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Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957 | Hammer Museum
The first comprehensive museum exhibition in the US about Black Mountain College, an experimental liberal arts college where artists like Robert Rauchenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham studied and taught.
Photoshop Etiquette: A Guide to Discernible Web Design
They say a good designer is a meticulous one. “Sweat the details” and all of that. But how well does that ethos check out when we’re passing along PSDs?
BDG-Feierabend on air: Vanilla-Webdesign
VANILLA WEB DESIGNGestalten mit Browser, Git und KirbyWieso als Designer:in mit Git arbeiten? Weshalb den Browser als wichtigste App schätzen? Und warum Kirby als Redaktionssystem nutzen?Johanna und Nils sprechen darüber, wie sie als Designteam ihren Tech Stack aus Browser, Text Editor, Git und Kirby CMS für detailorientiertes Gestalten im Web nutzen. Sie beleuchten Projektabläufe, Prozesse und Systeme von Konzeption und Entwurf zu nachhaltiger Realisierung.WerJohanna und Nils Hörrmann bilden das interdisziplinäre Büro für Gestaltung hana+nils aus Braunschweig. Seit 2011 erarbeiten sie mit Kund:innen aus dem In- und Ausland visuelle Projekte in Print und Web.
Creating Accessible UI Animations
Animation and accessibility are often seen as two separate powers at odds with one another. How is it possible to strike a balance between elements that move and the possible negative effects they expose to users who are sensitive to motion? Oriana GarcĂa explains how her team at Mercado Libre tackled the challenge by creating guiding principles for applying animation to user interfaces and incorporating them into the team’s design system.
Hey designers, they’re gaslighting you.
“Prove your value.” “Justify your presence.” “Demonstrate impact.” Too many organizations have convinced designers that they’re the…
We’re turning designers into factory workers
Considering the availability of modern tools and recent advancements in governance (design systems), one might think designers could relax…
Smashing Newsletter Issue #425
Before You Recommend “Design Thinking” to a UX-Immature Org
Advice I gave someone who thought that introducing design thinking might make their organization more UX mature.
Accessible but never boring (Part 1)
Rebranding the Wise design system for everyone.
Navigating chaos: Designing for a three-body problem
The digital interface landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with generative AI interfaces leading the charge. These…
Can the health app paradox be resolved using emotional AI?
The Future of Design Systems is Semantic
In this piece, we dig into the decreasing gap between design and code, increasing semantics, and one of Figma’s newest features: variables.
The UX Cookbook
Handcrafted recipes to get you started with everything UX — user research, design, usability testing, and more. We're always cooking up new recipes, so check back frequently!
Uplifting Shopify Polaris. The process of evolving a large scale… | by José Torre | Jul, 2023 | Shopify UX
Designing for Accessibility: Creating Inclusive and User-Centric Products
Accessibility experts LĂ©onie Watson and Rakesh Paladugula discuss the importance of and how to design for accessibility
Tutorial "Erstellung und statistische Auswertung von Umfragen" | German UPA
Webinar "UX für eine bessere Patienten-Experience im Gesundheitswesen“ | German UPA
Webinar „Effektive User Interviews durchführen“ | German UPA
Webinar „Fehlerhafte Fehlermeldungen“ | German UPA
"Frag mich alles" zu Figma | German UPA
Webinar "Barrierefreiheit - Notwendiges Ăśbel oder Zukunftschance?" | German UPA
Webinar- Mediathek | German UPA
Smashing Newsletter #413
Dense Discovery No. 245
AI-Powered Tools for UX Research: Issues and Limitations | Quantitative UX: Glossary | Choosing Chart Types | Long-Tail Data in UX
No Handoff: close the gap between product and engineering
Gestalt Principles of Design – Similarity
When objects look similar to one another, the mind perceives them as a group or pattern.
Iconic icons: Celebrating design’s nifty little helpers
Embracing the duality of UX and systems design | by Canvs Editorial | Jun, 2023 | UX Collective