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“design” News Archive (2)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
A Practical Guide to Designing for Children (vit/sma)799
guides, link-lists
Names Are Complex: Displaying Initials for an Avatar Component in a Design System (hey)798
naming, case-studies
A Guide to Designing for Older Adults (vit/sma)797
guides, accessibility
Designing User Onboarding: Lessons From Figma, Duolingo, and More (uxd)796
lessons, onboarding, user-experience, figma
UI Elements Are Not So Elementary (uxd)795
design-patterns
Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2024 (web)794
tooling, link-lists
Visual Hierarchy: Making User Experiences Easier to Understand (uxm)793
user-experience, hierarchy
The Loss of the Process in the Name of Progress (uxd)792
creativity, productivity, processes
Futuring With Design (uxd)791
creativity, processes
5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024 (web)790
responsive-design, seo
Five Future Roles for Designers (jar)789
career, outlooks
The AI Dilemma in Graphic Design: Steering Towards Excellence in Typography and Beyond (sma)788
ai, typography
7 Mobile UX Design Tools to Supercharge Your Design Process (uxm)787
tooling, link-lists
Mind the Accessibility Gaps—Most of Accessibility Issues Originate in Design and How to Fix That (cer)786
accessibility, html, aria
What Is Our Design Intention? (uxd)785
processes
AI Art Is the New Stock Image (ia)784
ai, images
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing (uxd)783
guides, social-media
Are You Boring Your Interviewer by Over-Explaining Context? (uxd)782
career, interviewing
Design Is Not Really a Thing (uxd)781
user-experience
Designing Better Target Sizes (sha)780
accessibility, best-practices
Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices (uxd)779
processes
Figma Is Not Forever778
tooling, figma
AI Vertigo: Where Do We Go From Here as Designers? (uxd)777
ai, career
Oh Shit Banners (eri)776
history
Design Better Pagination775
navigation, pagination
7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024 (web)774
outlooks
Everything You Need to Know About Responsive Logo Design (web)773
branding, images, logos, responsive-design
Recapturing Early-Internet Whimsy With HTML (tec)772
html, trends, art, decoration
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic771
design-tokens, semantics
Good Design Is Subjective, Contextual, and Intentional (uxd)770
processes
Can UX Design Actually Be Ethical? (uxd)769
user-experience, ethics
Why Designers Quit (2023 Report) (uxd)768
career
Signals of Interface Quality767
quality
Dark Design Patterns Catalog766
user-experience, dark-patterns
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)765
guidelines, usability
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)764
guides, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)763
guides, product-management, processes
Why Carousels Don’t Work762
carousels, user-experience
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX (fab/uxd)761
user-experience, outlooks
Is the Flat Design Trend Finally Over? (uxd)760
flat-design, trends
A More Holistic Design Workflow: Gluing Jira, Figma, and Zeplin Together (uxd)759
processes, atlassian, figma
Does Web Design Matter?758
web
Design That Scales757
books, design-systems, scalability, processes
Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers (tra/evi)756
best-practices
“An Accessible Website Won’t Be Beautiful”… Really?!755
aesthetics, accessibility
Are Design Ethics Useless? (koo)754
ethics
Test Often to Keep Your Designs Simple753
prototyping, testing, simplicity
Until the Right Design Emerges…752
Designing for Accessibility Beyond Compliance (uxd)751
accessibility, compliance
Designing Web Design Documentation (fre/sma)750
documentation, design-systems
Growing Design by Letting Teams Experience It749
AI Is the New UI (uxd)748
ai
The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (uxm)747
user-experience, prototyping
Breaking Down a Design (jam)746
Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For?745
design-patterns, modals
It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (hbu)744
web, career
The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (nng)743
mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
Why Companies Kill Great Design (uxd)742
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)741
guides, navigation, usability
Hey Designers, They’re Gaslighting You740
career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing739
typography, fonts
The Cost of Obsessing Over Design Perfection (uxd)738
processes, career
The Future of Web Design: Emerging AI Technologies and Trends (uxm)737
outlooks, trends, ai
Why Is Creativity So Blurry, and Am I Creative? (uxd)736
creativity, career
The Real Value of Tokens (uxd)735
design-tokens
Style Is Consistent Constraint734
consistency
Is Atomic Design Dead? (bra)733
videos, atomic-design
From User Needs to User Dreams: Find the Future of Your Product (uxd)732
user-experience, outlooks
Biases in Design: Hiding in Plain Sight in a World Full of Visuals (uxd)731
Two Important New Roles for UX Designers in the Era of AI (uxm)730
user-experience, career, ai
7 Reasons to Replace Advanced Search With Filters So Users Can Easily Find What They Need (ada)729
usability, user-experience, searching
Why Do Users Prefer Certain Design? Insights From the Landscape Theory728
Nostalgia in UX Design727
user-experience, history
Balance in UX Design: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Radial Balance (nng)726
videos, user-experience
It’s Time to End Damaging Website Design Practices That May Harm Your Users725
user-experience, usability, privacy, best-practices
The Next Generation of Web Layouts (zel)724
web-platform, layout
Why I No Longer Believe in Content Design (uxd)723
content, writing
Toggles Suck!722
toggles, usability, user-experience
The Rise of Minimalism in Web Design: Less Is More721
minimalism
Using Imagery in Visual Design (nng)720
images, content
How SEOs and UX Designers Can Work Better Together (moz)719
seo, user-experience, collaboration
What Is the Bento UI Trend, and How Can You Get Started? (web)718
trends
How AI Is Making Web Design More Efficient (web)717
ai, efficiency
Recent Design716
websites, link-lists
How to Use Your Intuition in Your Product Design Process (uxd)715
how-tos, product-management, processes
Data-Driven Design: The Rise of Big Data in UX (uxm)714
metrics, user-experience
Developing Inclusivity Features (uxm)713
accessibility, dei
Invisible Details of Interaction Design712
interaction-design, user-experience
Mockups Explained (uxm)711
processes
The Decline in Design (Thinking) (uxd)710
user-experience
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples709
history, trends, navigation, colors, typography
Design for the Web Without Figma708
tooling
4 Design Principles I Use Every Day to Avoid Bad UX and Create Products That Work for Everyone (ada)707
principles, user-experience, dei
Designers Who Code, What Is It Good For? (fra)706
career
What’s the Perfect Design Process? (vit/sma)705
processes
Amplify Design Values Through Building Design System (uxd)704
design-systems
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)703
typography, fonts
Choosing a Color Palette (nng)702
videos, colors, color-palettes
Designing for Inclusion (uxd)701
dei, accessibility
How Designers Can Beat AI at Design (uxd)700
ai
Balancing Users’ Needs and Business Goals in UX Design (uxm)699
user-experience
The New CSS (mat)698
css, web-platform
It’s Time for Dimensional Thinking in Design (uxd)697
ai
Design vs. Accessibility and the CSS “visually-hidden” Class (its/log)696
accessibility, css, comparisons
Using Color Wheel Combinations in Your Designs (web)695
colors
Design Under Constraints: Challenges, Opportunities, and Practical Strategies (boa/sma)694
strategies
Are Simple Websites Better for Business? (web)693
simplicity
Every Design Team Needs Writers (uxd)692
writing
Design Systems: A Curated List for Today’s UI/UX Designers (sta)691
design-systems, tooling, link-lists
The Double-Edged Sword of Design Systems (uxd)690
design-systems
Designing a Better Design Handoff File in Figma (sma)689
processes, figma
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)688
html, aria, terminology
Visual-Design Principles and UX Design Best Practices (uxm)687
user-experience, principles, best-practices
Slow Design686
websites
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design685
web, history, html, css
Complete Guide on Playwright Visual Regression Testing684
guides, playwright, testing, regressions
The Most Underrated Section of Design Portfolios683
career
Adding Motion to the Next Decade of Atomic Design (uxd)682
atomic-design
Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design (boa/fro)681
dark-patterns
Business Impacts of UI Design and UX Design (uxm)680
economics
Using a Muted Color Palette in Web Design (uxm)679
colors, color-palettes
What Is Design Thinking? (sma)678
Lessons of Design (fab/uxd)677
lessons
9 Bogus Reasons Why Some Designers Claim UX Research Is a Waste (uxd)676
user-experience, research
Embracing AI as a Material for Design (uxd)675
ai, content
A Designers Guide to the Principles of Web Design674
guides, principles, consistency, legibility, navigation, images, hierarchy, whitespace, usability
Advanced Figma Components Tips and Tricks: Little Gems We Love (uxd)673
figma, components, tips-and-tricks
Formulating Your Product Design North Star (aka Design Principles) (uxd)672
principles, processes
Choosing Humanity Over Automation (uxd)671
ai, automation
Accessibility for Designers: Where Do I Start? (ste)670
accessibility, link-lists
Quick Tip: Pull Data From an API Into a Figma Layer (dxn)669
tips-and-tricks, apis, figma
Why Do They Ignore My Awesome Design Documentation?668
documentation
From Burnout to Balance: Why Are So Many UX Designers Fatigued? (uxd)667
career, productivity, user-experience
Usability Heuristics in Game Design (uxd)666
usability, heuristics
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone II665
accessibility, design-systems
What We’ve Learned About Designing for Accessibility From Our Users664
accessibility
5 Lesser-Known Spacing Tips for Product Designers (uxd)663
spacing
Annotating Designs for Accessibility (int)662
videos, accessibility
The Age of Average661
The Intersection of Data Visualization and UX Design (uxm)660
information-design, user-experience
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact659
tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, fonts, typography
What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design (fre/sma)658
layout
Circling Back on Design and Everything Else (uxd)657
How Design Is Governance656
Accepting Design (fab)655
8 Tips for Making Your Custom Web Designs Mobile Friendly (uxm)654
mobile, tips-and-tricks
“Design First, Then Build”: Let’s Bury This Myth Forevermore (rom/evi)653
processes, myths
From UX to Growth Design: 5 Principles to Multiply Your Value (uxd)652
user-experience, principles
The Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites (nng)651
The Art of Unlearning (uxd)650
learning
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone649
accessibility, design-systems
Declarative Design (ada/btc)648
videos
Designers, Use Your intuition (uxd)647
collaboration
The Importance of Adding Accessibility Design Reviews to the Design Process (dav)646
accessibility, processes
All About Iterative Design (uxm)645
processes
Keys to an Accessibility Mindset (sma)644
accessibility
To Sketch or Not to Sketch? (uxd)643
ai
Unlocking the Power of Design to Help Users Make Smart Decisions (web)642
tips-and-tricks
Can You Be a Designer if You Have No Training? (hen)641
career
Should Inclusive Design Be a UX Concern? (uxd)640
dei, user-experience
Modular Web Design: Flexibility, Examples, and Alternatives639
Why Is Making a Dark Mode Greyscale So Hard to Get Right?638
dark-mode, contrast, colors
Design for AI: What Should People Who Design AI Know? (uxd)637
ai
Typographic Hierarchy in Print, Web, and App Design (pim)636
typography, hierarchy
19 Must-Visit Sites for Product Design Inspiration (uxd)635
link-lists
Login Form UI Design Guide (uxd)634
guides, forms
Copying Designs Doesn’t Work, and Here’s Why (sma)633
user-experience
3 Essential Design Trends, January 2023 (web)632
trends
Visual Design Rules You Can Safely Follow Every Time631
Accessibility Tools and Resources for Designers630
tooling, link-lists
Designing a Robust Right-to-Left UI in Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi (uxd)629
internationalization
The Storytelling Power of Simple Design Solutions (uxd)628
simplicity
Can a Bridge Be Unethical?627
ethics
The Undeniable Benefits of Simple Website Design626
simplicity, user-conversion
2023 Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective625
accessibility, trends
7 Principles of Design Psychology Every UX Designer Should Know (uxm)624
user-experience, principles
Good Design Is Intentional (jon)623
5 Web Design Trends to Watch in 2023622
trends
6 Predictions for Web Design in 2023 (web)621
outlooks
Culture Is Stuck620
culture
Overlapping Interactive Areas (tem)619
accessibility
Junior Designers, Please Don’t Give In (uxd)618
career
An Ultimate Guide on Sizing, Spacing, Grids, and Layout in Web and UI/UX Design (sma)617
guides, spacing, grids, layout, typography
Why Web Design Still Matters in 2023 (web)616
web
An Inclusive and Planet-Friendly Digital Style Guide (uxd)615
style-guides, accessibility, dei, sustainability, ethics
If You Are Afraid of AI, You May Not Be the Best UX Designer Out There (uxd)614
user-experience, ai, career
Design Deserves More Respect (uxd)613
Enough With the Pointless Images (boa)612
decoration, images
Proximity: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design (nng)611
videos, principles
A Conversation With ChatGPT (mat)610
interviews, ai, chatgpt, typography
Design Spacing Tokens Semantically (don)609
websites, design-tokens, spacing
From Type to Logotype608
fonts, typography, branding, logos
The State of UX in 2023: A Vibe Shift Is Coming (fab/uxd)607
user-experience, outlooks
10 Key Principles of User-Centered Design (web)606
usability, user-experience, principles
Designing a Utopian Layout Grid: Working With Fluid Responsive Values in a Static Design Tool605
layout, grids, liquid-design, css
Content May Be King, but Design Is Queen (uxd)604
content
The Peculiar Case of Japanese Web Design603
websites, culture, comparisons
Why Japan’s Internet Is Weirdly Designed602
videos
4 Mobile Must-Haves for a Modern UX Design Strategy (uxm)601
user-experience, responsive-design, mobile
How to Use Huge Type on the Web600
how-tos, typography
Incorporating Accessible Design Elements Into Your Web Site (uxm)599
accessibility
Less Design Leadership—More Design Authorship (uxd)598
leadership
Accessibility Is in Style—Styles and Style Guides (kno)597
accessibility, writing, documentation, style-guides, consistency, quality
Visual Design: Breaking Into the Fourth Dimension of Experience Design (uxd)596
user-experience
The Heuristics of Neurodesign (uxd)595
heuristics
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes III (css/css)594
css, grids
When Our Tools Hold Us Back (mia/odd)593
css, tooling
How to Create the Perfect Hero Image for Your Portfolio Site592
how-tos
What Designers Can Learn From Apple’s New Accessibility Features (uxd)591
accessibility, apple
Visual Design in UX: Study Guide (nng)590
guides, user-experience, training, link-lists
Design Management Toolbox: Non-Linear Professional Development (uxd)589
career
5 Visual Treatments that Improve Accessibility (nng)588
accessibility
Hostile Patterns in Error Messages (nng)587
usability, errors, anti-patterns
Knowing What It’s Not (uxd)586
spacing
All Designers Start as Copycats (and That’s OK) (uxd)585
career
Design Principles for the Web (ada)584
videos, principles
Typographic Hierarchies (sma)583
typography
Ethical Design Is a Risk Management Strategy (uxd)582
ethics, strategies
Applying the 8 Golden Rules of User-Interface Design (uxm)581
usability, consistency
Designing for Users With Disabilities: 10 Factors to Consider (uxm)580
accessibility, usability
Forging Successful Partnerships With Software Developers (uxm)579
collaboration
Design for Them Not for You (nng)578
videos, usability
New Brutalism and Web Accessibility: What You Need to Know (uxd)577
accessibility
Design Specifications Template (uxd)576
templates
Wired.com: 20 Years Later (sto)575
retrospectives, case-studies
Landing the Second Click: A Guide to Designing Better Landing Pages (uxd)574
guides, landing-pages, user-conversion
Can Consistency Harm Your Product? (uxd)573
consistency
Mobile UX Design in 2022 (uxm)572
user-experience, mobile
What Is Website Minimalism?571
minimalism
Why You Should Care About Design in Uncertain Times (uxd)570
How to Make Your Designs Scannable (and Why You Should) (web)569
how-tos, usability
A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility (ste)568
videos, accessibility, documentation
It’s Good to Make Mistakes (tem)567
accessibility, mistakes
Why Designers Quit (uxd)566
career
Design 4.0: Leading Design in the New Industry (uxd)565
Designing for People With Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else564
videos, accessibility
The Rise of the TikTok Pattern (uxd)563
social-media
12 Modern UI Components to Inspire Your Future Designs562
components
Towards a Factory Model of Designing User Interfaces—Slotted Systems in Figma (uxd)561
design-systems, figma
Are Modals in Web Design a UX Disaster? (web)560
user-experience, accessibility, modals
So Your Designer Wants Stuff to Overlap (hui)559
css
Top 5 Technology Trends in UX Design (uxm)558
user-experience, trends
Prestige Is the Designer’s Achilles’ Heel (uxd)557
Is Design Thinking Overhyped? (uxd)556
Designing Better Error Messages UX (vit/sma)555
user-experience, usability, errors
What Customer-First Web Design Looks Like (web)554
business-relations
The Design Principle Paradox (uxd)553
principles
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes II (css/css)552
css, grids
Why User Personas Matter in UX Design (uxm)551
user-experience, usability, personas
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes (css/css)550
css, grids
Websites: Past and Present549
web, history
Designing for Long-Form Articles (dxn/css)548
content
No Demo [Website] Reno (mia)547
processes
Neubrutalism Style in UX: A Twist on the Dominant Modern Minimalist (uxd)546
user-experience, minimalism
Typography in Web Design (uxm)545
typography
Why I No Longer Care What People “Like” or “Don’t Like” (uxd)544
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs543
effects
Choosing the Right Mindset to Design Complex Applications (uxd)542
complexity, processes
Consistency in UX Design: To What Extent Is “Best Practice” the Right Choice? (uxd)541
user-experience, consistency, best-practices
7 UX Laws You’re Probably Getting Wrong (web)540
user-experience, usability
A Beginner’s Guide to Inclusive UX Design (uxd)539
guides, dei, user-experience
The Dos and Don’ts of Pairing Typefaces (nng)538
typography, readability, legibility, usability
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)537
naming, history, navigation, breadcrumbs
Web Design Tool Wish List (gri/clo)536
tooling, wish-lists
Designing the Perfect Button535
buttons
10 Dos and Don’ts of Web Design in 2022 (web)534
principles
How to Pick the Least Wrong Colors533
how-tos, colors, accessibility
The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers (mis)532
principles
Inclusive Design 101 (uxd)531
dei
Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation Menus530
navigation
The Rise and Fall of Neumorphism529
The Era of Rebellious Web Design Is Here528
A Designer’s Journey of Ignorance, Resentment, and Wisdom (uxd)527
On Design Thinking526
Learn CSS Subgrid (sha)525
css, grids
Lost in Translation (mat/btc)524
videos, accessibility, html, css
Design Patterns: How to Create Simple Interfaces (web)523
how-tos, design-patterns
Designing a Better Language Selector (vit/sma)522
usability, internationalization, localization
How Not to Do Accessible Design (uxd)521
accessibility, colors
Contextual Spacing for Intrinsic Web Design (5t3)520
intrinsic-design, css, spacing
It’s Time We Fix the Unethical Design of Cookie Consent Windows (uxd)519
ethics, cookies, consent-management, legal
Ethical Design Network518
websites, ethics
If Design Principles Are for Designs, Then Design Values Are for Designers (uxd)517
principles
Best Practices for Integrating Content Design in Your Design System516
design-systems, content, best-practices
Traditional Web Design Process Is Fundamentally Broken (gri/clo)515
processes, prototyping, mobile, responsive-design
16 Top Design Trends for 2022 (uxm)514
trends
9 Useful Principles of UX Design (uxm)513
user-experience, principles
11 Steps to Keep Figma Clean (uxd)512
tooling, figma
Atomic Design 2022: What We Can Learn From Eames and Other Design Giants (uxd)511
atomic-design
Is Agile an Anti-Design Pattern? (uxd)510
agile, anti-patterns
Drastically Improve Your UI Designs With This Technique509
techniques, optimization
Designers Are Spending Too Much Time Designing UI Variations Manually (uxd)508
processes, productivity
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)507
fonts, readability
Common App Design Challenges and Their Solutions (uxm)506
user-experience
How to Develop Your UX Design Philosophy (uxm)505
how-tos, user-experience
How to Improve UX Design Through A/B Testing (uxm)504
how-tos, user-experience, testing, optimization
Mobile-First Ecommerce Site Design Is the Future (uxm)503
mobile-first, mobile, ecommerce
There’s No Such Thing as a “Design System Designer” (uxd)502
design-systems, career
Neubrutalism Is Taking Over the Web (uxd)501
web
Speed Needs Design, or: You Can’t Delight Users You’ve Annoyed500
performance, user-experience
Designing “Above the Fold”? Try the Reciprocity Principle (uxd)499
principles
Design Mistakes That Hurt Your Web Site’s Conversion Rates (uxm)498
user-experience, user-conversion, metrics, mistakes
Dos and Don’ts of Mobile UX Design (uxm)497
user-experience, usability, mobile
How to Empathize With Your Users496
how-tos, usability, user-experience
An Introduction to User Journey Maps (ste)495
introductions, usability, user-experience
Designing the User Experience of a Rating System (uxd)494
user-experience
Component Tokens and Themes Example (to Learn Figma Tokens) (fig)493
theming, design-tokens, components, figma
Inclusive Design vs. Accessible Design: Understanding the Differences492
accessibility, dei, comparisons
Let’s Get Inclusive: Designing Products for Everyone (uxm)491
dei
How Thinking About Hierarchical Grids Helps You Take a Content-First Approach to Design (uxd)490
layout, grids, content
Modern, Single-Page Web Design: UX Design Trends and Tips (uxm)489
user-experience, trends
Settings Are Not a Design Failure488
usability, user-experience
Building Like It’s 1984: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Intuitive Context Menus487
guides, usability
Website Themes and Color Schemes486
theming, colors, color-palettes
Inclusive Design (nng)485
dei
Best Practices for Creating Your UX Design Portfolio (uxm)484
user-experience, career, best-practices
Accessibility and 2022: 13 Design Trends From a Usability Perspective483
accessibility, trends, usability
Software Is Automating Design—What Does That Mean for Designers?482
automation
Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue (moz)481
links
The Good, the Bad, and the Toggle (uxd)480
forms, toggles
Shedding Light on Fiverr’s Dark Mode Creation Process479
dark-mode
Show, Don’t Tell (css)478
writing, semantics
Design Sprints Revisited: Designing With Your Users and Developers (uxm)477
usability
The Ideal Line Length and Line Height in Web Design (pim)476
typography, readability
The Last Design You’ll Ever Make475
Where Do You Put Spacing on Design System Components? (eri)474
design-systems, components, spacing
Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline (sma)473
links, email
The Love of Curvilinear Design (uxd)472
The State of UX in 2022: Rebuild (fab/uxd)471
user-experience, outlooks
Three Principles to Better Present Your UI Designs (uxd)470
principles
Exploring Retro Web Design469
It’s Not About Your Favorite Color—Moving From Brand Strategy to Visual Identity (uxd)468
branding, strategies
How Designers Can Prevent User Errors467
usability, errors
Be Usable, Not Consistent, Not Uniform (uxd)466
usability
Design Is Not Art, and UX Is Not Design (uxd)465
user-experience
The Golden Ratio and User-Interface Design (nng)464
layout, aesthetics, principles
Smart CSS Solutions for Common UI Challenges (sma)463
css
How Design Debt Can Hurt Your Product (uxd)462
design-debt
Why We Crave Software With Style Over “Branding”461
branding
Why Does Everything Look the Same? (uxd)460
7 UI Design Fundamentals for Developers459
fundamentals
Contemporary Design Has Lost Its Soul (uxd)458
Why Inequalities Can Appear in Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design457
accessibility, dei
What’s the Right Font Size in Web Design? (pim)456
typography
Design Direction as a Step Before Design System455
design-systems
Line Length Revisited: Following the Research454
readability, typography, research
Okhsv and Okhsl453
colors, usability
Color and Universal Design (uxm)452
colors, color-blindness, contrast, accessibility
Shifting Accessibility Testing to the Left451
accessibility, usability
Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (moz)450
links
Embracing Asymmetrical Design and Overcoming the Harmful Effects of “text-overflow: ellipsis” in CSS449
css, overflow
Using Objectives and Key Results to Inform UX Design (uxm)448
interviews, user-experience, okr, strategies, processes
Design Thinking: Study Guide (nng)447
guides, training, link-lists
UI Cheat Sheet: Spacing Friendships (uxd)446
spacing, cheat-sheets
Principles by Design445
principles
A Guide to Accessible Digital UX Design444
guides, accessibility, user-experience
Why Are We Talking So Much About Design Leadership? (uxd)443
leadership
Balancing UX Design and Conversion-Rate Optimization (uxm)442
user-experience, user-conversion, optimization
Avoid the Most Common 18 Mistakes to Make Your UI/UX Design Better441
user-experience, mistakes
Optimizing Your Own Performance as a Designer (uxd)440
career
Is It Time to Ditch the Design Grid? (mic)439
layout, grids
5 UI Tips to Become a Better Front-End Developer438
colors, tips-and-tricks
The Vanishing Designer (uxd)437
career
Maintaining End-to-End Quality With Visual Testing (sma)436
testing, quality
The Future of UX Design (uxm)435
interviews, outlooks, user-experience
Principle of Closure in Visual Design (nng)434
principles
Designing for Information Density (uxd)433
Designing for the Unexpected (ali)432
html, css
Gridless Design (don)431
websites, layout
Five Ways to Include D/Deaf Users in Your Designs (tpg)430
accessibility
Feature Checklists Are Not Enough: How to Avoid Making Bad Software (nng)429
how-tos, usability, checklists
Towards Richer Colors on the Web428
colors
10 Figma Best Practices to 10× Your Workflow (uxd)427
figma, productivity, best-practices
The Most Popular Design Thinking Strategy Is BS426
strategies
All You Need Is 5 Fonts (uxd)425
typography, fonts
Ultimate Guide to Color in UX/UI Design424
guides, colors, figma
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever (uxd)423
navigation, apple
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States (uxd)422
usability
Building a Color Scheme (arg)421
css, colors, color-palettes
Embracing Design Constraints (aar)420
4 Soft Skills Every Designer Should Aspire to Learn (uxm)419
career
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting UX Design (uxm)418
user-experience, ai
Fifteen Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective417
accessibility, trends
9 Principles of Good Web Design416
principles, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)415
navigation, optimization
Minimalism Is Boring414
minimalism
10 Graphic-Design Tips for UX Designers (uxm)413
user-experience, tips-and-tricks
Why Does a Design Look Good? (nng)412
aesthetics
2004–2021: Retrospective (iam)411
tech-stacks, retrospectives
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design410
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide409
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab/uxd)408
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice407
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)406
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)405
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)404
history
How to Design a Set of Icons403
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)402
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)401
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)400
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)399
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn (uxd)398
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)397
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX (uxd)396
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)395
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101394
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)393
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)392
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)391
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts (jen)390
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)389
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)388
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)387
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)386
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)385
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)384
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)383
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)382
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)381
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)380
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
RTL Styling 101 (sha)379
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)378
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab/uxd)377
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)376
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)375
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)374
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)373
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)372
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)371
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX370
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven369
Queer Design Club (que)368
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)367
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)366
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)365
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)364
prototyping, voice
Ethics for Designers (ia)363
ethics
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)362
art-direction, html, css, shapes
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)361
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)360
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design359
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)358
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)357
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)356
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab/uxd)355
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design354
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)353
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)352
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)351
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)350
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)349
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)348
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)347
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)346
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)345
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)344
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)343
seo
How to Automate a Design342
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)341
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)340
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)339
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)338
art-direction, css, grids, layout
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)337
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)336
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)335
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)334
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)333
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop, adobe
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)332
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)331
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)330
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab/uxd)329
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)328
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)327
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)326
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview325
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)324
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable323
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)322
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)321
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)320
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)319
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)318
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (ada/sma)317
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)316
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)315
how-tos, theming, monetization
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)314
how-tos, shadows, effects
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)313
introductions, layout
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)312
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)311
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons310
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)309
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner308
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)307
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)306
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)305
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds304
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)303
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions302
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (vit/sma)301
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)300
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies