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“design” News Archive (2)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Composability in Design Systems (ada)847
design-systems, components
How to Design Accessible Forms in 10 Steps846
how-tos, accessibility, forms
The Polish Paradox845
optimization, user-experience
The Picture-Superiority Effect: Harness the Power of Visuals (nng)844
images, information-design
Design Déjà Vu (mal)843
html, css, history, comparisons
F-Shape Pattern and How Users Read (vit/sma)842
usability
Notes on Quality841
user-experience, quality
3 Essential Design Trends, May 2024 (web)840
trends
How I Use Generative AI in Branding839
ai, branding, principles
Make Product Design Great Again838
user-experience, product-management
Why We Are Still Using 88×31 Buttons837
images, history
Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things (nik)836
css, centering
Ethics in Times of Growth Design835
ethics
Unleashing Designers With Tailwind CSS834
videos, tailwind, processes
Control Your Vertigo—the Unspoken Rule for Defending Design Decisions833
user-experience
Figma Prototypes vs. HTML Prototypes (ada)832
processes, prototyping, figma, html, comparisons
Misinformation and Disinformation Online: What Design Can Do to Remedy This Problem (uxm)831
communication
What Is Whitespace? (nng)830
videos, whitespace, concepts, terminology
Should Designers Code? (bra)829
career
Breakpoints in Responsive Design (nng)828
responsive-design, breakpoints, usability
The Detail, the Quality827
quality
Design Is a Process of Getting Stuck (fon)826
processes
What Negative Effects Does a Bad Website Design Have on My Business? (web)825
economics
Convention Over Creativity? The Ups and Downs of UX Design824
user-experience
Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks823
user-experience, principles
How Web-Site Design and Social Media Work Together (uxm)822
content, social-media
A Designer’s Role Is Not “at the Table”821
career
Why UI Designers Should Understand Flexbox and CSS Grid820
layout, flexbox, grids, css
Homepage Design: 5 Fundamental Principles (nng)819
homepages, principles
Skeuomorphism (nng)818
terminology
How to Design Icons in Figma817
how-tos, images, icons, figma
The Essential Guide to Microcopy and Becoming a More Literate Designer816
guides, microcontent, content, writing
10 Figma Keyboard Shortcuts: A Cheat Sheet for UX Designers815
figma, keyboard-shortcuts, cheat-sheets
Sometimes, a Button Just Wants to Look Like a Button814
usability, buttons
90% of Designers are Unhirable?813
processes, career
Best Practices for Inclusive Design812
dei, accessibility, best-practices
How to Ensure Your Designs Work if You Can’t Access Sample Data811
how-tos, usability, metrics, testing
Achieving Design Collegiality While Maintaining Psychological Safety (uxm)810
collaboration
Designing for Mobile Accessibility: Enhancing the User Experience on Small Screens (uxm)809
accessibility, user-experience, mobile
Web Tech Trends to Watch in 2024 and Beyond (web)808
trends, dark-mode, ai, sustainability, minimalism
What Is Inclusive Design, and How Does It Relate to Accessibility?807
dei, accessibility
Creativity Lies in the Paradoxes806
creativity
The 3 Capabilities Designers Need to Build for the AI Era805
career, training, ai, link-lists
The Power of Patterns and Playbooks in Content Design (kat)804
content, design-patterns
A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People (vit/sma)803
guides, accessibility, colors, color-blindness
“Web Design as a Process” in Charts: Maintenance, Decay, Tech Debt, and Big Bang Launching (j9t)802
content, design-debt, technical-debt, maintenance, processes, visualization
UI = ƒ(statesⁿ) (dav)801
state-management
A Practical Guide to Designing for Children (vit/sma)800
guides, link-lists
Names Are Complex: Displaying Initials for an Avatar Component in a Design System (hey)799
naming, case-studies
A Guide to Designing for Older Adults (vit/sma)798
guides, accessibility
Designing User Onboarding: Lessons From Figma, Duolingo, and More797
lessons, onboarding, user-experience, figma
UI Elements Are Not So Elementary796
design-patterns
Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2024 (web)795
tooling, link-lists
Visual Hierarchy: Making User Experiences Easier to Understand (uxm)794
user-experience, hierarchy
The Loss of the Process in the Name of Progress793
creativity, productivity, processes
Futuring With Design792
creativity, processes
5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024 (web)791
responsive-design, seo
Five Future Roles for Designers (jar)790
career, outlooks
The AI Dilemma in Graphic Design: Steering Towards Excellence in Typography and Beyond (sma)789
ai, typography
7 Mobile UX Design Tools to Supercharge Your Design Process (uxm)788
tooling, link-lists
Mind the Accessibility Gaps—Most of Accessibility Issues Originate in Design and How to Fix That (cer)787
accessibility, html, aria
What Is Our Design Intention?786
processes
AI Art Is the New Stock Image (ia)785
ai, images
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing784
guides, social-media
Are You Boring Your Interviewer by Over-Explaining Context?783
career, interviewing
Design Is Not Really a Thing782
user-experience
Designing Better Target Sizes (sha)781
accessibility, best-practices
Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices780
processes
Figma Is Not Forever779
tooling, figma
AI Vertigo: Where Do We Go From Here as Designers?778
ai, career
Oh Shit Banners (eri)777
history
Design Better Pagination776
navigation, pagination
7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024 (web)775
outlooks
Everything You Need to Know About Responsive Logo Design (web)774
branding, images, logos, responsive-design
Recapturing Early-Internet Whimsy With HTML (tec)773
html, trends, art, decoration
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic (dis)772
design-tokens, semantics
Good Design Is Subjective, Contextual, and Intentional771
processes
Can UX Design Actually Be Ethical?770
user-experience, ethics
Why Designers Quit (2023 Report)769
career
Signals of Interface Quality768
quality
Dark Design Patterns Catalog767
user-experience, dark-patterns
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)766
guidelines, usability
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)765
guides, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)764
guides, product-management, processes
Why Carousels Don’t Work763
carousels, user-experience
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX (fab)762
user-experience, outlooks
Is the Flat Design Trend Finally Over?761
flat-design, trends
A More Holistic Design Workflow: Gluing Jira, Figma, and Zeplin Together760
processes, atlassian, figma
Does Web Design Matter?759
web
Design That Scales758
books, design-systems, scalability, processes
Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers (tra/evi)757
best-practices
“An Accessible Website Won’t Be Beautiful”… Really?!756
aesthetics, accessibility
Are Design Ethics Useless? (koo)755
ethics
Test Often to Keep Your Designs Simple754
prototyping, testing, simplicity
Until the Right Design Emerges…753
Designing for Accessibility Beyond Compliance752
accessibility, compliance
Designing Web Design Documentation (fre/sma)751
documentation, design-systems
Growing Design by Letting Teams Experience It750
AI Is the New UI749
ai
The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (uxm)748
user-experience, prototyping
Breaking Down a Design (jam)747
Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For?746
design-patterns, modals
It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (hbu)745
web, career
The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (nng)744
mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
Why Companies Kill Great Design743
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)742
guides, navigation, usability
Hey Designers, They’re Gaslighting You741
career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing740
typography, fonts
The Cost of Obsessing Over Design Perfection739
processes, career
The Future of Web Design: Emerging AI Technologies and Trends (uxm)738
outlooks, trends, ai
Why Is Creativity So Blurry, and Am I Creative?737
creativity, career
The Real Value of Tokens736
design-tokens
Style Is Consistent Constraint735
consistency
Is Atomic Design Dead? (bra)734
videos, atomic-design
From User Needs to User Dreams: Find the Future of Your Product733
user-experience, outlooks
Biases in Design: Hiding in Plain Sight in a World Full of Visuals732
Two Important New Roles for UX Designers in the Era of AI (uxm)731
user-experience, career, ai
7 Reasons to Replace Advanced Search With Filters So Users Can Easily Find What They Need (ada)730
usability, user-experience, searching
Why Do Users Prefer Certain Design? Insights From the Landscape Theory729
Nostalgia in UX Design728
user-experience, history
Balance in UX Design: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Radial Balance (nng)727
videos, user-experience
It’s Time to End Damaging Website Design Practices That May Harm Your Users726
user-experience, usability, privacy, best-practices
The Next Generation of Web Layouts (zel)725
web-platform, layout
Why I No Longer Believe in Content Design724
content, writing
Toggles Suck!723
toggles, usability, user-experience
The Rise of Minimalism in Web Design: Less Is More722
minimalism
Using Imagery in Visual Design (nng)721
images, content
How SEOs and UX Designers Can Work Better Together (moz)720
seo, user-experience, collaboration
What Is the Bento UI Trend, and How Can You Get Started? (web)719
trends
How AI Is Making Web Design More Efficient (web)718
ai, efficiency
Recent Design717
websites, link-lists
How to Use Your Intuition in Your Product Design Process716
how-tos, product-management, processes
Data-Driven Design: The Rise of Big Data in UX (uxm)715
metrics, user-experience
Developing Inclusivity Features (uxm)714
accessibility, dei
Invisible Details of Interaction Design713
interaction-design, user-experience
Mockups Explained (uxm)712
processes
The Decline in Design (Thinking)711
user-experience
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples710
history, trends, navigation, colors, typography
Design for the Web Without Figma709
tooling
4 Design Principles I Use Every Day to Avoid Bad UX and Create Products That Work for Everyone (ada)708
principles, user-experience, dei
Designers Who Code, What Is It Good For? (fra)707
career
What’s the Perfect Design Process? (vit/sma)706
processes
Amplify Design Values Through Building Design System705
design-systems
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)704
typography, fonts
Choosing a Color Palette (nng)703
videos, colors, color-palettes
How Designers Can Beat AI at Design702
ai
Designing for Inclusion701
dei, accessibility
Balancing Users’ Needs and Business Goals in UX Design (uxm)700
user-experience
The New CSS (mat)699
css, web-platform
It’s Time for Dimensional Thinking in Design698
ai
Design vs. Accessibility and the CSS “visually-hidden” Class (its/log)697
accessibility, css, comparisons
Using Color Wheel Combinations in Your Designs (web)696
colors
Design Under Constraints: Challenges, Opportunities, and Practical Strategies (boa/sma)695
strategies
Are Simple Websites Better for Business? (web)694
simplicity
Every Design Team Needs Writers693
writing
Design Systems: A Curated List for Today’s UI/UX Designers (sta)692
design-systems, tooling, link-lists
The Double-Edged Sword of Design Systems691
design-systems
Designing a Better Design Handoff File in Figma (sma)690
processes, figma
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)689
html, aria, terminology
Visual-Design Principles and UX Design Best Practices (uxm)688
user-experience, principles, best-practices
Slow Design687
websites
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design686
web, history, html, css
Complete Guide on Playwright Visual Regression Testing685
guides, playwright, testing, regressions
The Most Underrated Section of Design Portfolios (pro)684
career
Adding Motion to the Next Decade of Atomic Design683
atomic-design
Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design (boa/fro)682
dark-patterns
Business Impacts of UI Design and UX Design (uxm)681
economics
Using a Muted Color Palette in Web Design (uxm)680
colors, color-palettes
What Is Design Thinking? (sma)679
Lessons of Design (fab)678
lessons
9 Bogus Reasons Why Some Designers Claim UX Research Is a Waste677
user-experience, research
Embracing AI as a Material for Design676
ai, content
A Designers Guide to the Principles of Web Design675
guides, principles, consistency, legibility, navigation, images, hierarchy, whitespace, usability
Advanced Figma Components Tips and Tricks: Little Gems We Love674
figma, components, tips-and-tricks
Formulating Your Product Design North Star (aka Design Principles)673
principles, processes
Choosing Humanity Over Automation672
ai, automation
Accessibility for Designers: Where Do I Start? (ste)671
accessibility, link-lists
Quick Tip: Pull Data From an API Into a Figma Layer (dxn)670
tips-and-tricks, apis, figma
Why Do They Ignore My Awesome Design Documentation?669
documentation
From Burnout to Balance: Why Are So Many UX Designers Fatigued?668
career, productivity, user-experience
Usability Heuristics in Game Design667
usability, heuristics
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone II666
accessibility, design-systems
What We’ve Learned About Designing for Accessibility From Our Users665
accessibility
5 Lesser-Known Spacing Tips for Product Designers664
spacing
Annotating Designs for Accessibility (int)663
videos, accessibility
The Age of Average662
The Intersection of Data Visualization and UX Design (uxm)661
information-design, user-experience
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact660
tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, fonts, typography
What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design (fre/sma)659
layout
How Design Is Governance658
Accepting Design (fab)657
Circling Back on Design and Everything Else656
8 Tips for Making Your Custom Web Designs Mobile Friendly (uxm)655
mobile, tips-and-tricks
“Design First, Then Build”: Let’s Bury This Myth Forevermore (rom/evi)654
processes, myths
From UX to Growth Design: 5 Principles to Multiply Your Value653
user-experience, principles
The Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites (nng)652
The Art of Unlearning651
learning
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone650
accessibility, design-systems
Declarative Design (ada/btc)649
videos
Designers, Use Your intuition648
collaboration
The Importance of Adding Accessibility Design Reviews to the Design Process (dav)647
accessibility, processes
All About Iterative Design (uxm)646
processes
Keys to an Accessibility Mindset (sma)645
accessibility
To Sketch or Not to Sketch?644
ai
Unlocking the Power of Design to Help Users Make Smart Decisions (web)643
tips-and-tricks
Can You Be a Designer if You Have No Training? (hen)642
career
Should Inclusive Design Be a UX Concern?641
dei, user-experience
Modular Web Design: Flexibility, Examples, and Alternatives640
Why Is Making a Dark Mode Greyscale So Hard to Get Right?639
dark-mode, contrast, colors
Design for AI: What Should People Who Design AI Know?638
ai
Typographic Hierarchy in Print, Web, and App Design (pim)637
typography, hierarchy
19 Must-Visit Sites for Product Design Inspiration636
link-lists
Login Form UI Design Guide635
guides, forms
Copying Designs Doesn’t Work, and Here’s Why (sma)634
user-experience
3 Essential Design Trends, January 2023 (web)633
trends
Visual Design Rules You Can Safely Follow Every Time632
Accessibility Tools and Resources for Designers631
tooling, link-lists
Designing a Robust Right-to-Left UI in Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi630
internationalization
Can a Bridge Be Unethical?629
ethics
The Storytelling Power of Simple Design Solutions628
simplicity
The Undeniable Benefits of Simple Website Design627
simplicity, user-conversion
2023 Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective626
accessibility, trends
7 Principles of Design Psychology Every UX Designer Should Know (uxm)625
user-experience, principles
Good Design Is Intentional (jon)624
5 Web Design Trends to Watch in 2023623
trends
6 Predictions for Web Design in 2023 (web)622
outlooks
Culture Is Stuck621
culture
Overlapping Interactive Areas (tem)620
accessibility
Junior Designers, Please Don’t Give In619
career
An Ultimate Guide on Sizing, Spacing, Grids, and Layout in Web and UI/UX Design (sma)618
guides, spacing, grids, layout, typography
Why Web Design Still Matters in 2023 (web)617
web
An Inclusive and Planet-Friendly Digital Style Guide616
style-guides, accessibility, dei, sustainability, ethics
If You Are Afraid of AI, You May Not Be the Best UX Designer Out There615
user-experience, ai, career
Design Deserves More Respect614
Enough With the Pointless Images (boa)613
decoration, images
Proximity: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design (nng)612
videos, principles
A Conversation With ChatGPT (mat)611
interviews, ai, chatgpt, typography
Design Spacing Tokens Semantically (don)610
websites, design-tokens, spacing
From Type to Logotype609
fonts, typography, branding, logos
The State of UX in 2023: A Vibe Shift Is Coming (fab)608
user-experience, outlooks
10 Key Principles of User-Centered Design (web)607
usability, user-experience, principles
Designing a Utopian Layout Grid: Working With Fluid Responsive Values in a Static Design Tool606
layout, grids, liquid-design, css
Content May Be King, but Design Is Queen605
content
The Peculiar Case of Japanese Web Design604
websites, culture, comparisons
Why Japan’s Internet Is Weirdly Designed603
videos
4 Mobile Must-Haves for a Modern UX Design Strategy (uxm)602
user-experience, responsive-design, mobile
How to Use Huge Type on the Web601
how-tos, typography
Incorporating Accessible Design Elements Into Your Web Site (uxm)600
accessibility
Less Design Leadership—More Design Authorship599
leadership
Accessibility Is in Style—Styles and Style Guides (kno)598
accessibility, writing, documentation, style-guides, consistency, quality
The Heuristics of Neurodesign597
heuristics
Visual Design: Breaking Into the Fourth Dimension of Experience Design596
user-experience
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes III (css/css)595
css, grids
When Our Tools Hold Us Back (mia/odd)594
css, tooling
How to Create the Perfect Hero Image for Your Portfolio Site593
how-tos
What Designers Can Learn From Apple’s New Accessibility Features592
accessibility, apple
Visual Design in UX: Study Guide (nng)591
guides, user-experience, training, link-lists
Design Management Toolbox: Non-Linear Professional Development590
career
5 Visual Treatments that Improve Accessibility (nng)589
accessibility
Hostile Patterns in Error Messages (nng)588
usability, errors, anti-patterns
Knowing What It’s Not587
spacing
All Designers Start as Copycats (and That’s OK)586
career
Design Principles for the Web (ada)585
videos, principles
Typographic Hierarchies (sma)584
typography
Ethical Design Is a Risk Management Strategy583
ethics, strategies
Applying the 8 Golden Rules of User-Interface Design (uxm)582
usability, consistency
Designing for Users With Disabilities: 10 Factors to Consider (uxm)581
accessibility, usability
Forging Successful Partnerships With Software Developers (uxm)580
collaboration
Introducing html.to.design (div)579
introductions, html, figma, plugins, browser-extensions
Design for Them Not for You (nng)578
videos, usability
New Brutalism and Web Accessibility: What You Need to Know577
brutalism, accessibility
Design Specifications Template576
templates
Wired.com: 20 Years Later (sto)575
retrospectives, case-studies
Landing the Second Click: A Guide to Designing Better Landing Pages574
guides, landing-pages, user-conversion
Can Consistency Harm Your Product?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 Times570
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 Quit566
career
Design 4.0: Leading Design in the New Industry565
Designing for People With Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else564
videos, accessibility
The Rise of the TikTok Pattern563
social-media
12 Modern UI Components to Inspire Your Future Designs562
components
Towards a Factory Model of Designing User Interfaces—Slotted Systems in Figma561
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’ Heel557
Is Design Thinking Overhyped?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 Paradox553
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 Minimalist546
brutalism, user-experience, minimalism
Typography in Web Design (uxm)545
typography
Why I No Longer Care What People “Like” or “Don’t Like”544
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs543
effects
Choosing the Right Mindset to Design Complex Applications542
complexity, processes
Consistency in UX Design: To What Extent Is “Best Practice” the Right Choice?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 Design539
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
Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation Menus531
navigation
Inclusive Design 101530
dei
The Rise and Fall of Neumorphism529
The Era of Rebellious Web Design Is Here528
A Designer’s Journey of Ignorance, Resentment, and Wisdom527
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 Design521
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 Windows519
ethics, cookies, consent-management, legal
Ethical Design Network518
websites, ethics
If Design Principles Are for Designs, Then Design Values Are for Designers517
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 Clean512
tooling, figma
Atomic Design 2022: What We Can Learn From Eames and Other Design Giants511
atomic-design
Is Agile an Anti-Design Pattern?510
agile, anti-patterns
Drastically Improve Your UI Designs With This Technique509
techniques, optimization
Designers Are Spending Too Much Time Designing UI Variations Manually508
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”502
design-systems, career
Neubrutalism Is Taking Over the Web501
brutalism, web
Speed Needs Design, or: You Can’t Delight Users You’ve Annoyed500
performance, user-experience
Designing “Above the Fold”? Try the Reciprocity Principle499
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 System494
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 Design490
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
Website Themes and Color Schemes487
theming, colors, color-palettes
Building Like It’s 1984: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Intuitive Context Menus486
guides, usability
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 Toggle480
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 Design472
The State of UX in 2022: Rebuild (fab)471
user-experience, outlooks
Three Principles to Better Present Your UI Designs470
principles
Exploring Retro Web Design469
It’s Not About Your Favorite Color—Moving From Brand Strategy to Visual Identity468
branding, strategies
How Designers Can Prevent User Errors467
usability, errors
Be Usable, Not Consistent, Not Uniform466
usability
Design Is Not Art, and UX Is Not Design465
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 Product462
design-debt
Why We Crave Software With Style Over “Branding”461
branding
Why Does Everything Look the Same?460
7 UI Design Fundamentals for Developers459
fundamentals
Contemporary Design Has Lost Its Soul458
Why Inequalities Can Appear in Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design (gar)457
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 Friendships446
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?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 Designer440
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 Designer437
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 Density433
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 Workflow427
figma, productivity, best-practices
The Most Popular Design Thinking Strategy Is BS426
strategies
All You Need Is 5 Fonts425
typography, fonts
Ultimate Guide to Color in UX/UI Design424
guides, colors, figma
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever423
navigation, apple
Building a Color Scheme (arg)422
css, colors, color-palettes
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States421
usability
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)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 Unicorn398
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)397
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX396
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)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)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