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Entry (Sources) and Other Related TopicsDate#
Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow (bel/btc)1,145
videos, resilience, communication
A New Navigation Paradigm1,144
ai, navigation
What an Accessibility Conference Taught Me About Designing for All1,143
accessibility
Critique1,142
craft, collaboration, processes
The End of Dashboards and Design Systems1,141
design-systems
The Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering (yan)1,140
processes, collaboration
Why Web Design Must Finally Break Free From Its Graphic Design Roots (web)1,139
print, ai, career
When the Dark Pattern Is a Glaring Green Checkmark (uxd)1,138
user-experience, dark-patterns
Ethical Defaults: Why Designers Must Stop Hiding Behind Settings (web)1,137
ethics
“Move Fast and Don’t Break Things”—What Four Startups Taught Me About Execution1,136
career, product-management, engineering-management
Good Visual Design, Explained (nng)1,135
principles, quality
Guiding the Future of Ethical Design (uxd)1,134
ethics
Material 3 Expressive: Building on the Failures of Flat Design (uxd)1,133
google, material-design, flat-design, link-lists
10 Tiny UI Fixes That Make a Big Difference (uxd)1,132
forms, spacing, alignment, consistency, hierarchy, usability, best-practices
Brutalism in the AI Era: Why Ugly Might Be the Only Honest Aesthetic Left (web)1,131
The Fundamentals Problem (chr)1,130
fundamentals, prioritization
Dark Mode Is the New Comic Sans (and You Know It) (web)1,129
dark-mode, accessibility
Why I Don’t Test Different Designs at the Same Time (ada)1,128
testing
Evergreen Web Design Is a Lie (but Maybe That’s Okay) (web)1,127
creativity
Developers Shouldn’t Learn Design—Designers Shouldn’t Code (phi)1,126
programming, processes, collaboration, project-management
Getting Creative With Small Screens (mal/css)1,125
responsive-design, mobile, css
The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Right (web)1,124
How Designers Become Builders and the Future of Tooling1,123
videos, github
The Curse of the Custom Cursor (mal)1,122
cursors, accessibility
The Edge Cases That Break Hearts (and Products) (lau/nng)1,121
usability, accessibility, user-experience
The Hidden Costs of Bad Client Communication in Design Projects (and How to Fix Them)1,120
business-relations, communication, collaboration
Error Handling—UX Design Patterns (uxd)1,119
user-experience, errors, forms
My Work Is Human (doo)1,118
ai, career
The Two Button Problem (chr/fro)1,117
buttons, usability
Why Accessibility Breaks Between Design and Development (a11)1,116
accessibility, processes, collaboration, testing
Designers Often Do Invisible Work That Matters—Here’s How to Show It (uxd)1,115
user-experience, communication
AI in UX: Achieve More With Less (boa/sma)1,114
user-experience, ai, processes
Claude for Code: How to Use Claude to Streamline Product Design Process1,113
how-tos, claude, anthropic, ai, processes
5 Things to Do to Avoid Prompt Treadmill When Crafting Design With AI1,112
ai, prompting, processes
Inattentional Blindness in Interfaces (nng)1,111
videos, usability
The Grayscale Problem (sma)1,110
colors
Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26 (nng)1,109
liquid-glass, usability, apple, mobile
The Worst Designer I’ve Ever Worked With Was Also the Most Productive (ren)1,108
productivity
Is It Time to Kill the Sidebar? (web)1,107
navigation, minimalism
When Case Studies Become Anti-UX (uxd)1,106
user-experience, anti-patterns
Eyeing Accessibility Deadline, States Root Out Ancient Web Issues (col/sta)1,105
accessibility
When Design Drives Behavior (jas)1,104
The Designer–Developer Handoff Is Still Broken—Why? (web)1,103
collaboration, culture, design-systems, ai
Why Designers Abandoned Their Dreams of Changing the World (edw/fin)1,102
career
Designers Should Look to Demis Hassabis—Not Jony Ive1,101
Design Attractors (don)1,100
design-systems, ai
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)1,099
fonts, variable-fonts
Design Dialects: Breaking the Rules, Not the System (ali)1,098
design-systems
The 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know (web)1,097
user-experience, principles
Why You Should Care About Design Context (fig)1,096
design-systems
Welcome to the Entry-Level Void: What Happens When Junior Design Jobs Disappear? (car/its)1,095
career, ai
Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation (mal/sma)1,094
animations, principles, css
Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity (web)1,093
creativity
Light and Shade: Exploring Creativity’s AI Conundrum (its)1,092
creativity, ai
Why Taste Matters More1,091
ai
What Is Web Design in 2025? (web)1,090
tooling, ai, collaboration, craft
Your Next Design Might Be Your Last (uxd)1,089
prioritization
Simplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors (web)1,088
simplicity, complexity, marketing
You Suck as a Design Leader (pro)1,087
leadership, career, ai
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)1,086
podcasts, interviews, typography, fonts
Design Has Never Been More Important: Inside Shopify’s Acquisition of Molly (cod)1,085
ai, ecommerce, shopify, case-studies
The Web Behind Glass (med)1,084
effects, liquid-glass, apple, best-practices
20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (and How to Fix Them (web)1,083
navigation, myths
You Don’t Need Animations (emi)1,082
animations
Vibe Design for Designers (uxd)1,081
ai
Anatomy of Good Icons (nng)1,080
videos, icons, images
Design Is a Conversation (uxd)1,079
communication, ai
The Design of Shallow Thinking (uxd)1,078
web, retrospectives
7 Top 2025 Web Design Trends1,077
trends, simplicity, performance, dark-mode, accessibility, ai, content
Prompting Is a Design Act: How to Brief, Guide, and Iterate With AI (sma)1,076
ai, prompting
The History of Themeable User Interfaces (bra)1,075
theming, history
Designing for Discovery: Why AI and Accessibility Are Now UX Priorities (web)1,074
ai, accessibility, user-experience
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)1,073
history, html, css, javascript, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Design Systems: The True Source of Frontend Peace (cod)1,072
design-systems
Universal Design vs. Inclusive Design (ons/tpg)1,071
accessibility, dei, concepts, comparisons
Web Design: What Is the Web Capable of That Is Hard to Express in Design Software? (chr/fro)1,070
interaction-design, tooling
Has Efficiency Killed Beauty? A Designer’s Search for Meaning (uxd)1,069
efficiency, user-experience, history
Designing With AI, Not Around It: Practical Advanced Techniques for Product Design Use Cases (sma)1,068
ai, techniques, processes, product-management
Getting Creative With Quotes (mal/css)1,067
css
Your A/B Tests Are Lying to You—the Myth of Data Driven Design (web)1,066
testing, myths
Think Twice Before Adopting the AI Label (uxd)1,065
ai, product-management
Skeleton Screens Are Just Gray Lies We Tell Ourselves (web)1,064
placeholders, performance
Nobody Waits for Your Fancy Animations Anymore (and They Never Really Did) (web)1,063
animations, parallax, effects, performance, user-experience
It’s Incredible How Many Bad User Experiences Are Still Out There in 2025 (uxd)1,062
user-experience
Design System Deviation Is a Signal (ben)1,061
design-systems, metrics
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)1,060
effects, liquid-glass, apple, css, examples
Neo-Brutalism: Breaking Rules, Loudly (uxd)1,059
history, trends
AI Has Flipped Software Development1,058
ai, programming, prototyping, processes
AI Won’t Kill UX—We Will (uxd)1,057
ai, user-experience, creativity
Design Systems in 2025: Why They’re the Blueprint for Consistent UX1,056
design-systems, user-experience, consistency
How Formatting Text in Web Design Increases Conversions (web)1,055
user-conversion
Designing for User Font-Size and Zoom (mia/odd)1,054
typography, zooming, css, units, functions
The Communication Crisis That’s Killing UX Design Careers (uxm)1,053
user-experience, career, communication, ai, accessibility
The Evolving Role of AI in User Experience (uxm)1,052
user-experience, ai, trends
AI Might Be the Best Thing to Happen to Design Communication (uxd)1,051
ai, communication, processes
AI Tools + AI Fluency + Human Advantage = AI-Native Designer (uxd)1,050
user-experience, ai, tooling, career, link-lists
Design Patterns for AI Interfaces (vit/sma)1,049
ai, design-patterns, agent-experience
Improving Design Critiques (uxd)1,048
processes, communication, optimization
Benchmarking in UX—an Organizational Framework (uxd)1,047
user-experience, processes, research
We Studied 100 Dev Tool Landing Pages—Here’s What Really Works in 2025 (tra/evi)1,046
landing-pages, comparisons
When Accessibility Standards Slip, Design Steps Up1,045
accessibility
Design Is Flattening. So, How Will You Fight for Your Users? (ian/uxd)1,044
user-experience
24 UX Design Principles of the Build-for Framework (uxm)1,043
user-experience, principles
Designing Information Architecture: Design Principles (pab/uxm)1,042
books, information-architecture, principles
The Masked Side of Design Leadership (uxd)1,041
leadership
When Figma Starts Designing Us (run/des)1,040
figma, tooling
AI Didn’t Kill Web Design—Templates Did It First (web)1,039
ai
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Rise of the Designer as Influencer (goo/its)1,038
social-media, career
Why Designers Sound Negative (and Why That’s a Good Thing) (and)1,037
communication, collaboration
10 Figma Shortcuts That Will Cut Your Design Time in Half (uxd)1,036
figma, keyboard-shortcuts, productivity
CLS Is the New Page Speed: Why Designers Need to Care More Than Developers (web)1,035
performance, web-vitals, user-experience
Design Is a Language (uxd)1,034
communication
Guide to Custom UI for Augmented Reality (uxd)1,033
guides, xr, link-lists
The Eleven Commandments of AI UX (uxd)1,032
ai, user-experience, principles
Stop Using Hero Images! They’re Killing Your UX (web)1,031
images, user-experience
Implement WCAG Rules in Your Infographics (a11)1,030
accessibility, wcag, visualization, images, alt-text, contrast, colors
Liquid Glass, Fragile UX, and Why I Wanted 2 Weeks Before Writing About It (uxd)1,029
effects, liquid-glass, apple, user-experience
Dear Loading Spinner, We Need to Talk (web)1,028
user-experience
Design Leadership in the Age of AI: Seize the Narrative Before It’s Too Late (and)1,027
leadership, ai
Quality Is a Trap (eri)1,026
quality
The Hovercar Framework for Deliberate Product Design (lea)1,025
product-management, concepts
Design and Code Microcopy Style Guide (uxd)1,024
guides, microcontent
The Evolution of UX Design in the Age of AI Platforms—from Creator to Choreographer (uxm)1,023
user-experience, ai, collaboration, career
How to Define a Distinctive Design Language (uxd)1,022
how-tos, user-experience
Design Is Care (and Sensing Carelessness) (ben)1,021
The Future of Content Design in an AI World (uxd)1,020
content, ai, outlooks
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is It Recognizable? (nng)1,019
navigation, icons, usability
Just a Designer Now: Shopify Dropped UX as a Title (uxd)1,018
career, shopify
The Designer’s Hierarchy of Career Needs (chr)1,017
career
Grids 1011,016
videos, introductions, grids, layout
I Love Bad UX1,015
user-experience
Collaboration: The Most Underrated UX Skill No One Talks About (sma)1,014
user-experience, collaboration, processes
The UX Butterfly Effect (mar/uxd)1,013
user-experience
Why Designers Get Stuck in the Details and How to Stop (sma)1,012
how-tos, processes
3 AI Websites That Will Blow Your Mind1,011
examples
The Death of Web Design: Why Websites Will Soon Auto-Design Themselves (web)1,010
ai, outlooks
5 Common Mistakes When Creating Design Specs1,009
videos, documentation, mistakes
AI Agents for Designers, Developers, and UX Strategists: What You Need to Know Now (web)1,008
user-experience, processes, ai
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology (jar)1,007
accessibility, assistive-tech, headings, semantics, html
Designing Calm: UX Principles for Reducing Users’ Anxiety (uxm)1,006
user-experience, principles
Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Mobile UX Design (uxm)1,005
ai, user-experience, mobile
Is Thinking Outside the Box Still Possible in a Cancel Culture World? (web)1,004
creativity, culture
The Role of Prototyping in Perfecting Product Designs (uxm)1,003
user-experience, prototyping
The Role of UX Design Strategy in Driving Product Adoption (uxm)1,002
user-experience, accessibility, strategies, product-management
No Country for Junior Designers (uxd)1,001
career
Design for Trust, Then for Possibility (uxd)1,000
user-experience
If You’re an Artist and You’re Discouraged by AI Art, You Need to Hear This999
art, ai, career
Why AI Interviews Could Be Bad News for Honest Designers (and)998
career, interviewing, ai
Behind the Scenes: How We Iterate on UI Copy (aut)997
content, microcontent, processes, case-studies, automattic
Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach to Creativity (sma)996
creativity, processes
My Glamorous Life: Broken by Design (zel)995
user-experience
Painting With the Web (mat/btc)994
videos, web, web-platform, typography
Why I Skipped Figma and Prototyped in Code Instead (uxd)993
figma, ai, vibe-coding, prototyping
Designing AI With Purpose: The AI Intention Matrix (uxd)992
ai, product-management
The Tech Bro Era Is Fading—So Who’s Next to Shape Our Culture? (uxd)991
ai, user-experience, culture, community
There Should Be No AI Button990
ai, user-experience, buttons
UX Localization: Adapting User Interfaces for Diverse Cultures (uxm)989
user-experience, localization, product-management
The Future of Web Design: Will We Even Recognize It in 100 Years? (web)988
outlooks
Ignoring Character Limits Can Wreck Your Product’s UX987
user-experience, internationalization, localization
I Tried 50 AI Tools—Here’s How AI Is Changing the Way We Design986
ai, tooling
Color Contrast and Readability: The Cornerstones of Accessible Design985
accessibility, colors, contrast, readability, wcag
How to Validate Ideas Faster With No-Code Prototypes (uxm)984
how-tos, low-and-no-code, prototyping
The Oppressive Foundation of Minimalist Design (uxd)983
minimalism
Fixing Vercel’s Landing Page982
effects, landing-pages, vercel
Why Every Web Designer Secretly Hates Their Past Work (web)981
career
Out of Order (don)980
css, positioning
Inclusive Dark Mode: Designing Accessible Dark Themes for All Users (sma)979
accessibility, dark-mode
Why Do AI Company Logos Look Like Buttholes?978
logos, comparisons
7 UI/UX Principles Every Dev Should Know977
user-experience, principles
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)976
fonts, typography, usability, accessibility
What It Means to Shift Left on Accessibility and How to Do It Right (lul)975
accessibility, dei, culture, processes, collaboration, project-management, content-strategy, quality, training
Design for the AI Age974
ai
Designing AI for Cultural Diversity (uxm)973
ai, dei, culture
Four Rules for How Design Influences Technology (uxd)972
product-management, examples
How GenAIs Build Diverging Color Schemes (uxd)971
colors, color-palettes, ai, gemini
Design Isn’t Dead—You Sound Dumb (uxd)970
user-experience, ai
Whose Design Process? (uxd)969
ai, creativity, processes
Previewing Content Changes in Your Work With “document.designMode” (sma)968
browsers, dev-tools, javascript, content
Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design967
desktop, history, outlooks
Explaining UX Design Through the Lens of Construction (uxm)966
user-experience, processes, concepts
Bulk Actions: 3 Design Guidelines (nng)965
videos, guidelines, usability
Designers, Your Excuse Is Gone. Stunning, Animated, and Accessible. Yes, You Can! (bov)964
accessibility
The Hype and Risks of Vibe Coding (uxd)963
trends, processes, ai, vibe-coding
From Designing Things to Designing Change (uxd)962
principles, collaboration
Accessible Solutions Benefit Everyone: Here’s How (nng)961
videos, accessibility, examples
Truth, Lies, and Progress Bars (tyl/clo)960
progress-indicators
“I’m Not a Designer But…” (ada)959
usability, forms, ecommerce
Examples of Why the Web Needs Anchored Popovers (chr/fro)958
pop-overs, examples
Why I Like Designing in the Browser (tyl/clo)957
processes, browsers
A11y 101: 1.3.4 Orientation (nat)956
introductions, accessibility, wcag
The Figma Dilemma: Too Many Cooks, Too Few Decisions (web)955
figma, collaboration
In Defense of Text Labels (chr)954
labels, icons, images, usability
Accessible Design Checklist (lau/pen)953
accessibility, checklists
The Effort Paradox in AI Design (uxd)952
product-management, history
A Guide to AI Prototyping for Product Designers (uxd)951
guides, prototyping, ai, product-management
Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality or Fiction? (sma)950
usability, testing, ai
Tim Frick on Web Sustainability and Building a Greener Digital World949
interviews, content, hosting, sustainability
How I Review Design Work (ted/uxd)948
consistency, creativity, complexity, processes
A Really (Really) Long but Authentic History of Design Evolution in India (uxd)947
culture, history
Accessible UX Design: 6 Advanced Techniques to Elevate Your Process (a11)946
user-experience, accessibility, principles, techniques, processes
Getting the Relationship Between UX Design and Business Strategy Right (uxm)945
user-experience, product-management, strategies, economics, collaboration, business-relations
The Dark Side of UX: Lessons From OnlyFans’ Addictive Design (web)944
lessons, dark-patterns, ethics, user-experience, case-studies
Interaction Design Demands More Than Visual Creativity (uxd)943
interaction-design, design-systems, creativity
How to Test and Measure Content in UX (vit/sma)942
how-tos, user-experience, content, testing, analytics
Why Emojis Are the Ultimate User Interface (web)941
emoji, user-experience
Designing Accessible Website Navigation: Best Practices for Inclusive UX940
accessibility, user-experience, navigation
Designing for AI Engineers: UI Patterns You Need to Know (eve/uxd)939
design-patterns, principles, processes, ai
GitHub Copilot Brings Mockups to Life by Generating Code From Images (web)938
github-copilot, ai, images
My Experience as a Designer Working at Bit937
career
Extending the Cursor (kyl)936
interaction-design, cursors, examples
OKLCH, Explained for Designers935
colors, oklch
Figma Branches Best Practices934
figma, best-practices, collaboration, naming, processes
It’s Time for Design to Think Less and Feel More933
creativity
Designing for Clarity: How We Restructured Intercom’s Information Architecture932
information-architecture, case-studies
Emotional Intelligence in AI-Driven UX Design (uxm)931
user-experience, ai, personalization
Creating Generative Artwork With Three.js (cod)930
grids, art, libraries
Building Design Consistency: A Deep Dive Into Figma Variables at JW Player929
deep-dives, design-systems, design-tokens, consistency, figma, variables, case-studies
Nothing Moves928
animations
The Design Leader Dilemma (boa/sma)927
leadership, principles, policies, prioritization
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences926
how-tos, accessibility, html, semantics, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
The Top 20 Tools UX Designers Should Know (uxm)925
user-experience, tooling, link-lists
Preventing Ageism in Design: Digital Accessibility for Older Adults (tpg)924
accessibility, dei
Designer Problems: “Make the Logo Bigger!” (web)923
logos, images
The Importance of Graceful Degradation in Accessible Interface Design (sma)922
accessibility, user-experience, graceful-degradation, progressive-enhancement
The State of UX in 2025: A Love Letter About Change (fab/uxd)921
user-experience, outlooks
The Importance of Hover States (uxd)920
interaction-design, link-lists
Googling Is for Old People: What This Means for Web Designers (web)919
mobile, search, google
The World Doesn’t Need More Managers—It Needs People Who Care Enough to Lead (uxd)918
leadership
Hints and Suggestions: The Design of Web Design (mia/btc)917
videos, css, cascade, history
The Danger of Defaults (nng)916
videos, usability
Blast From the Past: 2advanced.com (web)915
flash, history, case-studies
Designed With Care (rac)914
websites, books, accessibility, content, compliance
When Is It Time to Move Prototyping From Figma to ProtoPie? (uxd)913
prototyping, tooling, figma
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)912
videos, design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, documentation
The Semantic Interface Palette Is Simple (uxd)911
design-tokens, semantics, figma
Screenshot-Driven Development (bla/ope)910
processes, tooling
AI’s Transformative Impact on Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across the Industry (boa/sma)909
ai, processes, productivity
Addressing Users’ Painpoints: Best Practices for Identifying and Solving UX Design Problems (uxm)908
user-experience, legibility, responsive-design, performance
The Future of Voice User Interfaces (uxm)907
conversational-design, voice
The Root Causes for the Dev–Design Mismatch (ere/uxd)906
collaboration, processes
Reimagining Prototyping With AI (uxd)905
user-experience, prototyping, ai
Most Disabled People “Excluded” by Unfit Designs904
accessibility, dei
Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? (ope)903
career, javascript, css
Unlocking Accessibility: Content Designers Share Their Experience and Advice902
interviews, accessibility
A Guide to Designing Errors for Workflow Automation Platforms (uxd)901
guides, user-experience, errors
How Gestalt Principles Influence UX Design (uxm)900
user-experience, principles
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on UX Design (uxm)899
user-experience, ai, testing, optimization, personalization
The Psychology of Attention for UX Designers (uxm)898
user-experience
Designing for “How Might Things Go Wrong?” (uxd)897
user-experience, errors
Maintaining a Growth Mindset (uxd)896
career, leadership, link-lists
Designing for Anyone: The Power of Accessible Products895
accessibility, dei
How to Make a Tonal Color Palette by Stealing From Nature (fel/uxd)894
how-tos, color-palettes, colors, design-systems, contrast
Why 90’s Designs Are Coming Back (nng)893
videos, trends
Bad Design Is, Apparently, Hot (uxd)892
user-experience
Accessible Design: WCAG or Trendy? No, WCAG and Trendy! (wpa)891
videos, accessibility, wcag
Leveraging Usability-Testing Data in Making UX Design Decisions (uxm)890
user-experience, usability, testing
What Are the Roles of Interaction Design and Visual Interface Design? (uxm)889
interaction-design, processes
Lamenting About Good Design (uxd)888
Are You Considering the Developer’s Mental Model? (uxd)887
processes, research
The Design of Visited Links (niq)886
links
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)885
guides, fonts, typography, accessibility
Documentation Driven Design (ikn)884
documentation
The Value of Accessibility Annotations in Inclusive Design883
accessibility, dei, annotations
Designing for Privacy (uxm)882
privacy, cheat-sheets
How Effective UX Design Can Boost Business Success (uxm)881
user-experience, economics, user-conversion, mobile, navigation, performance
The Future of Voice User Interfaces and UX Design (uxm)880
outlooks, voice, user-experience
Designing for Accessibility: Enhancing Math Learning for the Blind Using the NVDA Screen Reader879
accessibility, nvda, screen-readers
21 UX Strategies to Maximize User Engagement Without Exploitation (uxd)878
user-experience, strategies, ethics
How a Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility (sma)877
accessibility, processes
Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator of the Oklab Color Space (bjo+/sma)876
interviews, colors
A UX Designer Guide to Prompt (uxd)875
guides, user-experience, ai, prompting
Queering Design Systems Thinking (hey)874
design-systems, culture
Designing Effective Information Architectures for Large-Scale Web Sites (uxm)873
information-architecture, complexity, scalability
Designing for Digital Minimalism: Creating User Experiences That Support Mental Well-Being (uxm)872
user-experience, minimalism, simplicity
Understanding Cultural Norms to Design Inclusive User Experiences (uxm)871
user-experience, culture, dei
How to Manage Dangerous Actions in User Interfaces (sma)870
how-tos, interaction-design, microcontent
The Golden Ratio in CSS (sto)869
css, principles
Why Asking Questions Is a Vital Part of Growing as a Designer (uxd)868
career, communication
The Problem of the Em Square (uxd)867
typography, history
Good UX Is Not Just About Minimizing Clicks (uxd)866
user-experience, principles, processes
Weird Web October865
websites, web
Rethinking CSS in JS864
css, javascript, css-in-js, design-systems, maintenance, state-management
Simplicity863
simplicity
UX Design Isn’t Dead, You’re Just Confused (uxd)862
user-experience, career
Another Stab at Truncated Text (geo/css)861
accessibility, usability, css
Ugly Websites Sell Better860
processes, testing, optimization
Stuck in the Steps? (uxd)859
processes
Are Design Systems Just a Bandaid? (uxd)858
design-systems, product-management
Mastering Typography in Logo Design (sma)857
typography, images, logos
Fluid Typography in Design Systems: From Design to Code (fel/uxd)856
typography, design-systems, design-tokens
The Monospace Web855
fonts
From RPGs to UX: How Progress Indicators Affect User Engagement (uxd)854
user-experience, progress-indicators
How Good UX Design Can Transform Lead Generation (uxm)853
user-experience, user-conversion
The Role of Sound Design in UX Design: Beyond Notifications and Alerts (uxm)852
user-experience, multimedia
Designing for Accessibility: A Checklist for Designers851
accessibility, checklists
How to Defend Your Design Process (vit/sma)850
how-tos, processes
Alternatives to Using Pure Black (“#000000”) for Text and Backgrounds (ser)849
colors, backgrounds, accessibility
“font-size” Limbo (seb)848
typography, css
We Don’t Need a Boss, We Need a Process (mia)847
leadership, processes, collaboration
SOLID Principles for Designers846
solid, principles
The Role of Generative AI in Shaping Next-Gen UX Strategies (uxm)845
ai, user-experience, strategies
The Benefits of Learning Programming as a Designer (uxd)844
career, learning, programming
Tabs, Used Right (nng)843
design-patterns, navigation, usability
The Evolution of Attention (uxd)842
case-studies
The Future Is Up for Grabs When Anyone Can Make Designs (uxd)841
ai
Designing for Forgiveness: How to Create Error-Tolerant Interfaces (uxd)840
interaction-design, errors, user-experience
Closing the Designer–Developer Gap839
career, collaboration, processes
Why Designers Don’t Like Design Systems838
design-systems, creativity
Designing Design Systems: Constructing an Icon System837
design-systems, icons, images, case-studies
Why Not All Voices Should Be Equal in the Design Process (uxd)836
policies, prioritization, dei
Getting to the Bottom of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size (eri/sma)835
accessibility, wcag, css
How to Make Tables Fit on Small Screens (uxd)834
how-tos, responsive-design, information-design, tables, mobile
Character Modeling in CSS (jul/css)833
videos, css, creativity, effects
Why Designers Need to Be More Like Gardeners (uxd)832
sustainability
3 Design Tips From a Gorgeous New Landing Page831
videos, tips-and-tricks, landing-pages
How to Check and Document Design Accessibility in Your Mockups (ste)830
how-tos, auditing, documentation, prototyping, accessibility
Homepage Design: 4 Common Mistakes (nng)829
videos, homepages, usability, mistakes
Bad Design Is Like a Virus: Design Defects and Latent Failures (uxd)828
Designing Multimodal Interfaces: Voice + Screen (uxd)827
voice, prototyping
A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People826
accessibility, guides, colors, color-blindness
Creativity Is the Byproduct of Work (fon)825
processes, creativity
Why Toggle Switches Suck (and What to Do Instead) (ada)824
toggles, usability, anti-patterns
Figma AI (chs)823
figma, ai
Checkboxes: Design Guidelines (nng)822
forms, guidelines, conventions
The Time for Designers to Learn to Code Is Now (bel/pic)821
career, tooling, training, link-lists
The Design Purity Trap and How to Escape It (ber)820
creativity
Why Do Designers Become Managers? (uxd)819
career
Concept818
concepts
Is It Good Design, or Does It Just Look Good? (uxd)817
Design Extremes of Custom Accessibility Actions816
accessibility, customization
Tracking the Impact of Our Content Design Work (uxd)815
content, metrics
How Top HR Agencies Build Trust Through Logo Designs814
images, logos, branding
Some UX Design Principles Startups Should Know813
user-experience, principles
The Way We Design AI Looks Like Nostalgia Already (uxd)812
ai
Design Without Process, or the Form Factor Trap (pav)811
processes
Writing Your First Visual Regression Check in Playwright810
testing, regressions, playwright
Can You Be Creative Just by Creating?809
creativity
What Comes After Flat Design? (mar/uxd)808
flat-design, trends
Glassmorphism: Definition and Best Practices (nng)807
effects, best-practices
Is AI Killing Human Passion? (uxd)806
ai, creativity
The Power of Beauty in Communicating Complex Ideas805
art, craft, communication
Decision Trees for UI Components (vit/sma)804
components, processes
3 Essential Design Trends, June 2024 (web)803
trends
What We Can Learn From the Guy Who Regrets Making Pop-Up Ads (bet/uxd)802
pop-ups, ai
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)801
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, documentation, terminology, concepts
Did We Fail to Develop the Next Generation of Designers? (uxd)800
career, leadership, history
Kawaii Computing: What VTubers Can Teach Us About Design (uxd)799
user-experience, culture
UI Density798
information-design, metrics
The Art of Not Being So Freaking Pushy (uxd)797
user-experience, microcontent, buttons
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)796
terminology
On Which Side Do We Put the Primary Button? (mar/uxd)795
usability, buttons
Transforming the Relationship Between Designers and Developers (sma)794
collaboration, processes
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (vit/sma)793
career, communication, terminology
AI Isn’t Ready for UX Design (nng)792
videos, user-experience, ai
Designers Are More Than Keywords and Portfolios (uxd)791
user-experience, career
AI Product Design: Identifying Skills Gaps and How to Close Them (uxd)790
ai, processes
Design Taste vs. Technical Skills in the Era of AI (nng)789
programming, ai, comparisons
How to Archive Your Design System Effectively (uxd)788
how-tos, design-systems, processes
Using AI to Predict Design Trends (web)787
ai, trends
Composability in Design Systems (ada)786
design-systems, components
How to Design Accessible Forms in 10 Steps (uxd)785
how-tos, accessibility, forms
The Polish Paradox784
optimization, user-experience
The Picture-Superiority Effect: Harness the Power of Visuals (nng)783
images, information-design
Design Déjà Vu (mal)782
html, css, history, comparisons
F-Shape Pattern and How Users Read (vit/sma)781
usability
Notes on Quality780
user-experience, quality
3 Essential Design Trends, May 2024 (web)779
trends
How I Use Generative AI in Branding778
ai, branding, principles
Make Product Design Great Again (uxd)777
user-experience, product-management
Why We Are Still Using 88×31 Buttons776
images, history
Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things (nik)775
css, centering
Ethics in Times of Growth Design774
ethics
Unleashing Designers With Tailwind CSS773
videos, tailwind, processes
Control Your Vertigo—the Unspoken Rule for Defending Design Decisions (uxd)772
user-experience
Figma Prototypes vs. HTML Prototypes (ada)771
processes, prototyping, figma, html, comparisons
Misinformation and Disinformation Online: What Design Can Do to Remedy This Problem (uxm)770
communication
What Is Whitespace? (nng)769
videos, whitespace, concepts, terminology
Should Designers Code? (bra)768
career
Breakpoints in Responsive Design (nng)767
responsive-design, usability
The Detail, the Quality766
quality
Design Is a Process of Getting Stuck (fon)765
processes
What Negative Effects Does a Bad Website Design Have on My Business? (web)764
economics
Convention Over Creativity? The Ups and Downs of UX Design (uxd)763
user-experience
Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks762
user-experience, principles
How Web-Site Design and Social Media Work Together (uxm)761
content, social-media
A Designer’s Role Is Not “at the Table” (uxd)760
career
Why UI Designers Should Understand Flexbox and CSS Grid (uxd)759
layout, flexbox, grids, css
Homepage Design: 5 Fundamental Principles (nng)758
homepages, principles
Skeuomorphism (nng)757
terminology
How to Design Icons in Figma756
how-tos, images, icons, figma
The Essential Guide to Microcopy and Becoming a More Literate Designer755
guides, microcontent, content, writing
10 Figma Keyboard Shortcuts: A Cheat Sheet for UX Designers754
figma, keyboard-shortcuts, cheat-sheets
Sometimes, a Button Just Wants to Look Like a Button753
usability, buttons
90% of Designers are Unhirable? (uxd)752
processes, career
Best Practices for Inclusive Design751
dei, accessibility, best-practices
How to Ensure Your Designs Work if You Can’t Access Sample Data (uxd)750
how-tos, usability, metrics, testing
Achieving Design Collegiality While Maintaining Psychological Safety (uxm)749
collaboration
Designing for Mobile Accessibility: Enhancing the User Experience on Small Screens (uxm)748
accessibility, user-experience, mobile
Web Tech Trends to Watch in 2024 and Beyond (web)747
trends, dark-mode, ai, sustainability, minimalism
What Is Inclusive Design, and How Does It Relate to Accessibility?746
dei, accessibility
Creativity Lies in the Paradoxes (uxd)745
creativity
The 3 Capabilities Designers Need to Build for the AI Era (uxd)744
career, training, ai, link-lists
The Power of Patterns and Playbooks in Content Design (kat/uxd)743
content, design-patterns
A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People (vit/sma)742
guides, accessibility, colors, color-blindness
“Web Design as a Process” in Charts: Maintenance, Decay, Tech Debt, and Big Bang Launching (j9t)741
content, design-debt, technical-debt, maintenance, processes, visualization
UI = ƒ(statesⁿ) (dav)740
state-management
A Practical Guide to Designing for Children (vit/sma)739
guides, link-lists
Names Are Complex: Displaying Initials for an Avatar Component in a Design System (hey)738
naming, case-studies
A Guide to Designing for Older Adults (vit/sma)737
guides, accessibility
Designing User Onboarding: Lessons From Figma, Duolingo, and More (uxd)736
lessons, onboarding, user-experience, figma
UI Elements Are Not So Elementary (uxd)735
design-patterns
Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2024 (web)734
tooling, link-lists
Visual Hierarchy: Making User Experiences Easier to Understand (uxm)733
user-experience, hierarchy
The Loss of the Process in the Name of Progress (uxd)732
creativity, productivity, processes
Futuring With Design (uxd)731
creativity, processes
5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024 (web)730
responsive-design, seo
Five Future Roles for Designers (jar)729
career, outlooks
The AI Dilemma in Graphic Design: Steering Towards Excellence in Typography and Beyond (sma)728
ai, typography
7 Mobile UX Design Tools to Supercharge Your Design Process (uxm)727
tooling, link-lists
Mind the Accessibility Gaps—Most of Accessibility Issues Originate in Design and How to Fix That (cer)726
accessibility, html, aria
What Is Our Design Intention? (uxd)725
processes
AI Art Is the New Stock Image (ia)724
ai, images
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing (uxd)723
guides, social-media
Are You Boring Your Interviewer by Over-Explaining Context? (uxd)722
career, interviewing
Design Is Not Really a Thing (uxd)721
user-experience
Designing Better Target Sizes (sha)720
accessibility, best-practices
Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices (uxd)719
processes
Figma Is Not Forever718
tooling, figma
AI Vertigo: Where Do We Go From Here as Designers? (uxd)717
ai, career
Oh Shit Banners (eri)716
history
Design Better Pagination715
navigation, pagination
7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024 (web)714
outlooks
Everything You Need to Know About Responsive Logo Design (web)713
branding, images, logos, responsive-design
Recapturing Early-Internet Whimsy With HTML (tec)712
html, trends, art, decoration
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic711
design-tokens, semantics
Good Design Is Subjective, Contextual, and Intentional (uxd)710
processes
Can UX Design Actually Be Ethical? (uxd)709
user-experience, ethics
Why Designers Quit (2023 Report) (uxd)708
career
Signals of Interface Quality707
quality
Dark Design Patterns Catalog706
user-experience, dark-patterns
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)705
guidelines, usability
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)704
guides, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)703
guides, product-management, processes
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX (fab/uxd)702
user-experience, outlooks
Why Carousels Don’t Work701
carousels, user-experience
Is the Flat Design Trend Finally Over? (uxd)700
flat-design, trends
A More Holistic Design Workflow: Gluing Jira, Figma, and Zeplin Together (uxd)699
processes, atlassian, figma
Does Web Design Matter?698
web
Design That Scales697
books, design-systems, scalability, processes
Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers (tra/evi)696
best-practices
“An Accessible Website Won’t Be Beautiful”… Really?!695
accessibility
Are Design Ethics Useless? (koo)694
ethics
Test Often to Keep Your Designs Simple693
prototyping, testing, simplicity
Until the Right Design Emerges…692
Designing for Accessibility Beyond Compliance (uxd)691
accessibility, compliance
Designing Web Design Documentation (fre/sma)690
documentation, design-systems
Growing Design by Letting Teams Experience It689
AI Is the New UI (uxd)688
ai
The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (uxm)687
user-experience, prototyping
Breaking Down a Design (jam)686
Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For?685
design-patterns, modals
It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (hbu)684
web, career
The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (nng)683
mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
Why Companies Kill Great Design (uxd)682
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)681
guides, navigation, usability
Hey Designers, They’re Gaslighting You680
career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing679
typography, fonts
The Cost of Obsessing Over Design Perfection (uxd)678
processes, career
The Future of Web Design: Emerging AI Technologies and Trends (uxm)677
outlooks, trends, ai
Why Is Creativity So Blurry, and Am I Creative? (uxd)676
creativity, career
The Real Value of Tokens (uxd)675
design-tokens
Style Is Consistent Constraint674
consistency
Is Atomic Design Dead? (bra)673
videos, atomic-design
From User Needs to User Dreams: Find the Future of Your Product (uxd)672
user-experience, outlooks
Biases in Design: Hiding in Plain Sight in a World Full of Visuals (uxd)671
Two Important New Roles for UX Designers in the Era of AI (uxm)670
user-experience, career, ai
7 Reasons to Replace Advanced Search With Filters So Users Can Easily Find What They Need (ada)669
usability, user-experience, searching
Why Do Users Prefer Certain Design? Insights From the Landscape Theory668
Nostalgia in UX Design667
user-experience, history
Balance in UX Design: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Radial Balance (nng)666
videos, user-experience
It’s Time to End Damaging Website Design Practices That May Harm Your Users665
user-experience, usability, privacy, best-practices
The Next Generation of Web Layouts (zel)664
web-platform, layout
Why I No Longer Believe in Content Design (uxd)663
content, writing
Toggles Suck!662
toggles, usability, user-experience
The Rise of Minimalism in Web Design: Less Is More661
minimalism
Using Imagery in Visual Design (nng)660
images, content
How SEOs and UX Designers Can Work Better Together (moz)659
seo, user-experience, collaboration
What Is the Bento UI Trend, and How Can You Get Started? (web)658
trends
How AI Is Making Web Design More Efficient (web)657
ai, efficiency
Recent Design656
websites, link-lists
How to Use Your Intuition in Your Product Design Process (uxd)655
how-tos, product-management, processes
Data-Driven Design: The Rise of Big Data in UX (uxm)654
metrics, user-experience
Developing Inclusivity Features (uxm)653
accessibility, dei
Invisible Details of Interaction Design652
interaction-design, user-experience
Mockups Explained (uxm)651
processes
The Decline in Design (Thinking) (uxd)650
user-experience
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples649
history, trends, navigation, colors, typography
Design for the Web Without Figma648
tooling
4 Design Principles I Use Every Day to Avoid Bad UX and Create Products That Work for Everyone (ada)647
principles, user-experience, dei
Designers Who Code, What Is It Good For? (fra)646
career