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“design” News Archive (2)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
The Loss of the Process in the Name of Progress (uxd)787
creativity, productivity, processes
Futuring With Design (uxd)786
creativity, processes
5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024 (web)785
responsive-design, seo
Five Future Roles for Designers (jar)784
career, outlooks
The AI Dilemma in Graphic Design: Steering Towards Excellence in Typography and Beyond (sma)783
ai, typography
7 Mobile UX Design Tools to Supercharge Your Design Process (uxm)782
tooling, link-lists
Mind the Accessibility Gaps—Most of Accessibility Issues Originate in Design and How to Fix That (cer)781
accessibility, html, aria
What Is Our Design Intention? (uxd)780
processes
AI Art Is the New Stock Image (ia)779
ai, images
The Designer’s Guide to Social Computing (uxd)778
guides, social-media
Are You Boring Your Interviewer by Over-Explaining Context? (uxd)777
career, interviewing
Design Is Not Really a Thing (uxd)776
user-experience
Designing Better Target Sizes (sha)775
accessibility, best-practices
Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices (uxd)774
processes
Figma Is Not Forever773
tooling, figma
AI Vertigo: Where Do We Go From Here as Designers? (uxd)772
ai, career
Oh Shit Banners (eri)771
history
Design Better Pagination770
navigation, pagination
7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024 (web)769
outlooks
Everything You Need to Know About Responsive Logo Design (web)768
branding, images, logos, responsive-design
Recapturing Early-Internet Whimsy With HTML (tec)767
html, trends, art, decoration
Are We Too Pedantic With Semantic766
design-tokens, semantics
Good Design Is Subjective, Contextual, and Intentional (uxd)765
processes
Can UX Design Actually Be Ethical? (uxd)764
user-experience, ethics
Why Designers Quit (2023 Report) (uxd)763
career
Signals of Interface Quality762
quality
Dark Design Patterns Catalog761
user-experience, dark-patterns
12 Important User-Interface Design Guidelines (uxm)760
guidelines, usability
Color Psychology in Visual Design: A Practical Guide to Impacting User Behavior (uxm)759
guides, colors, tips-and-tricks
Pen, Paper, IDE: A DevTool Founder’s Early-Stage Product Design Guide (rom+/evi)758
guides, product-management, processes
Why Carousels Don’t Work757
carousels, user-experience
The State of UX in 2024: Enter Late-Stage UX (fab/uxd)756
user-experience, outlooks
Is the Flat Design Trend Finally Over? (uxd)755
flat-design, trends
A More Holistic Design Workflow: Gluing Jira, Figma, and Zeplin Together (uxd)754
processes, atlassian, figma
Does Web Design Matter?753
web
Design That Scales752
books, design-systems, scalability, processes
Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers (tra/evi)751
best-practices
“An Accessible Website Won’t Be Beautiful”… Really?!750
aesthetics, accessibility
Are Design Ethics Useless? (koo)749
ethics
Test Often to Keep Your Designs Simple748
prototyping, testing, simplicity
Until the Right Design Emerges…747
Designing for Accessibility Beyond Compliance (uxd)746
accessibility, compliance
Designing Web Design Documentation (fre/sma)745
documentation, design-systems
Growing Design by Letting Teams Experience It744
AI Is the New UI (uxd)743
ai
The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (uxm)742
user-experience, prototyping
Breaking Down a Design (jam)741
Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For?740
design-patterns, modals
It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (hbu)739
web, career
The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (nng)738
mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
Why Companies Kill Great Design (uxd)737
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)736
guides, navigation, usability
Hey Designers, They’re Gaslighting You735
career
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing734
typography, fonts
The Cost of Obsessing Over Design Perfection (uxd)733
processes, career
The Future of Web Design: Emerging AI Technologies and Trends (uxm)732
outlooks, trends, ai
Why Is Creativity So Blurry, and Am I Creative? (uxd)731
creativity, career
The Real Value of Tokens (uxd)730
design-tokens
Style Is Consistent Constraint729
consistency
Is Atomic Design Dead? (bra)728
videos, atomic-design
From User Needs to User Dreams: Find the Future of Your Product (uxd)727
user-experience, outlooks
Biases in Design: Hiding in Plain Sight in a World Full of Visuals (uxd)726
Two Important New Roles for UX Designers in the Era of AI (uxm)725
user-experience, career, ai
7 Reasons to Replace Advanced Search With Filters So Users Can Easily Find What They Need (ada)724
usability, user-experience, searching
Why Do Users Prefer Certain Design? Insights From the Landscape Theory723
Nostalgia in UX Design722
user-experience, history
Balance in UX Design: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Radial Balance (nng)721
videos, user-experience
It’s Time to End Damaging Website Design Practices That May Harm Your Users720
user-experience, usability, privacy, best-practices
The Next Generation of Web Layouts (zel)719
web-platform, layout
Why I No Longer Believe in Content Design (uxd)718
content, writing
Toggles Suck!717
toggles, usability, user-experience
The Rise of Minimalism in Web Design: Less Is More716
minimalism
Using Imagery in Visual Design (nng)715
images, content
How SEOs and UX Designers Can Work Better Together (moz)714
seo, user-experience, collaboration
What Is the Bento UI Trend, and How Can You Get Started? (web)713
trends
How AI Is Making Web Design More Efficient (web)712
ai, efficiency
Recent Design711
websites, link-lists
How to Use Your Intuition in Your Product Design Process (uxd)710
how-tos, product-management, processes
Data-Driven Design: The Rise of Big Data in UX (uxm)709
metrics, user-experience
Developing Inclusivity Features (uxm)708
accessibility, dei
Invisible Details of Interaction Design707
interaction-design, user-experience
Mockups Explained (uxm)706
processes
The Decline in Design (Thinking) (uxd)705
user-experience
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples704
history, trends, navigation, colors, typography
Design for the Web Without Figma703
tooling
4 Design Principles I Use Every Day to Avoid Bad UX and Create Products That Work for Everyone (ada)702
principles, user-experience, dei
Designers Who Code, What Is It Good For? (fra)701
career
What’s the Perfect Design Process? (vit/sma)700
processes
Amplify Design Values Through Building Design System (uxd)699
design-systems
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)698
typography, fonts
Choosing a Color Palette (nng)697
videos, colors, color-palettes
Designing for Inclusion (uxd)696
dei, accessibility
How Designers Can Beat AI at Design (uxd)695
ai
Balancing Users’ Needs and Business Goals in UX Design (uxm)694
user-experience
The New CSS (mat)693
css, web-platform
It’s Time for Dimensional Thinking in Design (uxd)692
ai
Design vs. Accessibility and the CSS “visually-hidden” Class (its/log)691
accessibility, css, comparisons
Using Color Wheel Combinations in Your Designs (web)690
colors
Design Under Constraints: Challenges, Opportunities, and Practical Strategies (boa/sma)689
strategies
Are Simple Websites Better for Business? (web)688
simplicity
Every Design Team Needs Writers (uxd)687
writing
Design Systems: A Curated List for Today’s UI/UX Designers (sta)686
design-systems, tooling, link-lists
The Double-Edged Sword of Design Systems (uxd)685
design-systems
Designing a Better Design Handoff File in Figma (sma)684
processes, figma
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)683
html, aria, terminology
Visual-Design Principles and UX Design Best Practices (uxm)682
user-experience, principles, best-practices
Slow Design681
websites
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design680
web, history, html, css
Complete Guide on Playwright Visual Regression Testing679
guides, playwright, testing, regressions
The Most Underrated Section of Design Portfolios678
career
Adding Motion to the Next Decade of Atomic Design (uxd)677
atomic-design
Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design (boa/fro)676
dark-patterns
Business Impacts of UI Design and UX Design (uxm)675
economics
Using a Muted Color Palette in Web Design (uxm)674
colors, color-palettes
What Is Design Thinking? (sma)673
Lessons of Design (fab/uxd)672
lessons
9 Bogus Reasons Why Some Designers Claim UX Research Is a Waste (uxd)671
user-experience, research
Embracing AI as a Material for Design (uxd)670
ai, content
A Designers Guide to the Principles of Web Design669
guides, principles, consistency, legibility, navigation, images, hierarchy, whitespace, usability
Advanced Figma Components Tips and Tricks: Little Gems We Love (uxd)668
figma, components, tips-and-tricks
Formulating Your Product Design North Star (aka Design Principles) (uxd)667
principles, processes
Choosing Humanity Over Automation (uxd)666
ai, automation
Accessibility for Designers: Where Do I Start? (ste)665
accessibility, link-lists
Quick Tip: Pull Data From an API Into a Figma Layer (dxn)664
tips-and-tricks, apis, figma
Why Do They Ignore My Awesome Design Documentation?663
documentation
From Burnout to Balance: Why Are So Many UX Designers Fatigued? (uxd)662
career, productivity, user-experience
Usability Heuristics in Game Design (uxd)661
usability, heuristics
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone II660
accessibility, design-systems
What We’ve Learned About Designing for Accessibility From Our Users659
accessibility
5 Lesser-Known Spacing Tips for Product Designers (uxd)658
spacing
Annotating Designs for Accessibility (int)657
videos, accessibility
The Age of Average656
The Intersection of Data Visualization and UX Design (uxm)655
information-design, user-experience
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact654
tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, fonts, typography
What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design (fre/sma)653
layout
Circling Back on Design and Everything Else (uxd)652
How Design Is Governance651
Accepting Design (fab)650
8 Tips for Making Your Custom Web Designs Mobile Friendly (uxm)649
mobile, tips-and-tricks
“Design First, Then Build”: Let’s Bury This Myth Forevermore (rom/evi)648
processes, myths
From UX to Growth Design: 5 Principles to Multiply Your Value (uxd)647
user-experience, principles
The Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites (nng)646
The Art of Unlearning (uxd)645
learning
Accessible but Never Boring: Rebranding the Wise Design System for Everyone644
accessibility, design-systems
Declarative Design (ada/btc)643
videos
Designers, Use Your intuition (uxd)642
collaboration
The Importance of Adding Accessibility Design Reviews to the Design Process (dav)641
accessibility, processes
All About Iterative Design (uxm)640
processes
Keys to an Accessibility Mindset (sma)639
accessibility
To Sketch or Not to Sketch? (uxd)638
ai
Unlocking the Power of Design to Help Users Make Smart Decisions (web)637
tips-and-tricks
Can You Be a Designer if You Have No Training? (hen)636
career
Should Inclusive Design Be a UX Concern? (uxd)635
dei, user-experience
Modular Web Design: Flexibility, Examples, and Alternatives634
Why Is Making a Dark Mode Greyscale So Hard to Get Right?633
dark-mode, contrast, colors
Design for AI: What Should People Who Design AI Know? (uxd)632
ai
Typographic Hierarchy in Print, Web, and App Design (pim)631
typography, hierarchy
19 Must-Visit Sites for Product Design Inspiration (uxd)630
link-lists
Login Form UI Design Guide (uxd)629
guides, forms
Copying Designs Doesn’t Work, and Here’s Why (sma)628
user-experience
3 Essential Design Trends, January 2023 (web)627
trends
Visual Design Rules You Can Safely Follow Every Time626
Accessibility Tools and Resources for Designers625
tooling, link-lists
Designing a Robust Right-to-Left UI in Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi (uxd)624
internationalization
The Storytelling Power of Simple Design Solutions (uxd)623
simplicity
Can a Bridge Be Unethical?622
ethics
The Undeniable Benefits of Simple Website Design621
simplicity, user-conversion
2023 Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective620
accessibility, trends
7 Principles of Design Psychology Every UX Designer Should Know (uxm)619
user-experience, principles
Good Design Is Intentional (jon)618
5 Web Design Trends to Watch in 2023617
trends
6 Predictions for Web Design in 2023 (web)616
outlooks
Culture Is Stuck615
culture
Overlapping Interactive Areas (tem)614
accessibility
Junior Designers, Please Don’t Give In (uxd)613
career
An Ultimate Guide on Sizing, Spacing, Grids, and Layout in Web and UI/UX Design (sma)612
guides, spacing, grids, layout, typography
Why Web Design Still Matters in 2023 (web)611
web
An Inclusive and Planet-Friendly Digital Style Guide (uxd)610
style-guides, accessibility, dei, sustainability, ethics
If You Are Afraid of AI, You May Not Be the Best UX Designer Out There (uxd)609
user-experience, ai, career
Design Deserves More Respect (uxd)608
Enough With the Pointless Images (boa)607
decoration, images
Proximity: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design (nng)606
videos, principles
A Conversation With ChatGPT (mat)605
interviews, ai, chatgpt, typography
Design Spacing Tokens Semantically (don)604
websites, design-tokens, spacing
From Type to Logotype603
fonts, typography, branding, logos
The State of UX in 2023: A Vibe Shift Is Coming (fab/uxd)602
user-experience, outlooks
10 Key Principles of User-Centered Design (web)601
usability, user-experience, principles
Designing a Utopian Layout Grid: Working With Fluid Responsive Values in a Static Design Tool600
layout, grids, liquid-design, css
Content May Be King, but Design Is Queen (uxd)599
content
The Peculiar Case of Japanese Web Design598
websites, culture, comparisons
Why Japan’s Internet Is Weirdly Designed597
videos
4 Mobile Must-Haves for a Modern UX Design Strategy (uxm)596
user-experience, responsive-design, mobile
How to Use Huge Type on the Web595
how-tos, typography
Incorporating Accessible Design Elements Into Your Web Site (uxm)594
accessibility
Less Design Leadership—More Design Authorship (uxd)593
leadership
Accessibility Is in Style—Styles and Style Guides (kno)592
accessibility, writing, documentation, style-guides, consistency, quality
Visual Design: Breaking Into the Fourth Dimension of Experience Design (uxd)591
user-experience
The Heuristics of Neurodesign (uxd)590
heuristics
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes III (css/css)589
css, grids
When Our Tools Hold Us Back (mia/odd)588
css, tooling
How to Create the Perfect Hero Image for Your Portfolio Site587
how-tos
What Designers Can Learn From Apple’s New Accessibility Features (uxd)586
accessibility, apple
Visual Design in UX: Study Guide (nng)585
guides, user-experience, training, link-lists
Design Management Toolbox: Non-Linear Professional Development (uxd)584
career
5 Visual Treatments that Improve Accessibility (nng)583
accessibility
Hostile Patterns in Error Messages (nng)582
usability, errors, anti-patterns
Knowing What It’s Not (uxd)581
spacing
All Designers Start as Copycats (and That’s OK) (uxd)580
career
Design Principles for the Web (ada)579
videos, principles
Typographic Hierarchies (sma)578
typography
Ethical Design Is a Risk Management Strategy (uxd)577
ethics, strategies
Applying the 8 Golden Rules of User-Interface Design (uxm)576
usability, consistency
Designing for Users With Disabilities: 10 Factors to Consider (uxm)575
accessibility, usability
Forging Successful Partnerships With Software Developers (uxm)574
collaboration
Design for Them Not for You (nng)573
videos, usability
New Brutalism and Web Accessibility: What You Need to Know (uxd)572
accessibility
Design Specifications Template (uxd)571
templates
Wired.com: 20 Years Later (sto)570
retrospectives, case-studies
Landing the Second Click: A Guide to Designing Better Landing Pages (uxd)569
guides, landing-pages, user-conversion
Can Consistency Harm Your Product? (uxd)568
consistency
Mobile UX Design in 2022 (uxm)567
user-experience, mobile
What Is Website Minimalism?566
minimalism
Why You Should Care About Design in Uncertain Times (uxd)565
How to Make Your Designs Scannable (and Why You Should) (web)564
how-tos, usability
A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility (ste)563
videos, accessibility, documentation
It’s Good to Make Mistakes (tem)562
accessibility, mistakes
Why Designers Quit (uxd)561
career
Design 4.0: Leading Design in the New Industry (uxd)560
Designing for People With Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else559
videos, accessibility
The Rise of the TikTok Pattern (uxd)558
social-media
12 Modern UI Components to Inspire Your Future Designs557
components
Towards a Factory Model of Designing User Interfaces—Slotted Systems in Figma (uxd)556
design-systems, figma
Are Modals in Web Design a UX Disaster? (web)555
user-experience, accessibility, modals
So Your Designer Wants Stuff to Overlap (hui)554
css
Top 5 Technology Trends in UX Design (uxm)553
user-experience, trends
Prestige Is the Designer’s Achilles’ Heel (uxd)552
Is Design Thinking Overhyped? (uxd)551
Designing Better Error Messages UX (vit/sma)550
user-experience, usability, errors
What Customer-First Web Design Looks Like (web)549
business-relations
The Design Principle Paradox (uxd)548
principles
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes II (css/css)547
css, grids
Why User Personas Matter in UX Design (uxm)546
user-experience, usability, personas
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes (css/css)545
css, grids
Websites: Past and Present544
web, history
Designing for Long-Form Articles (dxn/css)543
content
No Demo [Website] Reno (mia)542
processes
Neubrutalism Style in UX: A Twist on the Dominant Modern Minimalist (uxd)541
user-experience, minimalism
Typography in Web Design (uxm)540
typography
Why I No Longer Care What People “Like” or “Don’t Like” (uxd)539
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs538
effects
Choosing the Right Mindset to Design Complex Applications (uxd)537
complexity, processes
Consistency in UX Design: To What Extent Is “Best Practice” the Right Choice? (uxd)536
user-experience, consistency, best-practices
7 UX Laws You’re Probably Getting Wrong (web)535
user-experience, usability
A Beginner’s Guide to Inclusive UX Design (uxd)534
guides, dei, user-experience
The Dos and Don’ts of Pairing Typefaces (nng)533
typography, readability, legibility, usability
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)532
naming, history, navigation, breadcrumbs
Web Design Tool Wish List (gri/clo)531
tooling, wish-lists
Designing the Perfect Button530
buttons
10 Dos and Don’ts of Web Design in 2022 (web)529
principles
How to Pick the Least Wrong Colors528
how-tos, colors, accessibility
The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers (mis)527
principles
Inclusive Design 101 (uxd)526
dei
Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation Menus525
navigation
The Rise and Fall of Neumorphism524
The Era of Rebellious Web Design Is Here523
A Designer’s Journey of Ignorance, Resentment, and Wisdom (uxd)522
On Design Thinking521
Learn CSS Subgrid (sha)520
css, grids
Lost in Translation (mat/btc)519
videos, accessibility, html, css
Design Patterns: How to Create Simple Interfaces (web)518
how-tos, design-patterns
Designing a Better Language Selector (vit/sma)517
usability, internationalization, localization
How Not to Do Accessible Design (uxd)516
accessibility, colors
Contextual Spacing for Intrinsic Web Design (5t3)515
intrinsic-design, css, spacing
It’s Time We Fix the Unethical Design of Cookie Consent Windows (uxd)514
ethics, cookies, consent-management, legal
Ethical Design Network513
websites, ethics
If Design Principles Are for Designs, Then Design Values Are for Designers (uxd)512
principles
Best Practices for Integrating Content Design in Your Design System511
design-systems, content, best-practices
Traditional Web Design Process Is Fundamentally Broken (gri/clo)510
processes, prototyping, mobile, responsive-design
16 Top Design Trends for 2022 (uxm)509
trends
9 Useful Principles of UX Design (uxm)508
user-experience, principles
11 Steps to Keep Figma Clean (uxd)507
tooling, figma
Atomic Design 2022: What We Can Learn From Eames and Other Design Giants (uxd)506
atomic-design
Is Agile an Anti-Design Pattern? (uxd)505
agile, anti-patterns
Drastically Improve Your UI Designs With This Technique504
techniques, optimization
Designers Are Spending Too Much Time Designing UI Variations Manually (uxd)503
processes, productivity
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)502
fonts, readability
Common App Design Challenges and Their Solutions (uxm)501
user-experience
How to Develop Your UX Design Philosophy (uxm)500
how-tos, user-experience
How to Improve UX Design Through A/B Testing (uxm)499
how-tos, user-experience, testing, optimization
Mobile-First Ecommerce Site Design Is the Future (uxm)498
mobile-first, mobile, ecommerce
There’s No Such Thing as a “Design System Designer” (uxd)497
design-systems, career
Neubrutalism Is Taking Over the Web (uxd)496
web
Speed Needs Design, or: You Can’t Delight Users You’ve Annoyed495
performance, user-experience
Designing “Above the Fold”? Try the Reciprocity Principle (uxd)494
principles
Design Mistakes That Hurt Your Web Site’s Conversion Rates (uxm)493
user-experience, user-conversion, metrics, mistakes
Dos and Don’ts of Mobile UX Design (uxm)492
user-experience, usability, mobile
How to Empathize With Your Users491
how-tos, usability, user-experience
An Introduction to User Journey Maps (ste)490
introductions, usability, user-experience
Designing the User Experience of a Rating System (uxd)489
user-experience
Component Tokens and Themes Example (to Learn Figma Tokens) (fig)488
theming, design-tokens, components, figma
Inclusive Design vs. Accessible Design: Understanding the Differences487
accessibility, dei, comparisons
Let’s Get Inclusive: Designing Products for Everyone (uxm)486
dei
How Thinking About Hierarchical Grids Helps You Take a Content-First Approach to Design (uxd)485
layout, grids, content
Modern, Single-Page Web Design: UX Design Trends and Tips (uxm)484
user-experience, trends
Settings Are Not a Design Failure483
usability, user-experience
Building Like It’s 1984: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Intuitive Context Menus482
guides, usability
Website Themes and Color Schemes481
theming, colors, color-palettes
Inclusive Design (nng)480
dei
Best Practices for Creating Your UX Design Portfolio (uxm)479
user-experience, career, best-practices
Accessibility and 2022: 13 Design Trends From a Usability Perspective478
accessibility, trends, usability
Software Is Automating Design—What Does That Mean for Designers?477
automation
Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue (moz)476
links
The Good, the Bad, and the Toggle (uxd)475
forms, toggles
Shedding Light on Fiverr’s Dark Mode Creation Process474
dark-mode
Show, Don’t Tell (css)473
writing, semantics
Design Sprints Revisited: Designing With Your Users and Developers (uxm)472
usability
The Ideal Line Length and Line Height in Web Design (pim)471
typography, readability
The Last Design You’ll Ever Make470
Where Do You Put Spacing on Design System Components? (eri)469
design-systems, components, spacing
Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline (sma)468
links, email
The Love of Curvilinear Design (uxd)467
The State of UX in 2022: Rebuild (fab/uxd)466
user-experience, outlooks
Three Principles to Better Present Your UI Designs (uxd)465
principles
Exploring Retro Web Design464
It’s Not About Your Favorite Color—Moving From Brand Strategy to Visual Identity (uxd)463
branding, strategies
How Designers Can Prevent User Errors462
usability, errors
Be Usable, Not Consistent, Not Uniform (uxd)461
usability
Design Is Not Art, and UX Is Not Design (uxd)460
user-experience
The Golden Ratio and User-Interface Design (nng)459
layout, aesthetics, principles
Smart CSS Solutions for Common UI Challenges (sma)458
css
How Design Debt Can Hurt Your Product (uxd)457
design-debt
Why We Crave Software With Style Over “Branding”456
branding
Why Does Everything Look the Same? (uxd)455
7 UI Design Fundamentals for Developers454
fundamentals
Contemporary Design Has Lost Its Soul (uxd)453
Why Inequalities Can Appear in Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design452
accessibility, dei
What’s the Right Font Size in Web Design? (pim)451
typography
Design Direction as a Step Before Design System450
design-systems
Line Length Revisited: Following the Research449
readability, typography, research
Okhsv and Okhsl448
colors, usability
Color and Universal Design (uxm)447
colors, color-blindness, contrast, accessibility
Shifting Accessibility Testing to the Left446
accessibility, usability
Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (moz)445
links
Embracing Asymmetrical Design and Overcoming the Harmful Effects of “text-overflow: ellipsis” in CSS444
css, overflow
Using Objectives and Key Results to Inform UX Design (uxm)443
interviews, user-experience, okr, strategies, processes
Design Thinking: Study Guide (nng)442
guides, training, link-lists
UI Cheat Sheet: Spacing Friendships (uxd)441
spacing, cheat-sheets
Principles by Design440
principles
A Guide to Accessible Digital UX Design439
guides, accessibility, user-experience
Why Are We Talking So Much About Design Leadership? (uxd)438
leadership
Balancing UX Design and Conversion-Rate Optimization (uxm)437
user-experience, user-conversion, optimization
Avoid the Most Common 18 Mistakes to Make Your UI/UX Design Better436
user-experience, mistakes
Optimizing Your Own Performance as a Designer (uxd)435
career
Is It Time to Ditch the Design Grid? (mic)434
layout, grids
5 UI Tips to Become a Better Front-End Developer433
colors, tips-and-tricks
The Vanishing Designer (uxd)432
career
Maintaining End-to-End Quality With Visual Testing (sma)431
testing, quality
The Future of UX Design (uxm)430
interviews, outlooks, user-experience
Principle of Closure in Visual Design (nng)429
principles
Designing for Information Density (uxd)428
Designing for the Unexpected (ali)427
html, css
Gridless Design (don)426
websites, layout
Five Ways to Include D/Deaf Users in Your Designs (tpg)425
accessibility
Feature Checklists Are Not Enough: How to Avoid Making Bad Software (nng)424
how-tos, usability, checklists
Towards Richer Colors on the Web423
colors
10 Figma Best Practices to 10× Your Workflow (uxd)422
figma, productivity, best-practices
The Most Popular Design Thinking Strategy Is BS421
strategies
All You Need Is 5 Fonts (uxd)420
typography, fonts
Ultimate Guide to Color in UX/UI Design419
guides, colors, figma
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever (uxd)418
navigation, apple
Building a Color Scheme (arg/dev)417
css, colors, color-palettes
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States (uxd)416
usability
Embracing Design Constraints (aar)415
4 Soft Skills Every Designer Should Aspire to Learn (uxm)414
career
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting UX Design (uxm)413
user-experience, ai
Fifteen Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective412
accessibility, trends
9 Principles of Good Web Design411
principles, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)410
navigation, optimization
Minimalism Is Boring409
minimalism
10 Graphic-Design Tips for UX Designers (uxm)408
user-experience, tips-and-tricks
Why Does a Design Look Good? (nng)407
aesthetics
2004–2021: Retrospective (iam)406
tech-stacks, retrospectives
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design405
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide404
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab/uxd)403
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice402
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)401
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)400
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)399
history
How to Design a Set of Icons398
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)397
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)396
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)395
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)394
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn (uxd)393
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)392
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX (uxd)391
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)390
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101389
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)388
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)387
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)386
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts (jen)385
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)384
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)383
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)382
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)381
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)380
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)379
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)378
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)377
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)376
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)375
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
RTL Styling 101 (sha)374
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)373
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab/uxd)372
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)371
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)370
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)369
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)368
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)367
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)366
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX365
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven364
Queer Design Club (que)363
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)362
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)361
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)360
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)359
prototyping, voice
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)358
html, css, shapes
Ethics for Designers (ia)357
ethics
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)356
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)355
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design354
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)353
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)352
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)351
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab/uxd)350
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design349
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)348
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)347
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)346
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)345
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)344
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)343
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)342
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)341
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)340
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)339
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)338
seo
How to Automate a Design337
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)336
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)335
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)334
css, grids, layout
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)333
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)332
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)331
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)330
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)329
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)328
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop, adobe
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)327
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)326
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)325
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab/uxd)324
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)323
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)322
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)321
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview320
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)319
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable318
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)317
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)316
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)315
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)314
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)313
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (ada/sma)312
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)311
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)310
how-tos, theming, monetization
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)309
how-tos, shadows, effects
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)308
introductions, layout
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)307
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)306
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons305
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)304
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner303
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)302
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)301
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)300
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds299
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)298
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions297
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (vit/sma)296
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)295
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies
Communicating Animation (ali)294
communication, animations, interaction-design
Pixel Density, Demystified293
pixel-density
Advice From a Young Designer to Younger Designers (lil/btc)292
videos, career
Designing Meaningful Animation (vlh/btc)291
videos, animations, css
Crash Course: Learn the Sketch UI in Roughly 4 Minutes 20 Seconds (dxn)290
crash-courses, sketch
Never Show a Design You Haven’t Tested on Users (ali)289
usability, user-experience, testing
Web Designers, Can You Speak Web?288
html, css, browsers, concepts, link-lists