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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
AI’s Missing Ingredient (cwo)1,197
ai, vibe-coding, creativity
Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design (ami/sma)1,196
quality
State of UX 2026: Design Deeper to Differentiate (nng)1,195
user-experience, outlooks, career, ai
Usability Heuristics and Competition in Games (uxd)1,194
usability, heuristics, aesthetics
Why Designers Are the New Bureaucrats (web)1,193
processes
Your Brand Just Evolved: The Rise of AI-Generated Identities (web)1,192
branding, ai
Designing Page Transitions1,191
videos, transitions, effects
Designing With AI-Readable Design Systems in Cursor (uxd)1,190
design-systems, ai, cursor, code-editors
10 UX Design Shifts You Can’t Ignore in 2026 (uxd)1,189
user-experience, ai, outlooks
7 Real Predictions for Web Design in 2026 (web)1,188
outlooks, ai, aesthetics
How to Design for (and With) Deaf People (vit/sma)1,187
how-tos, accessibility
Reliability by Design (uxd)1,186
ai, link-lists
Design Wrapped 2025 (uxd)1,185
retrospectives
You Can’t Opt-Out of Accessibility (val)1,184
accessibility, legal
Understanding Don Norman’s Principles of Interaction1,183
interaction-design, usability
The Rise of the Invisible Designer (web)1,182
The Ultimate Guide to UI Design in 2026 (web)1,181
guides, user-experience, simplicity, consistency, hierarchy, accessibility
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)1,180
accessibility, animations, css, javascript, examples
Why You Need Design Maturity in a Product Organisation, and How to Get It (uxd)1,179
product-management
Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow (bel/btc)1,178
videos, resilience, communication
Designing Decisions: Behavioral Psychology That Moves Users (uxd)1,177
interaction-design, user-experience
You Can’t Make Something Accessible to Everyone (aar)1,176
accessibility
“Sloppy” Code and Accessibility Issues: The Trouble With Trump’s Silicon Valley-Inspired Web Design Project (not)1,175
accessibility, quality, case-studies
The Next Revolution in Design: Emotional Accessibility (fas)1,174
accessibility, outlooks
A New Navigation Paradigm1,173
ai, navigation
What an Accessibility Conference Taught Me About Designing for All1,172
accessibility
Critique1,171
craft, collaboration, processes
The End of Dashboards and Design Systems1,170
design-systems
How Designers Gaslight Users With Microcopy (web)1,169
microcontent, dark-patterns
The Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering (yan)1,168
processes, collaboration
Why Web Design Must Finally Break Free From Its Graphic Design Roots (web)1,167
print, ai, career
When the Dark Pattern Is a Glaring Green Checkmark (uxd)1,166
user-experience, dark-patterns
Ethical Defaults: Why Designers Must Stop Hiding Behind Settings (web)1,165
ethics
Top 10 Branding Trends to Watch Out for in 2026 (des)1,164
branding, trends, outlooks
“Move Fast and Don’t Break Things”—What Four Startups Taught Me About Execution1,163
career, product-management, engineering-management
Good Visual Design, Explained (nng)1,162
principles, quality
Guiding the Future of Ethical Design (uxd)1,161
ethics
Material 3 Expressive: Building on the Failures of Flat Design (uxd)1,160
google, material-design, flat-design, link-lists
10 Tiny UI Fixes That Make a Big Difference (uxd)1,159
forms, spacing, alignment, consistency, hierarchy, usability, best-practices
Brutalism in the AI Era: Why Ugly Might Be the Only Honest Aesthetic Left (web)1,158
aesthetics
The Fundamentals Problem (chr)1,157
fundamentals, prioritization
Dark Mode Is the New Comic Sans (and You Know It) (web)1,156
dark-mode, accessibility
Why I Don’t Test Different Designs at the Same Time (ada)1,155
testing
Evergreen Web Design Is a Lie (but Maybe That’s Okay) (web)1,154
creativity
Developers Shouldn’t Learn Design—Designers Shouldn’t Code (phi)1,153
programming, processes, collaboration, project-management
Getting Creative With Small Screens (mal/css)1,152
responsive-design, mobile, css
The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Right (web)1,151
How Designers Become Builders and the Future of Tooling1,150
videos, github
The Curse of the Custom Cursor (mal)1,149
cursors, accessibility
The Edge Cases That Break Hearts (and Products) (lau/nng)1,148
usability, accessibility, user-experience
The Hidden Costs of Bad Client Communication in Design Projects (and How to Fix Them)1,147
business-relations, communication, collaboration
Error Handling—UX Design Patterns (uxd)1,146
user-experience, errors, forms
My Work Is Human (doo)1,145
ai, career
The Two Button Problem (chr/fro)1,144
buttons, usability
Why Accessibility Breaks Between Design and Development (a11)1,143
accessibility, processes, collaboration, testing
Designers Often Do Invisible Work That Matters—Here’s How to Show It (uxd)1,142
user-experience, communication
AI in UX: Achieve More With Less (boa/sma)1,141
user-experience, ai, processes
Claude for Code: How to Use Claude to Streamline Product Design Process1,140
how-tos, claude, anthropic, ai, processes
5 Things to Do to Avoid Prompt Treadmill When Crafting Design With AI1,139
ai, prompting, processes
Inattentional Blindness in Interfaces (nng)1,138
videos, usability
The Grayscale Problem (sma)1,137
colors
Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26 (nng)1,136
liquid-glass, usability, apple, mobile
The Worst Designer I’ve Ever Worked With Was Also the Most Productive (ren)1,135
productivity
Is It Time to Kill the Sidebar? (web)1,134
navigation, minimalism
When Case Studies Become Anti-UX (uxd)1,133
user-experience, anti-patterns
Eyeing Accessibility Deadline, States Root Out Ancient Web Issues (col/sta)1,132
accessibility
When Design Drives Behavior (jas)1,131
The Designer–Developer Handoff Is Still Broken—Why? (web)1,130
collaboration, culture, design-systems, ai
Why Designers Abandoned Their Dreams of Changing the World (edw/fin)1,129
career
Designers Should Look to Demis Hassabis—Not Jony Ive1,128
Design Attractors (don)1,127
design-systems, ai
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)1,126
fonts, variable-fonts
Design Dialects: Breaking the Rules, Not the System (ali)1,125
design-systems
The 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know (web)1,124
user-experience, principles
Why You Should Care About Design Context (fig)1,123
design-systems
Welcome to the Entry-Level Void: What Happens When Junior Design Jobs Disappear? (car/its)1,122
career, ai
Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation (mal/sma)1,121
animations, principles, css
Light and Shade: Exploring Creativity’s AI Conundrum (its)1,120
creativity, ai
Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity (web)1,119
creativity
Why Taste Matters More1,118
ai
Your Next Design Might Be Your Last (uxd)1,117
prioritization
What Is Web Design in 2025? (web)1,116
aesthetics, tooling, ai, collaboration, craft
Simplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors (web)1,115
simplicity, complexity, marketing
You Suck as a Design Leader (pro)1,114
leadership, career, ai
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)1,113
podcasts, interviews, typography, fonts
Design Has Never Been More Important: Inside Shopify’s Acquisition of Molly (cod)1,112
ai, ecommerce, shopify, case-studies
The Web Behind Glass (med)1,111
effects, liquid-glass, apple, best-practices
20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (and How to Fix Them (web)1,110
navigation, myths
You Don’t Need Animations (emi)1,109
animations
Vibe Design for Designers (uxd)1,108
ai
Anatomy of Good Icons (nng)1,107
videos, icons, images
Design Is a Conversation (uxd)1,106
communication, ai
The Design of Shallow Thinking (uxd)1,105
web, retrospectives
7 Top 2025 Web Design Trends1,104
trends, simplicity, performance, dark-mode, accessibility, ai, content
Prompting Is a Design Act: How to Brief, Guide, and Iterate With AI (sma)1,103
ai, prompting
Can Design Make You Healthier? Inside the Architecture of Wellness (wal)1,102
The History of Themeable User Interfaces (bra)1,101
theming, history
Designing for Discovery: Why AI and Accessibility Are Now UX Priorities (web)1,100
ai, accessibility, user-experience
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)1,099
history, html, css, javascript, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Design Systems: The True Source of Frontend Peace (cod)1,098
design-systems
Universal Design vs. Inclusive Design (ons/tpg)1,097
accessibility, dei, concepts, comparisons
Web Design: What Is the Web Capable of That Is Hard to Express in Design Software? (chr/fro)1,096
interaction-design, tooling
Has Efficiency Killed Beauty? A Designer’s Search for Meaning (uxd)1,095
efficiency, aesthetics, user-experience, history
Designing With AI, Not Around It: Practical Advanced Techniques for Product Design Use Cases (sma)1,094
ai, techniques, processes, product-management
Getting Creative With Quotes (mal/css)1,093
css
Your A/B Tests Are Lying to You—the Myth of Data Driven Design (web)1,092
testing, myths
Think Twice Before Adopting the AI Label (uxd)1,091
ai, product-management
Skeleton Screens Are Just Gray Lies We Tell Ourselves (web)1,090
placeholders, performance
Nobody Waits for Your Fancy Animations Anymore (and They Never Really Did) (web)1,089
animations, parallax, effects, performance, user-experience
It’s Incredible How Many Bad User Experiences Are Still Out There in 2025 (uxd)1,088
user-experience
Design System Deviation Is a Signal (ben)1,087
design-systems, metrics
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)1,086
effects, liquid-glass, apple, css, examples
Neo-Brutalism: Breaking Rules, Loudly (uxd)1,085
history, trends
AI Has Flipped Software Development1,084
ai, programming, prototyping, processes
AI Won’t Kill UX—We Will (uxd)1,083
ai, user-experience, creativity
Design Systems in 2025: Why They’re the Blueprint for Consistent UX1,082
design-systems, user-experience, consistency
How Formatting Text in Web Design Increases Conversions (web)1,081
user-conversion
Designing for User Font-Size and Zoom (mia/odd)1,080
typography, zooming, css, units, functions
The Communication Crisis That’s Killing UX Design Careers (uxm)1,079
user-experience, career, communication, ai, accessibility
The Evolving Role of AI in User Experience (uxm)1,078
user-experience, ai, trends
AI Might Be the Best Thing to Happen to Design Communication (uxd)1,077
ai, communication, processes
AI Tools + AI Fluency + Human Advantage = AI-Native Designer (uxd)1,076
user-experience, ai, tooling, career, link-lists
Design Patterns for AI Interfaces (vit/sma)1,075
ai, design-patterns, agent-experience
Improving Design Critiques (uxd)1,074
processes, communication, optimization
Benchmarking in UX—an Organizational Framework (uxd)1,073
user-experience, processes, research
We Studied 100 Dev Tool Landing Pages—Here’s What Really Works in 2025 (tra/evi)1,072
landing-pages, comparisons
When Accessibility Standards Slip, Design Steps Up1,071
accessibility
Design Is Flattening. So, How Will You Fight for Your Users? (ian/uxd)1,070
user-experience
24 UX Design Principles of the Build-for Framework (uxm)1,069
user-experience, principles
Designing Information Architecture: Design Principles (pab/uxm)1,068
books, information-architecture, principles
The Masked Side of Design Leadership (uxd)1,067
leadership
When Figma Starts Designing Us (run/des)1,066
figma, tooling
AI Didn’t Kill Web Design—Templates Did It First (web)1,065
ai
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Rise of the Designer as Influencer (goo/its)1,064
social-media, career
Why Designers Sound Negative (and Why That’s a Good Thing) (and)1,063
communication, collaboration
10 Figma Shortcuts That Will Cut Your Design Time in Half (uxd)1,062
figma, keyboard-shortcuts, productivity
CLS Is the New Page Speed: Why Designers Need to Care More Than Developers (web)1,061
performance, web-vitals, user-experience
Design Is a Language (uxd)1,060
communication
Guide to Custom UI for Augmented Reality (uxd)1,059
guides, xr, link-lists
The Eleven Commandments of AI UX (uxd)1,058
ai, user-experience, principles
Stop Using Hero Images! They’re Killing Your UX (web)1,057
images, user-experience
Implement WCAG Rules in Your Infographics (a11)1,056
accessibility, wcag, visualization, images, alt-text, contrast, colors
Liquid Glass, Fragile UX, and Why I Wanted 2 Weeks Before Writing About It (uxd)1,055
effects, liquid-glass, apple, user-experience
Dear Loading Spinner, We Need to Talk (web)1,054
user-experience
Design Leadership in the Age of AI: Seize the Narrative Before It’s Too Late (and)1,053
leadership, ai
Quality Is a Trap (eri)1,052
quality
The Hovercar Framework for Deliberate Product Design (lea)1,051
product-management, concepts
Design and Code Microcopy Style Guide (uxd)1,050
guides, microcontent
The Evolution of UX Design in the Age of AI Platforms—from Creator to Choreographer (uxm)1,049
user-experience, ai, collaboration, career
How to Define a Distinctive Design Language (uxd)1,048
how-tos, user-experience
Design Is Care (and Sensing Carelessness) (ben)1,047
The Future of Content Design in an AI World (uxd)1,046
content, ai, outlooks
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is It Recognizable? (nng)1,045
navigation, icons, usability
Just a Designer Now: Shopify Dropped UX as a Title (uxd)1,044
career, shopify
The Designer’s Hierarchy of Career Needs (chr)1,043
career
Grids 1011,042
videos, introductions, grids, layout
I Love Bad UX1,041
user-experience
Collaboration: The Most Underrated UX Skill No One Talks About (sma)1,040
user-experience, collaboration, processes
The UX Butterfly Effect (mar/uxd)1,039
user-experience
Why Designers Get Stuck in the Details and How to Stop (sma)1,038
how-tos, processes
3 AI Websites That Will Blow Your Mind1,037
examples
The Death of Web Design: Why Websites Will Soon Auto-Design Themselves (web)1,036
ai, outlooks
5 Common Mistakes When Creating Design Specs1,035
videos, documentation, mistakes
AI Agents for Designers, Developers, and UX Strategists: What You Need to Know Now (web)1,034
user-experience, processes, ai
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology (jar)1,033
accessibility, assistive-tech, headings, semantics, html
Designing Calm: UX Principles for Reducing Users’ Anxiety (uxm)1,032
user-experience, principles
Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Mobile UX Design (uxm)1,031
ai, user-experience, mobile
Is Thinking Outside the Box Still Possible in a Cancel Culture World? (web)1,030
creativity, culture
The Role of Prototyping in Perfecting Product Designs (uxm)1,029
user-experience, prototyping
The Role of UX Design Strategy in Driving Product Adoption (uxm)1,028
user-experience, accessibility, strategies, product-management
No Country for Junior Designers (uxd)1,027
career
Design for Trust, Then for Possibility (uxd)1,026
user-experience
If You’re an Artist and You’re Discouraged by AI Art, You Need to Hear This1,025
art, ai, career
Why AI Interviews Could Be Bad News for Honest Designers (and)1,024
career, interviewing, ai
Behind the Scenes: How We Iterate on UI Copy (aut)1,023
content, microcontent, processes, case-studies, automattic
Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach to Creativity (sma)1,022
creativity, processes
My Glamorous Life: Broken by Design (zel)1,021
user-experience
Painting With the Web (mat/btc)1,020
videos, web, web-platform, typography
Learning Accessibility as a Designer (sil)1,019
accessibility, learning
Why I Skipped Figma and Prototyped in Code Instead (uxd)1,018
figma, ai, vibe-coding, prototyping
Designing AI With Purpose: The AI Intention Matrix (uxd)1,017
ai, product-management
The Tech Bro Era Is Fading—So Who’s Next to Shape Our Culture? (uxd)1,016
ai, user-experience, culture, community
There Should Be No AI Button1,015
ai, user-experience, buttons
UX Localization: Adapting User Interfaces for Diverse Cultures (uxm)1,014
user-experience, localization, product-management
The Future of Web Design: Will We Even Recognize It in 100 Years? (web)1,013
outlooks
Ignoring Character Limits Can Wreck Your Product’s UX1,012
user-experience, internationalization, localization
I Tried 50 AI Tools—Here’s How AI Is Changing the Way We Design1,011
ai, tooling
Color Contrast and Readability: The Cornerstones of Accessible Design1,010
accessibility, colors, contrast, readability, wcag
How to Validate Ideas Faster With No-Code Prototypes (uxm)1,009
how-tos, low-and-no-code, prototyping
The Oppressive Foundation of Minimalist Design (uxd)1,008
minimalism
Fixing Vercel’s Landing Page1,007
effects, landing-pages, vercel
Why Every Web Designer Secretly Hates Their Past Work (web)1,006
career
Out of Order (don)1,005
css, positioning
Inclusive Dark Mode: Designing Accessible Dark Themes for All Users (sma)1,004
accessibility, dark-mode
Why Do AI Company Logos Look Like Buttholes?1,003
logos, comparisons
7 UI/UX Principles Every Dev Should Know1,002
user-experience, principles
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)1,001
fonts, typography, usability, accessibility
What It Means to Shift Left on Accessibility and How to Do It Right (lul)1,000
accessibility, dei, culture, processes, collaboration, project-management, content-strategy, quality, training
Design for the AI Age999
ai
Designing AI for Cultural Diversity (uxm)998
ai, dei, culture
Four Rules for How Design Influences Technology (uxd)997
product-management, examples
How GenAIs Build Diverging Color Schemes (uxd)996
colors, color-palettes, ai, gemini
Design Isn’t Dead—You Sound Dumb (uxd)995
user-experience, ai
Whose Design Process? (uxd)994
ai, creativity, processes
Previewing Content Changes in Your Work With “document.designMode” (sma)993
browsers, dev-tools, javascript, content
Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design992
desktop, history, outlooks
Explaining UX Design Through the Lens of Construction (uxm)991
user-experience, processes, concepts
Bulk Actions: 3 Design Guidelines (nng)990
videos, guidelines, usability
Designers, Your Excuse Is Gone. Stunning, Animated, and Accessible. Yes, You Can! (bov)989
accessibility
The Hype and Risks of Vibe Coding (uxd)988
trends, processes, ai, vibe-coding
From Designing Things to Designing Change (uxd)987
principles, collaboration
Accessible Solutions Benefit Everyone: Here’s How (nng)986
videos, accessibility, examples
Truth, Lies, and Progress Bars (tyl/clo)985
progress-indicators
“I’m Not a Designer But…” (ada)984
usability, forms, ecommerce
Examples of Why the Web Needs Anchored Popovers (chr/fro)983
pop-overs, examples
Why I Like Designing in the Browser (tyl/clo)982
processes, browsers
A11y 101: 1.3.4 Orientation (nat)981
introductions, accessibility, wcag
The Figma Dilemma: Too Many Cooks, Too Few Decisions (web)980
figma, collaboration
In Defense of Text Labels (chr)979
labels, icons, images, usability
Accessible Design Checklist (lau/pen)978
accessibility, checklists
The Effort Paradox in AI Design (uxd)977
product-management, history
A Guide to AI Prototyping for Product Designers (uxd)976
guides, prototyping, ai, product-management
Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality or Fiction? (sma)975
usability, testing, ai
Tim Frick on Web Sustainability and Building a Greener Digital World974
interviews, content, hosting, sustainability
How I Review Design Work (ted/uxd)973
consistency, creativity, complexity, processes
A Really (Really) Long but Authentic History of Design Evolution in India (uxd)972
culture, history
Accessible UX Design: 6 Advanced Techniques to Elevate Your Process (a11)971
user-experience, accessibility, principles, techniques, processes
Getting the Relationship Between UX Design and Business Strategy Right (uxm)970
user-experience, product-management, strategies, economics, collaboration, business-relations
The Dark Side of UX: Lessons From OnlyFans’ Addictive Design (web)969
lessons, dark-patterns, ethics, user-experience, case-studies
Interaction Design Demands More Than Visual Creativity (uxd)968
interaction-design, design-systems, creativity
How to Test and Measure Content in UX (vit/sma)967
how-tos, user-experience, content, testing, analytics
Why Emojis Are the Ultimate User Interface (web)966
emoji, user-experience
Designing Accessible Website Navigation: Best Practices for Inclusive UX965
accessibility, user-experience, navigation
Designing for AI Engineers: UI Patterns You Need to Know (eve/uxd)964
design-patterns, principles, processes, ai
GitHub Copilot Brings Mockups to Life by Generating Code From Images (web)963
github-copilot, ai, images
My Experience as a Designer Working at Bit962
career
Extending the Cursor (kyl)961
interaction-design, cursors, examples
OKLCH, Explained for Designers960
colors, oklch
Figma Branches Best Practices959
figma, best-practices, collaboration, naming, processes
It’s Time for Design to Think Less and Feel More958
creativity
Designing for Clarity: How We Restructured Intercom’s Information Architecture957
information-architecture, case-studies
Emotional Intelligence in AI-Driven UX Design (uxm)956
user-experience, ai, personalization
Creating Generative Artwork With Three.js (cod)955
grids, art, libraries
Building Design Consistency: A Deep Dive Into Figma Variables at JW Player954
deep-dives, design-systems, design-tokens, consistency, figma, variables, case-studies
Nothing Moves953
animations
The Design Leader Dilemma (boa/sma)952
leadership, principles, policies, prioritization
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences951
how-tos, accessibility, html, semantics, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
The Top 20 Tools UX Designers Should Know (uxm)950
user-experience, tooling, link-lists
Preventing Ageism in Design: Digital Accessibility for Older Adults (tpg)949
accessibility, dei
Designer Problems: “Make the Logo Bigger!” (web)948
logos, images
The State of UX in 2025: A Love Letter About Change (fab/uxd)947
user-experience, outlooks
The Importance of Graceful Degradation in Accessible Interface Design (ele/sma)946
accessibility, user-experience, graceful-degradation, progressive-enhancement
The Importance of Hover States (uxd)945
interaction-design, link-lists
Googling Is for Old People: What This Means for Web Designers (web)944
mobile, search, google
The World Doesn’t Need More Managers—It Needs People Who Care Enough to Lead (uxd)943
leadership
Hints and Suggestions: The Design of Web Design (mia/btc)942
videos, css, cascade, history
The Danger of Defaults (nng)941
videos, usability
Blast From the Past: 2advanced.com (web)940
flash, history, case-studies
Designed With Care (rac)939
websites, books, accessibility, content, compliance
When Is It Time to Move Prototyping From Figma to ProtoPie? (uxd)938
prototyping, tooling, figma
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)937
videos, design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, documentation
The Semantic Interface Palette Is Simple (uxd)936
design-tokens, semantics, figma
Screenshot-Driven Development (bla/ope)935
processes, tooling
AI’s Transformative Impact on Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across the Industry (boa/sma)934
ai, processes, productivity
Addressing Users’ Painpoints: Best Practices for Identifying and Solving UX Design Problems (uxm)933
user-experience, legibility, responsive-design, performance
The Future of Voice User Interfaces (uxm)932
conversational-design, voice
The Root Causes for the Dev–Design Mismatch (ere/uxd)931
collaboration, processes
Reimagining Prototyping With AI (uxd)930
user-experience, prototyping, ai
Most Disabled People “Excluded” by Unfit Designs929
accessibility, dei
Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? (ope)928
career, javascript, css
Unlocking Accessibility: Content Designers Share Their Experience and Advice927
interviews, accessibility
A Guide to Designing Errors for Workflow Automation Platforms (uxd)926
guides, user-experience, errors
How Gestalt Principles Influence UX Design (uxm)925
user-experience, principles
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on UX Design (uxm)924
user-experience, ai, testing, optimization, personalization
The Psychology of Attention for UX Designers (uxm)923
user-experience
Designing for “How Might Things Go Wrong?” (uxd)922
user-experience, errors
Maintaining a Growth Mindset (uxd)921
career, leadership, link-lists
Designing for Anyone: The Power of Accessible Products920
accessibility, dei
How to Make a Tonal Color Palette by Stealing From Nature (fel/uxd)919
how-tos, color-palettes, colors, design-systems, contrast
Why 90’s Designs Are Coming Back (nng)918
videos, trends
Bad Design Is, Apparently, Hot (uxd)917
user-experience
Accessible Design: WCAG or Trendy? No, WCAG and Trendy! (wpa)916
videos, accessibility, wcag
Leveraging Usability-Testing Data in Making UX Design Decisions (uxm)915
user-experience, usability, testing
What Are the Roles of Interaction Design and Visual Interface Design? (uxm)914
interaction-design, processes
Lamenting About Good Design (uxd)913
Are You Considering the Developer’s Mental Model? (uxd)912
processes, research
The Design of Visited Links (niq)911
links
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)910
guides, fonts, typography, accessibility
Documentation Driven Design (ikn)909
documentation
The Value of Accessibility Annotations in Inclusive Design908
accessibility, dei, annotations
Designing for Privacy (uxm)907
privacy, cheat-sheets
How Effective UX Design Can Boost Business Success (uxm)906
user-experience, economics, user-conversion, mobile, navigation, performance
The Future of Voice User Interfaces and UX Design (uxm)905
outlooks, voice, user-experience
Designing for Accessibility: Enhancing Math Learning for the Blind Using the NVDA Screen Reader904
accessibility, nvda, screen-readers
21 UX Strategies to Maximize User Engagement Without Exploitation (uxd)903
user-experience, strategies, ethics
How a Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility (ele/sma)902
accessibility, processes
Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator of the Oklab Color Space (bjo+/sma)901
interviews, colors
A UX Designer Guide to Prompt (uxd)900
guides, user-experience, ai, prompting
Queering Design Systems Thinking (hey)899
design-systems, culture
Designing Effective Information Architectures for Large-Scale Web Sites (uxm)898
information-architecture, complexity, scalability
Designing for Digital Minimalism: Creating User Experiences That Support Mental Well-Being (uxm)897
user-experience, minimalism, simplicity
Understanding Cultural Norms to Design Inclusive User Experiences (uxm)896
user-experience, culture, dei
How to Manage Dangerous Actions in User Interfaces (sma)895
how-tos, interaction-design, microcontent
The Golden Ratio in CSS (sto)894
css, principles
Why Asking Questions Is a Vital Part of Growing as a Designer (uxd)893
career, communication
The Problem of the Em Square (uxd)892
typography, history
Good UX Is Not Just About Minimizing Clicks (uxd)891
user-experience, principles, processes
Weird Web October890
websites, web
Rethinking CSS in JS889
css, javascript, css-in-js, design-systems, maintenance, state-management
Simplicity888
simplicity
UX Design Isn’t Dead, You’re Just Confused (uxd)887
user-experience, career
Another Stab at Truncated Text (geo/css)886
accessibility, usability, css
Ugly Websites Sell Better885
processes, testing, optimization
Stuck in the Steps? (uxd)884
processes
Are Design Systems Just a Bandaid? (uxd)883
design-systems, product-management
Mastering Typography in Logo Design (sma)882
typography, images, logos
Fluid Typography in Design Systems: From Design to Code (fel/uxd)881
typography, design-systems, design-tokens
The Monospace Web880
fonts
From RPGs to UX: How Progress Indicators Affect User Engagement (uxd)879
user-experience, progress-indicators
How Good UX Design Can Transform Lead Generation (uxm)878
user-experience, user-conversion
The Role of Sound Design in UX Design: Beyond Notifications and Alerts (uxm)877
user-experience, multimedia
Designing for Accessibility: A Checklist for Designers876
accessibility, checklists
How to Defend Your Design Process (vit/sma)875
how-tos, processes
Alternatives to Using Pure Black (“#000000”) for Text and Backgrounds (ser)874
colors, backgrounds, accessibility
“font-size” Limbo (seb)873
typography, css
We Don’t Need a Boss, We Need a Process (mia)872
leadership, processes, collaboration
SOLID Principles for Designers871
solid, principles
The Role of Generative AI in Shaping Next-Gen UX Strategies (uxm)870
ai, user-experience, strategies
The Benefits of Learning Programming as a Designer (uxd)869
career, learning, programming
Tabs, Used Right (nng)868
design-patterns, navigation, usability
The Evolution of Attention (uxd)867
case-studies
The Future Is Up for Grabs When Anyone Can Make Designs (uxd)866
ai
Designing for Forgiveness: How to Create Error-Tolerant Interfaces (uxd)865
interaction-design, errors, user-experience
Closing the Designer–Developer Gap864
career, collaboration, processes
Why Designers Don’t Like Design Systems863
design-systems, creativity
Designing Design Systems: Constructing an Icon System862
design-systems, icons, images, case-studies
Why Not All Voices Should Be Equal in the Design Process (uxd)861
policies, prioritization, dei
Getting to the Bottom of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size (eri/sma)860
accessibility, wcag, css
How to Make Tables Fit on Small Screens (uxd)859
how-tos, responsive-design, information-design, tables, mobile
Character Modeling in CSS (jul/css)858
videos, css, creativity, effects
Why Designers Need to Be More Like Gardeners (uxd)857
sustainability
3 Design Tips From a Gorgeous New Landing Page856
videos, tips-and-tricks, landing-pages
How to Check and Document Design Accessibility in Your Mockups (ste)855
how-tos, auditing, documentation, prototyping, accessibility
Homepage Design: 4 Common Mistakes (nng)854
videos, homepages, usability, mistakes
Bad Design Is Like a Virus: Design Defects and Latent Failures (uxd)853
Designing Multimodal Interfaces: Voice + Screen (uxd)852
voice, prototyping
A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People851
accessibility, guides, colors, color-blindness
Creativity Is the Byproduct of Work (fon)850
processes, creativity
Why Toggle Switches Suck (and What to Do Instead) (ada)849
toggles, usability, anti-patterns
Figma AI (chs)848
figma, ai
Checkboxes: Design Guidelines (nng)847
forms, guidelines, conventions
The Time for Designers to Learn to Code Is Now (bel/pic)846
career, tooling, training, link-lists
The Design Purity Trap and How to Escape It (ber)845
creativity
Why Do Designers Become Managers? (uxd)844
career
Concept843
concepts
Is It Good Design, or Does It Just Look Good? (uxd)842
Design Extremes of Custom Accessibility Actions841
accessibility, customization
Tracking the Impact of Our Content Design Work (uxd)840
content, metrics
How Top HR Agencies Build Trust Through Logo Designs839
images, logos, branding
Some UX Design Principles Startups Should Know838
user-experience, principles
The Way We Design AI Looks Like Nostalgia Already (uxd)837
ai
Design Without Process, or the Form Factor Trap (pav)836
processes
Writing Your First Visual Regression Check in Playwright835
testing, regressions, playwright
Can You Be Creative Just by Creating?834
creativity
What Comes After Flat Design? (mar/uxd)833
flat-design, trends
Glassmorphism: Definition and Best Practices (nng)832
effects, best-practices
Is AI Killing Human Passion? (uxd)831
ai, creativity
The Power of Beauty in Communicating Complex Ideas830
aesthetics, art, craft, communication
Decision Trees for UI Components (vit/sma)829
components, processes
3 Essential Design Trends, June 2024 (web)828
trends
What We Can Learn From the Guy Who Regrets Making Pop-Up Ads (bet/uxd)827
pop-ups, ai
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)826
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, documentation, terminology, concepts
Did We Fail to Develop the Next Generation of Designers? (uxd)825
career, leadership, history
Kawaii Computing: What VTubers Can Teach Us About Design (uxd)824
user-experience, culture
UI Density823
information-design, metrics
The Art of Not Being So Freaking Pushy (uxd)822
user-experience, microcontent, buttons
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)821
terminology
On Which Side Do We Put the Primary Button? (mar/uxd)820
usability, buttons
Transforming the Relationship Between Designers and Developers (sma)819
collaboration, processes
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (vit/sma)818
career, communication, terminology
AI Isn’t Ready for UX Design (nng)817
videos, user-experience, ai
Designers Are More Than Keywords and Portfolios (uxd)816
user-experience, career
AI Product Design: Identifying Skills Gaps and How to Close Them (uxd)815
ai, processes
Design Taste vs. Technical Skills in the Era of AI (nng)814
programming, ai, comparisons
How to Archive Your Design System Effectively (uxd)813
how-tos, design-systems, processes
Using AI to Predict Design Trends (web)812
ai, trends
Composability in Design Systems (ada)811
design-systems, components
How to Design Accessible Forms in 10 Steps (uxd)810
how-tos, accessibility, forms
The Polish Paradox809
optimization, user-experience
The Picture-Superiority Effect: Harness the Power of Visuals (nng)808
images, information-design
Design Déjà Vu (mal)807
html, css, history, comparisons
F-Shape Pattern and How Users Read (vit/sma)806
usability
Notes on Quality805
user-experience, quality
3 Essential Design Trends, May 2024 (web)804
trends
How I Use Generative AI in Branding803
ai, branding, principles
Make Product Design Great Again (uxd)802
user-experience, product-management
Why We Are Still Using 88×31 Buttons801
images, history
Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things (nik)800
css, centering
Ethics in Times of Growth Design799
ethics
Unleashing Designers With Tailwind CSS798
videos, tailwind, processes
Control Your Vertigo—the Unspoken Rule for Defending Design Decisions (uxd)797
user-experience
Figma Prototypes vs. HTML Prototypes (ada)796
processes, prototyping, figma, html, comparisons
Misinformation and Disinformation Online: What Design Can Do to Remedy This Problem (uxm)795
communication
What Is Whitespace? (nng)794
videos, whitespace, concepts, terminology
Should Designers Code? (bra)793
career
Breakpoints in Responsive Design (nng)792
responsive-design, usability
The Detail, the Quality791
quality
Design Is a Process of Getting Stuck (fon)790
processes
What Negative Effects Does a Bad Website Design Have on My Business? (web)789
economics
Convention Over Creativity? The Ups and Downs of UX Design (uxd)788
user-experience
Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks787
user-experience, principles
How Web-Site Design and Social Media Work Together (uxm)786
content, social-media
A Designer’s Role Is Not “at the Table” (uxd)785
career
Why UI Designers Should Understand Flexbox and CSS Grid (uxd)784
layout, flexbox, grids, css
Homepage Design: 5 Fundamental Principles (nng)783
homepages, principles
Skeuomorphism (nng)782
terminology
How to Design Icons in Figma781
how-tos, images, icons, figma
The Essential Guide to Microcopy and Becoming a More Literate Designer780
guides, microcontent, content, writing
10 Figma Keyboard Shortcuts: A Cheat Sheet for UX Designers779
figma, keyboard-shortcuts, cheat-sheets
Sometimes, a Button Just Wants to Look Like a Button778
usability, buttons
90% of Designers are Unhirable? (uxd)777
processes, career
Best Practices for Inclusive Design776
dei, accessibility, best-practices
How to Ensure Your Designs Work if You Can’t Access Sample Data (uxd)775
how-tos, usability, metrics, testing
Achieving Design Collegiality While Maintaining Psychological Safety (uxm)774
collaboration
Designing for Mobile Accessibility: Enhancing the User Experience on Small Screens (uxm)773
accessibility, user-experience, mobile
Web Tech Trends to Watch in 2024 and Beyond (web)772
trends, dark-mode, ai, sustainability, minimalism
What Is Inclusive Design, and How Does It Relate to Accessibility?771
dei, accessibility
Creativity Lies in the Paradoxes (uxd)770
creativity
The 3 Capabilities Designers Need to Build for the AI Era (uxd)769
career, training, ai, link-lists
The Power of Patterns and Playbooks in Content Design (kat/uxd)768
content, design-patterns
A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People (vit/sma)767
guides, accessibility, colors, color-blindness
“Web Design as a Process” in Charts: Maintenance, Decay, Tech Debt, and Big Bang Launching (j9t)766
content, design-debt, technical-debt, maintenance, processes, visualization
UI = ƒ(statesⁿ) (dav)765
state-management
A Practical Guide to Designing for Children (vit/sma)764
guides, link-lists
Names Are Complex: Displaying Initials for an Avatar Component in a Design System (hey)763
naming, case-studies
A Guide to Designing for Older Adults (vit/sma)762
guides, accessibility
Designing User Onboarding: Lessons From Figma, Duolingo, and More (uxd)761
lessons, onboarding, user-experience, figma
UI Elements Are Not So Elementary (uxd)760
design-patterns
Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2024 (web)759
tooling, link-lists
Visual Hierarchy: Making User Experiences Easier to Understand (uxm)758
user-experience, hierarchy
The Loss of the Process in the Name of Progress (uxd)757
creativity, productivity, processes
Futuring With Design (uxd)756
creativity, processes
5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024 (web)755
responsive-design, seo
Five Future Roles for Designers (jar)754
career, outlooks
The AI Dilemma in Graphic Design: Steering Towards Excellence in Typography and Beyond (sma)753
ai, typography
7 Mobile UX Design Tools to Supercharge Your Design Process (uxm)752
tooling, link-lists
Mind the Accessibility Gaps—Most of Accessibility Issues Originate in Design and How to Fix That (cer)751
accessibility, html, aria
What Is Our Design Intention? (uxd)750
processes
AI Art Is the New Stock Image (ia)749
ai, images
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing (uxd)748
guides, social-media
Are You Boring Your Interviewer by Over-Explaining Context? (uxd)747
career, interviewing
Design Is Not Really a Thing (uxd)746
user-experience
Designing Better Target Sizes (sha)745
accessibility, best-practices
Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices (uxd)744
processes
Figma Is Not Forever743
tooling, figma
AI Vertigo: Where Do We Go From Here as Designers? (uxd)742
ai, career
Oh Shit Banners (eri)741
history
Design Better Pagination740
navigation, pagination
7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024 (web)739
outlooks
Everything You Need to Know About Responsive Logo Design (web)738
branding, images, logos, responsive-design
Recapturing Early-Internet Whimsy With HTML (tec)737
html, trends, art, decoration
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic736
design-tokens, semantics
Good Design Is Subjective, Contextual, and Intentional (uxd)735
processes
Can UX Design Actually Be Ethical? (uxd)734
user-experience, ethics
Why Designers Quit (2023 Report) (uxd)733
career
Signals of Interface Quality732
quality
Dark Design Patterns Catalog731
user-experience, dark-patterns
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)730
guidelines, usability
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)729
guides, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)728
guides, product-management, processes
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX (fab/uxd)727
user-experience, outlooks
Why Carousels Don’t Work726
carousels, user-experience
Is the Flat Design Trend Finally Over? (uxd)725
flat-design, trends
A More Holistic Design Workflow: Gluing Jira, Figma, and Zeplin Together (uxd)724
processes, atlassian, figma
Does Web Design Matter?723
web
Design That Scales722
books, design-systems, scalability, processes
Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers (tra/evi)721
best-practices
“An Accessible Website Won’t Be Beautiful”… Really?!720
aesthetics, accessibility
Are Design Ethics Useless? (koo)719
ethics
Test Often to Keep Your Designs Simple718
prototyping, testing, simplicity
Until the Right Design Emerges…717
Designing for Accessibility Beyond Compliance (uxd)716
accessibility, compliance
Designing Web Design Documentation (fre/sma)715
documentation, design-systems
Growing Design by Letting Teams Experience It714
AI Is the New UI (uxd)713
ai
The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (uxm)712
user-experience, prototyping
Breaking Down a Design (jam)711
Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For?710
design-patterns, modals
It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (hbu)709
web, career
The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (nng)708
mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
Why Companies Kill Great Design (uxd)707
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)706
guides, navigation, usability
Hey Designers, They’re Gaslighting You705
career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing704
typography, fonts
The Cost of Obsessing Over Design Perfection (uxd)703
processes, career
The Future of Web Design: Emerging AI Technologies and Trends (uxm)702
outlooks, trends, ai
Why Is Creativity So Blurry, and Am I Creative? (uxd)701
creativity, career
The Real Value of Tokens (uxd)700
design-tokens
Style Is Consistent Constraint699
consistency
Is Atomic Design Dead? (bra)698
videos, atomic-design