UX / Product Design

Imagine if Instagram application had been built in Tokyo, rather than Silicon Valley. Would it feel the same? And what if a booking…

Every designer has felt it: that pang of frustration when you’re asked to make a product worse. Maybe it’s hiding a feature behind a…

Enshittification is a choice.

How the internet’s design choices rewired the way we think

After covering in detail the underlying interaction paradigms of TV experiences in [Part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/designing-tv-evergreen-pattern-shapes-tv-experiences/), it’s time to get practical. In the second part of the series, you’ll explore the building blocks of the “10-foot experience” and how to best utilise them in your designs.

The web’s newest users are no longer just people—they’re AI agents navigating, summarizing, and acting on content. This shift introduces Agent Experience (AX), a new layer of UX that ensures sites are legible and actionable for both humans and machines.

Designing with curiosity and criticality for responsible outcomes.

Arbitrary censorship will drive internet traffic underground and pose a cyber-security threat

Three bad UX stories from just one week that brought me close to a complete meltdown

A look at how modern workflows stripped meaning from design, and why getting it back might mean breaking the very systems we built.

#62: How can we change human behavior with behavioral design

Universal Design or Inclusive Design - which is better for Digital Accessibility? That's the wrong question, according to Ricky Onsman.

The design world evolves fast. With trends shifting from flat design to neumorphism, static screens to animated micro-interactions, and…

Charles Peirce named it abduction. UX design and AI prompting depend on it.

If I have to see one more persona named “Emily, 32, loves yoga and oat lattes”, I might just give up and start an AI-powered newsletter, post design inspirational BS on LinkedIn, and call myself a…

Things you need to understand now, and change in your workflows to ensure that you will survive the storm.

In any fast-moving product team, there’s a familiar pattern. A confident roadmap is shared. Timelines are tight but “doable.” Enthusiasm is high. Then, just as the meeting is wrapping up, a designer tentatively raises a hand and asks:“Have we thought about what happens if…?”

Designers, your gorgeous layout might be silently sabotaging your site—**if it shifts mid-scroll, it’s not elegant, it’s broken.** CLS isn’t just a dev metric—it’s the UX red flag your users feel *before* they bounce.

#55: What to do when you can't directly connect your impact with ROI.

As technology moves beyond flat screens into 3D spaces, designers face a new challenge: creating experiences that users don’t just see, but…

We often spotlight wireframes, research, or tools like Figma, but none of that moves the needle if we can’t collaborate well. Great UX doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes conversations with engineers, alignment with product, sales, and other stakeholders, and the ability to listen, adapt, and co-create. That’s where design becomes a team sport, and when your ability to capture the outcomes multiplies the UX impact.

When designers are perceived as a time sink, stakeholders start losing trust, leading to more prescriptive asks, micromanagement, and a…

A simple cube table sparked the idea of OpenUX — a design philosophy that embraces versatility, openness, and user-defined purpose.

Why NPS and bounce rate won’t tell you what’s broken in your product!

Overreliance on frameworks as universal solutions rather than adaptable starting points undermines critical thinking and threatens our field's intellectual rigor.

Thoughts on the UI paradigm shift Apple just introduced with Liquid Glass.

Apple will begin using AI technology to power the discovery of apps on the App Store, the company announced at this week's Worldwide Developers Conference

What killed Dribbble? Our analysis reveals how the once-essential design platform lost its community focus, where designers migrated, and what comes next for digital design.

In a world where design trends shift faster than you can refresh your browser, staying updated is key. Like you know that inspiration and…

As a UI design style, neobrutalism focuses on raw, unrefined elements like bold colors, simple shapes, and intentionally "unfinished" aesthetics.