  91. It’s All Anybody Can See
  92. Humane
  93. Gulf of Mexico
  94. Parakeet’s 10th Anniversary
  95. Super Storage
  96. Ginza Vending Machines
  97. Daruma
  98. Hakuho Cup 2025
  99. PlayStation 2
  100. Go Away Green
  101. Pastrami Pork
  102. Where’s the Line?
  103. Two and a Half Kids
  104. Justa Burger with Pokémon
  105. Unforgivable
  106. Talking About Money
  107. Siri Will Never Win the Super Bowl
  108. Love Limitations
  109. Super Pokémon
  110. Tommy Lee Jones
  111. The Most Mario Colors
  112. Withered Technology
  113. Or, Instead of All This—
  114. Icho
  115. Range
  116. This Is Gonna Be Bad
  117. Refined Clarity
  118. AI Summaries
  119. Our Only Hope
  120. Old
  121. Shōchikubai

2024 187

  1. Reclamation
  2. 2024 in Review
  3. Simulation Room
  4. Nobori
  5. Forstall Folders, Vol. 3
  6. “it’s a small world”
  7. Tokyo Tiles
  8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  9. Nowhere Place
  10. Everything Competes with Everything
  11. What Does Privacy Mean?
  12. Skeleton Crew
  13. At the Trolley Switch Again
  14. Social Media
  15. Learn to Code, Don’t Learn to Code
  16. Marufuku Nintendo
  17. PlayStation Controllers
  18. Green Bubbles
  19. App Stores and Payment Methods
  20. Two Apps
  21. Lmnt
  22. Creating for Myself
  23. Wicked
  24. Adapting to Japan
  25. iPod Socks
  26. Maybe It’s Social Media
  27. Nintendo
  28. Nintendo Controllers
  29. Finders Keepers, Vol. 2
  30. Steve’s Badge
  31. Nothing Left to Solve
  32. Infinite Loop
  33. Forstall Folders, Vol. 2
  34. CandyBar
  35. Super Mario Bros.
  36. Doorbells
  37. The Most Famous Queen Song
  38. Quoting Walt Disney
  39. Keeping Tabs
  40. iPhone Mirroring
  41. Finders Keepers, Vol. 1
  42. Blueberry Finder
  43. Finders Keepers: Halloween
  44. Primary Device
  45. Audion
  46. Pixadex
  47. Jerk Chicken
  48. 1024×1024
  49. Forstall Folders
  50. Shibuya Bans Public Drinking
  51. Reality Distortion
  52. Arbitrarily Adapting
  53. RCS on iOS
  54. Nook Storage, Vol. 2
  55. Thinking Different
  56. Civilized Society
  57. They Say AI Is Not Going Away
  58. Parakeet Portfolio
  59. Private Messaging
  60. Personal Identity
  61. Forbidden Fruit
  62. Batman Forever
  63. Batman & Robin
  64. Training AI, Part 2
  65. Nandakke
  66. Melon Cream Soda & Doritos Deep Taco
  67. Shoes-Off Country
  68. Black & White
  69. Cold Noodle
  70. I Live Here
  71. One Ring
  72. Volpi
  73. Two Bookmarklets
  74. Meditation
  75. Intuition
  76. Magic Passport App Icon Development
  77. Enchanted Tiki Room
  78. Western River R.R.
  79. Love, Death, and Computers
  80. Qualifying Art
  81. That Should Be on a T-Shirt
  82. Training AI
  83. Sad iPod
  84. Room 237
  85. Overlook Hotel
  86. Ipod
  87. In-N-Out — Tokyo, Japan
  88. Dark Mode App Icons
  89. Custom App Icons
  90. Café Tarot
  91. What Do We Want Computers to Do?
  92. Not Traditional
  93. Mikoshi on Display
  94. Delusions of Grandeur
  95. Space Mountain: The Final Ignition
  96. 1st Japanniversary
  97. Distracted
  98. Distraction-Free
  99. Nearly-Live Translation
  100. Mario Kart 8
  101. Fantasy Springs, Part 2
  102. Yellow Rose
  103. Fantasy Springs
  104. Guardians of the Galaxy
  105. Disneyland Fami
  106. Practicality vs. Possibility
  107. Content Moderation
  108. Apple Marunouchi
  109. Roses
  110. C.C. Lemon Tropical Mix
  111. Swan Latte
  112. Poké Ball Plus
  113. Antisocial Club
  114. Pokémon Club
  115. Happy 36th Birthday!
  116. Peaceful Protest
  117. DisneySea Birthday
  118. Ive Drives, Vol. 3
  119. Socialize Your Relationships
  120. Community Through Eating
  121. Tokyo Dome
  122. Hard Drives & Folders
  123. Womprat, Part I
  124. Tokyo Disneyland: Quacky Duck City
  125. Helpful Automation
  126. Corporate Detox
  127. New Is Not Inherently Exciting
  128. Blocking Family
  129. Honestly, Though
  130. Human After All
  131. Why by Hand?
  132. Nothing to Show for It
  133. Rainy Sakura
  134. Don’t Compromise. Trade.
  135. What We Give Up
  136. Baby’s First Latte Art
  137. Saul, David, and Paula
  138. Say Hello to Yellow
  139. Recap
  140. Hanami
  141. Inconsequential Mistakes
  142. Labyrinth
  143. Sakura Photobomb
  144. Hate Discourse
  145. Skip, Close, Ignore
  146. How to Make a Damn Website
  147. GraferaZone
  148. Picky Eater
  149. Explicit Opt-In
  150. This Should Be a Blog Post
  151. Lack of Vision
  152. Building a Stronger Web Without AI
  153. Unethical Work
  154. Web Independence
  155. iPod mini Drives
  156. Anti-Ad-Block
  157. Tokyo LED
  158. Wikipedia
  159. Muppets Eerie Eyes
  160. Disneyland Is Good For You
  161. Famicom Tetris
  162. Why do you like Disneyland?
  163. The West Wing Cartoon
  164. Tomorrowland
  165. Escape Pod
  166. Mickey & Friends
  167. Tokyo Subway
  168. Dream Garland
  169. Question the Premise
  170. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  171. Kindergarten
  172. Hamorebi
  173. Winnie the Pooh
  174. Pokémon
  175. Craft Internet
  176. The Muppets
  177. Rebel Base
  178. Maihama Station
  179. System Preferences
  180. QuickTime
  181. Yesterday Is Not Today
  182. Yesterday Is Not Today
  183. The Never Ending Pasta Pass
  184. The Never Ending Pasta Pass
  185. Make a Damn Website
  186. Make a Damn Website
  187. Finder

2023 26

  1. Rebel Moon
  2. Rebel Moon
  3. Junior
  4. Junior
  5. Crown
  6. Crown
  7. Parakeet
  8. Parakeet
  9. Shanghai Disneyland
  10. Shanghai Disneyland
  11. Katsuō-ji
  12. Tokyo DisneySea
  13. Nippon
  14. Nippon
  15. Arguments
  16. Infinitely Idle
  17. Food in Las Vegas is Weird
  18. Pacific Helm
  19. Especially When It’s Difficult
  20. Square
  21. Apple
  22. The Iconfactory
  23. Obama ’08
  24. Tapulous
  25. Fear of Confronting Intolerance
  26. Routine

2022 9

  1. CSS for This Blog
  2. The Way of Water
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Success
  5. Making Time
  6. The Teenage Web
  7. What Makes a Good Logo
  8. Lizzo Lyrics
  9. Never a Good Time

2021 4

  1. Disneyland Is Real
  2. How to Give Feedback
  3. Exploitation Via Competition
  4. Demanding Employers

2020 1

  1. Visual Richness

2018 1

  1. Icons Are Not Logos

2017 3

  1. A Typeface from Yesterday, for Tomorrow …Today?
  2. The Quiznos Business Model
  3. Pico

2016 8

  1. Tinkering
  2. Epcot Edutainment
  3. Lightning
  4. How Disney Can Get Rid of Annual Passes
  5. The Mint Julewhip™
  6. Your Software Updates Are Not That Important
  7. Pokémon GO
  8. Design at 2×—It’s Not a Bad Idea

2014 2

  1. Attaching Meaning to Logos
  2. Real Horses

2013 3

  1. Asap
  2. Skeuomorphism
  3. About App Icons

2012 4

  1. Naming iPhones
  2. How to Be the Best Client
  3. Designed Delight
  4. Lukewarm Reactions

2011 3

  1. Social Networks
  2. iPhone 5 or 6?
  3. Steve Jobs and Me

2010 5

  1. Trending Topics, Part 2
  2. Trending Topics, Part 1
  3. Free Ideas for Disney Parks
  4. Multitasking
  5. Flash Design

2009 2

  1. Thousands of Colors
  2. App Settings

2008 4

  1. AppleTV + App Store
  2. The Importance of Icon Sizes
  3. iPhone Favorites
  4. The Importance of Icon Metaphors

Undated 5

  1. Icons
  2. Wallpapers
  3. Sketchbook
  4. Photos
  5. Q and a