Banknote design, typeface post-mortems, positioning statements and a heap of free resources. It’s time for another week of design news and nuggets of goodness from around the internet. We’re getting into some deep dives this week on design, but also thinking about the tools and approaches that will help our careers as designers. Check out this week’s links, and episode, for more on these conversations.

Also, Olivia has been trying her hand at magic... or at least digging into the magic of the optical illusions required in type design. Make sure you listen to this week’s Nerd Alert to hear more…